🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar del Sur Southwest Bajada Geoglyphs (Bajada del Sur)
Formative (600 BCE–800 CE) · Tarapacá–Atacama
Southwest bajada descending from Salar del Sur margin toward Pampa del Tamarugal corridor (2,280 m).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Spring Dargah Archaeological Complex
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Spring Dargah Archaeological Complex in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Ancient city
Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu Archaeological Site
Painted Grey Ware to Early Historic 900 BCE–200 CE · Shakya (Koliya confederacy)
Walled city (900 BCE–c.200 CE) identified by P.C. Mukherji (1899) as Kapilavastu — Shakya capital where Prince Siddhartha spent 29 years before Great Renunciation — 1.5×2 km walled enclosure with…
🇨🇳 China · Tomb
Yinxu — Royal Tomb Xibeigang West Pit (Anyang)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Yinxu — Royal Tomb Xibeigang West Pit (Anyang) in Henan, Anyang, Yinxu, China is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom…
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Ananda Vihara — Mainamati
Early Medieval (7th–12th c.) · Chandra-Pala
Ananda Vihara — Mainamati in Comilla District, Mainamati Hills, Bangladesh is a Early Medieval (7th–12th c.) temple complex attributed to Chandra-Pala culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Ras Motte
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ancient City of Ras Motte in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Carn-Reservoir Standing Stones
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Carn-Reservoir Standing Stones in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) megalithic attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Koldihwa — Early Rice Cultivation
Neolithic (7000–4000 BCE) · Vindhya Neolithic
Koldihwa — Early Rice Cultivation in Uttar Pradesh, Belan valley, India is a Neolithic (7000–4000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Vindhya Neolithic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Lanyon Quoit
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Penwith portal dolmen — 5.5 m capstone (12 t) on three 1.5 m uprights, collapsed 1815 and reset lower.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Maitland's Mesa Eastern Wadi Arm Kites (Wadi al-Qattafi East Arm Spur)
PPNB–Late Neolithic (7100–5500 BCE) · PPNB–Late Neolithic
Eastern spur of Wadi al-Qattafi system 8 km east of Maitland's Mesa (685 m) toward Jibal al-Khashabiyeh kite corridor (Kennedy).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Suberde (Göğrem Su Göleti)
Aceramic Neolithic to Early Pottery Neolithic · Central/West Anatolian Neolithic
Aceramic Neolithic lakeside tell (c.7500–6500 BCE) on terrace of Lake Suğla near Karadağ, excavated 1965–71 by Jacques Bordaz.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Submerged site
Sunken City off Camp
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Sunken City off Camp in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) submerged city attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇮 Finland · Rock art
Astuvansalmi Rock Paintings
Neolithic–Bronze Age (4000–1000 BCE) · Comb Ceramic / Pit-Comb Ware hunter-gatherers
Finland's largest and best-known rock painting site on a sheer granite cliff above Lake Yövesi, part of Lake Saimaa.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Deir el-Medina — Village Ancillary Tomb TT359 (Thebes)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Deir el-Medina — Village Ancillary Tomb TT359 (Thebes) in Luxor, Deir el-Medina, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–Ne…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Ikom Monoliths (Ejagham)
Late Iron Age to Modern (500–1800 CE) · Ejagham (Cross River)
Ikom Monoliths (Akwanshi, Ataal) are 300 basalt monoliths 0.3–1.8 m high carved 500–1800 CE by Ejagham peoples in Cross River forest, stylized janus faces, spiral navels and diadems around…
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Pantalica — Anaktoron Terrace Necropolis Sector E
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Pantalica — Anaktoron Terrace Necropolis Sector E in Sicily, Syracuse, Sortino, Italy is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tomb
Pasargadae — Cyrus Tomb Platform Ancillary
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Pasargadae — Cyrus Tomb Platform Ancillary in Fars, Pasargadae, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom Egyptian…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Porsuk Höyük — Zeyve Höyük (Ulukışla)
Middle Bronze to Byzantine (2000 BCE–1100 CE; peak LBA–Iron) · Hittite → Syro-Hittite → Phrygian → Neo-Assyrian → Hellenistic
Gates-fort of Cilicia — Hittite to Byzantine 12 ha casemate island tell.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Megalith
Sine Ngayène — Largest Senegambian Stone Circles
Medieval Senegambian (750–1150 CE) · Serer megalithic
Sine Ngayène is the largest Senegambian stone-circle nucleus (Senegal) with 52 circles including the 'Diallombere' double circle Ø6.5 m and 110 m long stone alignment, enclosing 1,000+ burials on 5…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tarsus — Gözlükule Lower Terrace
Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) · Neolithic → EBA → Hittite → Neo-Assyrian → Hellenistic → Roman
Cilician gateway lower town — Hittite sealings to Roman grid (Goldman 1934).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Volodymyrivka
Chalcolithic Trypillia BI (4100–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni-Trypillia BI (Tomashivka central)
Volodymyrivka — Trypillia BI mega-site (c.4100–3800 BCE, 100 ha, 800 houses) on Synyukha River, Kirovohrad, SBDI central cluster between Nebelivka and Dobrovody.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Aghmat — Medieval City and Mausolea
Almoravid to Almohad (1050–1147 CE) · Berber Almoravid (Sanhaja) → Almohad
Aghmat is the buried Almoravid capital (11th c) 32 km S of Marrakech under modern village: 8 ha walled medina (11th c Almoravid to 12th c Almohad) with hammam, qasr, and 11th c mausolea of Almoravid…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Ahar-Banas Culture Sites
Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic 3000–1500 BCE (Period I–III) · Ahar-Banas / Mewar Chalcolithic
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas culture cluster (3000–1500 BCE) along Ahar and Banas rivers around Udaipur, Rajasthan, copper-working villages exploiting Aravalli Khetri copper belt.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Altamira Cave
Solutrean–Magdalenian ~18–14 ka BP · Solutrean/Magdalenian Cantabrian
Great Ceiling of polychrome bison — the Paleolithic Sistine Chapel at Santillana del Mar.