🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen de Kercado
Early Neolithic (c.3800–3600 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic (Tumulus culture)
Tumulus-capped passage grave (6.5 m passage) on Kercado ridge with hafted axe carving — Carnac tumulus evolution exemplar.
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🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient city
Viking Age Scandinavian 750–975 (8th–10th c) · Scandinavian Viking Age (Svear) — Svear–Gotlandic emporium
Birka (Björkö) — Scandinavian Viking Age emporium (c.750–975 CE) on Björkö island in Lake Mälaren, 30 km west Stockholm, Sweden's oldest town and UNESCO 555 (with Hovgården Adelsö estate).
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Early Neolithic (c.3800–3600 BCE) · Carnac Neolithic (Tumulus culture)
Tumulus-capped passage grave (6.5 m passage) on Kercado ridge with hafted axe carving — Carnac tumulus evolution exemplar.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Garama Central Garamantian Qasr 1 in Fezzan, Garama, Libya is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Meroe North Pyramid N19 Chapel in River Nile, Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE) · Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE)
Ovcharovo Tell in Targovishte Province, Ovcharovo village, Bulgaria is a Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE) settlement attributed to Late Neolithic → Eneolithic (5600–4500 BCE) culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sillustani Chullpa Lizard Carved in Puno, Sillustani, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Classical (680–350 BCE) · Thasian Greek / Thracian
Thasian colony 7th c. BCE at Nestos mouth — twin 90 m moles at −4 m in lagoon disputed by Thasos and Maroneia (Herodotus).
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Rock art
Middle Bronze to Orkhon Turkic · Andronovo, Karasuk, Pazyryk, Turkic
Southwest lower gorge with Bronze sun-heads to Turkic tamgas gateway.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient port
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Tyre Al-Mina Harbour Mole South in South, Tyre, Lebanon is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) port attributed to Multi-period.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Alacahöyük Sphinx Gate South Tower in Çorum, Alaca, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Cahal Pech Plaza B Structure 2 in Cayo, Cahal Pech, Belize is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Hierapolis Plutonium Shaft in Denizli, Pamukkale, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mauryan to Pala (242 BCE–1200 CE) · Mauryan (Ashokan) to Pala Buddhist
Ashokan lion pillar (242 BCE, 32 ft) with 51-ft Nandangarh Stupa 400 m away, continuous Mauryan–Pala mound.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Initial Period to Late Intermediate (Casma-Sechín to Chimú) · Casma-Sechín / Paramonga / Chimú
Inter-valley pampa (380 m) between Río Pativilca and Río Fortaleza, 4 km east of Paramonga fortress, with 26 anthropogenic lines and trapezoids on pale alluvial terrace.
🇧🇭 Bahrain · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 in Northern, Aali, Bahrain is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Earthwork
Iron Age to Early Medieval (c.1000 BCE–1100 CE) · Iron Age Gaelic → Early Medieval Uí Néill
Donegal hilltop royal cashel (23.5 m diameter) on Greenan Mountain — northern Uí Néill kingship inauguration fort.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland to Early Mississippian (Swift Creek–Cartersville) · Woodland (Swift Creek) / Early Mississippian
Moated Swift Creek town (300 BCE–650 CE) with 3 mounds and circular ditch on Etowah River, Georgia.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EB → MBA → LBA → Iron (3000–700 BCE) · Amorite → Mitanni/Hittite → Neo-Hittite Tunip
Tell Asharna in Hama Governorate, Orontes Valley, Asharna plain, Syria is a EB → MBA → LBA → Iron (3000–700 BCE) settlement attributed to Amorite → Mitanni/Hittite → Neo-Hittite Tunip culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Ain Harcha ((Arabic: عين حرشة, romanized: ʿAyn Ḥarshah), also spelled Ain Hircha) is a village situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Old Babylonian to Kassite (Middle Bronze) · Kassite / Highland Zagros
Zagros highland ziggurat at Choga Gavaneh c.1800 BCE — 60 m square mudbrick platform 15 m high with Kassite pottery linking Babylonia to Sialk highland line.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mawangdui Han Tomb 1 East Chamber in Hunan, Changsha, China is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Burial field
Migration → Vendel Period 550–790 → Viking Age to 10th c · Vendel Period Svear (Tiundaland) — type eponym Vendeltid
Vendel (Vendel parish Tierp) — boat-grave field (Vendel Period 550–790 + Viking 14 graves total 1881–83 H.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Copan Hieroglyphic Stairway Step 33 in Copán, Honduras is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dholavira Citadel North Gate in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
