🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Lascaux Hall Extension Panel West
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Lascaux Hall Extension Panel West in Dordogne, France is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Old Dongola — Medieval Christian Cathedral and Mosque Stack
Makurian Christian (600–1400 CE cathedral 1000 CE; 1317 mosque conversion) · Nubian Makuria Christian → Funj Islamic
Old Dongola excavated by Godlewski 1964–, 700 CE frescoes, 1317 mosque oldest Sudan.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient port
Paraetonium East Creek (Marsa Matruh Lagoon Annex)
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Lagoon annex east of Paraetonium with fish weir and warehouse strip.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Pañamarca — Moche Occupation Cupisnique Mound Northern Lima? no Ancash
Moche (550–800 CE) wall murals southernmost Moche 550–710 HalPRI mural layer 4.2 m · Moche southern frontier (Nepeña) with Wari-influenced mural final 710
Pañamarca Schaedel 1950s and recent Trever, Moche southern mural.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Plastered Floor House Cluster South — Dnieper (Kyiv)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Shushtar Extension - Band-e Mizan
Achaemenid to Sassanian (5th c. BCE core; 260 CE Band-e Mizan by Valerian captives) · Sassanian with Roman engineering
Band-e Mizan – upstream regulator weir of Shushtar Hydraulic System (Khuzestan): 390m limestone weir across Karun splitting into Gargar canal (40 mills) vs Shatit, built 260 CE by Roman captives of…
🇳🇦 Namibia · Rock art
Brandberg White Lady Rock Art
Microlithic to 2,000 BCE (c.6000–2000 BCE painting) · San (Bushman) hunter-gatherer
Brandberg (Daureb) Massif – Namibia's granite massif with 1,000+ shelters; White Lady shelter (Maack Shelter) polychrome painting (c.2000 BCE) of white lady with bow, oryx, tasselled figures.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient village
Cedar Plank House Remnant West — Nazca (Nazca)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Cedar Plank House Remnant West in Nazca, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Drowned Harbour Mole West
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Drowned Harbour Mole West in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient village
El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop
Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE) · El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points)
El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop in Pichincha Province, Ecuador is a Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hagia Sophia
Late Antiquity / Byzantine 532–537 CE, Ottoman additions 1453– · Byzantine Greek to Ottoman Islamic
Justinian's 537 CE dome on pendentives – seminal Byzantine basilica-monsoon turned mosque.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Layer Pyramid of Zawiyet el-Aryan
Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished late-3rd Dynasty layer pyramid (Z1) of King Khaba, 84 m square base with 14 inclined limestone layers forming steep stepped core, intended 42–45 m high but left as stump 20 m high with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Maranhao Hydraulic Fish Trap West — Nazca (Nazca)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Maranhao Hydraulic Fish Trap West in Nazca, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Temple complex
Tichitt Settlement Cluster
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Tichitt Settlement Cluster in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 110 — Italy Region 2 in Italy Region 2, Italy is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Baror
Pre-Harappan (Hakra) to Harappan (c.3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra–Harappan
Hakra–Harappan mound 200×150 m on Saraswati 13 km NE of Anupgarh — Hakra to Harappan chain.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Geoglyph
Beothuk Wigwam Post North — Gobi (Ulaanbaatar)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Gobi, Mongolia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Medieval culture.
🇫🇷 France · Rock-cut
Burrup Peninsula Engraving East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Burrup Peninsula Engraving East in Dordogne, France is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Chan Chan Citadel West — Andean Highlands (Cusco)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Chan Chan Citadel West in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Dolmen Avenue Buried 120 — Italy Region 12
Period Classical · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Dolmen Avenue Buried 120 — Italy Region 12 in Italy Region 12, Italy is a Neolithic buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
El Kula Brick Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
El Kula Brick Pyramid in Southern Alluvium, Iraq is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaricoto — Callejón de Huaylas Three-Temple Sequence Mito
Preceramic Mito 2200 BCE to Chavín 1000 BCE to Recuay 500 CE multi-occupied 2200–500 BCE · Kotosh-Mito → Chavín → Recuay Huaricoto with 3 temple superimpositions
Huaricoto Burger 1980 Mit double and white plaster 2200 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Hueco Tanks Rock Art — Comanche Cave Panel
Archaic Hueco (6000 BCE) → Jornada Mogollon (1200 CE) → Tigua/Mescalero pictographs · Jornada Mogollon / Apache Comanche
El Paso huecos excavated by Jackson 1920s, 3000 pictographs, Comanche Cave masks 1000 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Ubirr Rainbow Serpent Gallery South
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Ubirr Rainbow Serpent Gallery South in Luxor, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.