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🇹🇷 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.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hatra Buried Allat Temple Fornix 7 in Nineveh, Hatra, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Late Woodland – Glades I–II (300 BCE–1150 CE) · Glades / Calusa tradition (Okeechobee Basin)
Late Woodland–Glades/Calusa affiliated town (300 BCE–1150 CE, peak 550–850) spread 5 sq mi along Caloosahatchee River north bank: 3 sand mounds (Mound A Plaza 3.5 m, Mound B and borrow mound), 2…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Ebla Buried Crown Prince Tomb Chamber in Idlib, Ebla, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex in Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, Iraq is a Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical to Hellenistic · Rhodian Greek, Carian
Hisarburnu healing sanctuary of Hemithea half-goddess with 35-m altar and incubation stoa, 4th BCE Rhodian Peraea.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNA to Late PPNB (9000–6800 BCE) · Southern Levant PPNA → PPNB (Jericho–Yarmoukian continuum)
25 ha PPN mega-site on Zarqa River with earliest cremation and 6800-seed legume archive.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (7000–2600 BCE, earliest South Asian farming village) · Balochistan Neolithic (Mehrgarh culture, Kili Gul Mohammad)
Mehrgarh Mound — Kacchi Bolan in Balochistan, Kacchi Plain at foot of Bolan Pass (near Dadhar), Pakistan is a Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (7000–2600 BCE, earliest South Asian farming village)…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Yaxchilan Lintel 26 Temple 23 in Chiapas, Yaxchilan, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hillfort
Iron Age (600–100 BCE) · Iron Age
Zamora Hillfort El Castillón Outer Wall in Castile and León, Zamora, Spain is a Iron Age (600–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Iron Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Gebel Ramlah Cemetery Area A Burial 22 in New Valley, Gebel Ramlah, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Knossos Caravanserai South House in Crete, Knossos, Greece is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Early to Late Archaic (7500 – 500 BCE) · Archaic (Helton, Modoc, Koster)
Koster Site in Illinois, United States is a Early to Late Archaic (7500 – 500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Archaic (Helton, Modoc, Koster) culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.
🇲🇱 Mali · Tell
Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) · Djenne Culture
Djenne-Djeno Mound Urban Quarter North Annex in Mopti, Djenne, Mali is a Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) tell attributed to Djenne Culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic)
El Kurru Pyramid Ku 17 Forecourt in Northern, El Kurru, Sudan is a Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic).
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Early Medieval (Gupta–Kalchuri) · Shaivite Brahminical after Buddhist vihara phase
Mumbai megalithic 6th-c Hindu cave 47×32 m with 6 pillars, largest Jogeshwari early Shiva adaptation.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Southern Neolithic (2500–1000) → Megalithic Iron (1000–300 BCE) → Mauryan → Satavahana · Southern Neolithic → Megalithic → Mauryan
Neolithic–Megalithic–Mauryan mound (c.2500 BCE–500 CE) at Maski, Raichur Doab — hillock settlement (12 ha) with Southern Neolithic grey ware, Megalithic iron burials and the decisive Maski Rock Edict…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Mohenjo-daro DK-G South House in Sindh, Larkana, Pakistan is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) · Formative–Classic geoglyph
Nazca Palpa Geoglyph Star Figure North Plateau in Ica, Palpa, Peru is a Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) geoglyph attributed to Formative–Classic geoglyph.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Poulnabrone Portal Dolmen Outlier in County Clare, Burren, Ireland is a Late Neolithic (3500–2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic)
Sedeinga Pyramid 215 West Facade in Northern, Sedeinga, Sudan is a Kushite Period (900 BCE–350 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite (Napatan–Meroitic).
