🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Winterville Mounds
Plaquemine Mississippian Coles Creek-Winterville 900–1450 CE · Coles Creek / Plaquemine
16.7 m truncated pyramid center of 23-mound plaza, 1200–1400 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Chan Chan — Tschudi Palace Nik An Audience Complex
Chimú (1200–1470 CE Chimu Empire; Tschudi palace 1400 CE last Nik An) · Chimú (Chan Chan 9 palaces 100k pop)
Chan Chan excavated by Bennett, Moseley, 1200–1470 Chimú 100k population 20 km².
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hierakonpolis Enclosure (Kom el-Ahmar Town Wall)
Predynastic to Old Kingdom (3800–2686 BCE) · Egyptian (Predynastic–Early Dynastic)
Fortified Early Dynastic town wall enclosing palace and world's oldest brewery.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kavuşan Höyük (Batman Province, Beşiri–Ilısu zone, Upper Tigris)
Halaf-Ubaid to Late Bronze (5.5k–1200 BCE) · Ubaid → Khabur → Mitanni → Middle Assyrian
Beşiri Tigris tell (Ubaid through Late Bronze) with 12 m sequence — Mitanni kilns and Khabur ware, Ilısu Garzan buffer salvage.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Lagartero Secondary Group
Late Preclassic to Late Classic 400 BCE–900 CE, peak 600–850 CE · Maya (Comitán Lakes, Late Classic Lacandon fringe)
Lake city on Lagartero chain of karst lakes at Chiapas-Guatemala border: temples and ballcourt on islets linked by stone causeway 300 m to lakeshore palace, with hundreds of incensarios (Lakamulpán…
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Revash Mausoleums
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Red-painted cliff chullpa houses 4–5 m tall, 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tell el-Qasr Ditch
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Tell el-Qasr Ditch in Fars Province, Iran is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) tell attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Fortress
Dock Fortress
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Dock Fortress in Dhofar, Oman is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) fortress attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Kouass
Phoenicio-Punic to Roman (6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE) · Phoenician / Mauretanian / Roman
Kouass (near Asilah) is a Phoenician–Mauretanian port and factory on Atlantic estuary, 6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE, with 5th-c.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
La Roche aux Fées
Late Neolithic · Western French Neolithic
Major passage dolmen near Rennes — 19.5 m passage of 45-tonne schist slabs, largest in Upper Brittany.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Shortughai — Oxus Harappan Outpost
Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE) · Harappan frontier (Shortugai Indus colony)
Shortughai — Oxus Harappan Outpost in Takhar Province, Afghanistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Harappan frontier (Shortugai Indus colony).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Bala Midfield
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tell Bala Midfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Alberite
Early to Middle Neolithic · Andalusian Neolithic / Guadalquivir Megalithic
20 m Andalusian corridor dolmen in Cádiz hills with painted orthostats and 30 m tumulus, c.4000 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 in Egypt Region 4, Egypt is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Black-Lake Pyramid
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Black-Lake Pyramid in River Nile State, Sudan is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) pyramid attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Bouqras — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase)
Bouqras — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Goward Dolmen
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Massive portal tomb between Hilltown and Castlewellan, granite capstone on cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Rock art
Rock Art of Ault
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock Art of Ault in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Seal Township Earthworks
Middle Woodland Hopewell 50–350 CE · Hopewell tradition
Scioto bluff Hopewell enclosure triplet (circle-square-irregular) 45 km south of Chillicothe core.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North — Pavlopetri Coast (Elafonisos)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chogha Sefid
Neolithic (Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, c.7500–5800 BCE) · Deh Luran early Neolithic (Zagros)
Deh Luran tell 5 m high (c.7500–5800 BCE, Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, goat lentil) in Deh Luran plain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gre Virike South — Euphrates Terrace
Halaf to EBA III (5600–2000 BCE; main 3100–2000 BCE) · Halaf → Uruk interaction → EBA Karababa and Transcaucasian
EBA terrace tell on Suruç plain — Halaf under EBA jar-burial cemetery.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Penjikent (Ancient Panjakent)
Early Medieval Sogdian (5th–8th century CE) · Sogdian (easternmost Sogd)
Easternmost Sogdian Silk Road city — 13.5 ha frescoed shahristan with Rustam murals and Mount Mug letters.
🇦🇺 Australia · Archaeological wonder
Port Royal Submerged Street North — Bonaparte Shelf (Broome)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Port Royal Submerged Street North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.