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🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Pasargadae Buried Cyrus Garden Canal 3 in Fars, Pasargadae, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Perge Artemis Temple East Stoa in Antalya, Perge, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Qohaito Plateau Temple A Podium in Debub, Qohaito, Eritrea is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EB → MBA → LBA Gibala (Ugarit port) → Iron · Levantine coastal → Ugaritic (Gibala) → Iron Phoenician
Tell Tweini (Gibala) in Latakia Governorate, Jableh Plain, near coast, Syria is a EB → MBA → LBA Gibala (Ugarit port) → Iron settlement attributed to Levantine coastal → Ugaritic (Gibala) → Iron…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hypothetical site
Cretaceous laterite mesa geology + modern 1970s hoax geology, no cultural · 1970s German mystic Karl Brugger branched hoax onto Roncador + Fawcett myth (no culture)
Southern Akrai phantom on Xingu headwaters Serra do Roncador — stepped lateritic benches 2 km misread as underground Akrai solar-mirror walls, Fawcett Z zone.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) · Aksumite
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex — Northern Annex in Tigray, Aksum, Ethiopia is a Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) megalithic attributed to Aksumite.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE) · Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE)
Lowry Pueblo in Colorado, Montezuma County, Canyons of Ancients, United States is a Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE) culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Late Horizon Neo-Inca (1539 – 1572 CE) · Neo-Inca State (Manco, Sayri, Titu Cusi, Tupac Amaru)
Last Inca capital valley floor — Espíritu Pampa Vilcabamba lowland terraces and causeway 0.5–1 m under floodplain jungle below Vitcos ridge.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) · Vinca Culture
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East in Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia is a Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) tell attributed to Vinca Culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Akrotiri West House Upper Floor in Cyclades, Thera, Greece is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Grotta di Fumane Aurignacian Level in Veneto, Fumane, Italy is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Archaeological wonder
The Grouville Hoard (Le Câtillon II) is a hoard of an estimated 70,000 late Iron Age (Celtic) and Roman coins reported in June 2012.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Neolithic (Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) · Late PPNB steppe-hunting tradition
Eastern rim kite chain of the Jordanian Harrat basalt plain (880 m, 31°02′21″N 37°30′00″E) where basalt peneplain meets limestone Hamad: 18 desert kites arrayed along 17 km N-S per Jibal…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic to Roman · Ionian, Carian, Hellenistic
Kıyıkışlacık peninsula agora tetrastyle Artemis Astias 150 BCE with Roman mausoleum, Iassic Gulf fishing town.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mogador Island Purple Dye Workshop in Marrakech-Safi, Essaouira, Morocco is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Petra Qasr al-Bint Temple Adyton in Ma'an, Petra, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) · Hissar Culture
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West in Semnan, Damghan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) tell attributed to Hissar Culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Formative to Tiwanaku (Alto Ramírez III) · Alto Ramírez–Pukara caravan
Summit pampa geoglyphs 5 km east of Lluta: 22 horizontal geometric avenues on drainage divide.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Anta da Alcoverias North Chamber in Alentejo, Evora, Portugal is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
British-Egyptian Modern with Pharaonic quarry context · British-Egyptian engineers (Willcocks, Benetti) on Pharaonic Nile
South spillway 350 m south of Aswan Low Dam with 58 buttress sluices on granite outcrop.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Dandara Temple of Hathor Crypt 5 in Qena, Dandara, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dur-Katlimmu Red House Archive Room in Al-Hasakah, Tell Sheikh Hamad, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze through Iron Age · Hattian/EBA → Assyrian Colony → Hittite → Phrygian
Eskiyapar Höyük (Eskiyapar / Alaca Ridge) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Çorum Province, Alaca District, Alaca plain, Turkey — Karum-period trade town and Hittite road station linking…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Medieval (800-1500 CE) · Harla
Harla Necropolis Cairn Field East Sector — Southern Extension in Harari, Harar, Ethiopia is a Medieval (800-1500 CE) tumulus attributed to Harla.
