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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Historic (200 BCE–200 CE) · Satavahana
Yeleshwaram — Andhra Early Buddhist in Andhra Pradesh, Nalgonda, India is a Early Historic (200 BCE–200 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Ajanta — Cave 17 Veranda Niche Painting in Maharashtra, Aurangabad, Ajanta, India is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Magdalenian ~17–14 ka BP · Magdalenian
Vézère polychrome gallery with 230 Magdalenian figures, last original painted cave open to public.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Neo-Hittite / Iron Age (c.720–680 BCE) · Neo-Hittite (Adanawa Quwe) / Phoenician
Neo-Hittite fortified retreat of Azatiwada (late 8th c BCE) on Ceyhan River, Karatepe-Aslantaş preserves two gated circuits with 30+ basalt orthostats showing Late Hittite–Phoenician bilingual…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB)
Falbygden cluster core — trapezoidal dolmen Ragnvald's Grave and 28 passage graves on limestone plateau, c.3300 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze–Iron (2600–600 BCE) · Hurrian – Aramaean (Harran)
Early Bronze–Iron (2600–600 BCE) Hurrian – Aramaean (Harran) tell at Şanlıurfa Province, Harran Plain – 22-m tell controlling harran plain, cargo from carchemish (dims 22 m high, 1 km² lower town, EB palace).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Early Historic (300 BCE–300 CE) · Satavahana
Kotilingala — Satavahana Port in Telangana, Karimnagar, Godavari, India is a Early Historic (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Classic Veracruz 100–1000 CE · Classic Veracruz (Remojadas-Early Gulf)
26-m earthen platform pyramid on Gulf coastal plain, 100–1000 CE.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Protoneolithic (10500–9500 BCE) · Zarzian Epipalaeolithic–PPN
Protoneolithic (10500–9500 BCE) Zarzian Epipalaeolithic–PPN ancient village at Erbil Governorate, Greater Zab tributary – open-air forager base preceding first villages (dims Scatter 3000 m² with huts and ground stone).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Maya Classic 150–950 CE · Maya (Naachtun/Masuul and K'an affiliation)
Strategic Classic Maya city between Tikal and Calakmul, 150–950 CE.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Early Harappan (4000–3100 BCE) · Kot Diji
Rehman Dheri — Early Harappan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gomal plain, Pakistan is a Early Harappan (4000–3100 BCE) ancient city attributed to Kot Diji culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Archaic–Woodland 1000 BCE–1000 CE · Woodland / Archaic
36.5-m quartz eagle effigy, 1000–500 BCE.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Phoenician to Byzantine (c.500 BCE–643 CE; monumental Roman 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Tripolitanian Phoenician port (5th c BCE) with Hellenistic and then Roman city: Theatre of Sabratha – most complete Roman theatre in Africa (Marcus Aurelius era 175–200 CE, cavea 92.6 m, three-storey…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Early to Middle Jomon (4000–2000 BCE) · Jomon
Sannai-Maruyama — Six Pillar Building (Aomori, Jomon) in Aomori, Sannai-Maruyama, Japan is a Early to Middle Jomon (4000–2000 BCE) ancient village attribut…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1900–1100 BCE) · Egyptian turquoise mining
Serabit el-Khadim South Pillar — Hathor Turquoise Terrace Extension in South Sinai, Egypt is a Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1900–1100 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Egyptian turquoise mining.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid foundation to Sassanian peak (5th century BCE – 3rd century CE) · Achaemenid, Sassanid Persian (with Roman engineering)
Sassanid re-engineering of the Karun River where the Band-e Kaisar (Caesar's Dam) — said built by Roman soldiers captured with Emperor Valerian — diverted the river into the Gargar canal feeding 40…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Historic (500 BCE–500 CE) · Mauryan-Satavahana
Turturiya — Chhattisgarh in Chhattisgarh, Baloda Bazar, India is a Early Historic (500 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mauryan-Satavahana culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (c.35,000–30,000 BP) · Baradostian (Zagros Aurignacian)
UP Aurignacian cave (35–30 ka, Baradostian blades, shell beads) west of Khorramabad.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Neolithic (7400–6000 BCE) · Neolithic Anatolian
Çatalhöyük — East Mound Building 131 North Wall in Konya, Çumra, Çatalhöyük, Turkey is a Neolithic (7400–6000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic …
🇮🇳 India · Rock shelter
Mesolithic (7000 BCE) · Mesolithic
Bhimbetka Satellite Shelter — IIB-33 in Madhya Pradesh, Bhimbetka outlier, India is a Mesolithic (7000 BCE) rock shelter attributed to Mesolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Savalda → Late Harappan → Daimabad → Malwa → Jorwe 2300–1000 BCE · Late Harappan intrusive over Deccan Chalcolithic
Southernmost Harappan outpost (2200–1000 BCE) on Pravara River in Maharashtra, 20 ha mound famous for Daimabad hoard — four Late Harappan bronze sculptures (elephant, rhinoceros, chariot and bull,…
🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Megalith
Chiriquí period (~600–1500 CE; peak Aguas Buenas 800–1350 CE) · Diquís (Chiriquí, Isthmo-Colombian)
Costa Rica's Diquís Delta preserves over 300 near-perfect spheres of gabbro up to 2.66 m diameter and 16 tonnes, shaped by pecking and grinding until calipers verify sphericity within 2 cm.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Earthwork
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Dolmen Cairn Mound Complex in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Hydraulic System at Mine Harbor in Piauí, Brazil is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
