🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Quarry
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Howe Strath
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Ruins of Howe Strath in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Town Henthorn Mound Complex
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Town Henthorn Mound Complex in Piauí, Brazil is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) earthwork attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient city
White South Ancient City
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
White South Ancient City in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tomb
Xanthos — Nereid Column Terrace North
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Xanthos — Nereid Column Terrace North in Antalya, Kaş, Xanthos, Turkey is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom Egypti…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tumulus
Baraka Burial Mound
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Baraka Burial Mound in Alentejo, Portugal is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chia Sabz
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.4000–2700 BCE) · Seimareh valley Chalcolithic → Transcaucasian Early Bronze
Seimareh cemetery mound 15 ha (140 EB cist graves, bronze daggers, c.4–3 ka) in Seimareh valley.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Geoglyph
Church Geoglyph
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Church Geoglyph in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) geoglyph attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock art
Côa Valley Rock Art
Upper Paleolithic to Iron Age (~25,000 BCE – 1000 BCE; main 20,000–10,000 BCE) · Solutrean/Magdalenian to Atlantic Iron Age
Largest open-air Paleolithic art complex known, spread over 17 km of the Côa tributary with over 1,000 engraved schist panels bearing thousands of zoomorphs.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El-Kurru Pyramids
Early Kushite (El-Kurru phase 860–310 BCE; Piye 747–716 BCE) · Kushite (early Napatan)
Earliest Kushite royal necropolis (860–310 BCE) with 22 pyramids for Napatan kings including Piye (Piankhi), founder of Egypt's 25th Dynasty, Taharqa, and early ancestors.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Heloros – Submerged Quay of Southeast Sicily
Archaic Greek to Late Antique (700 BCE – 5th c. CE) · Syracusan Greek / Sicilian Sicel
700 BCE Syracusan colony at Vendicari lagoon — quay slabs and fish tanks half in sea at –0.5 to –3 m behind 3.5 km walls.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Holm of Papa Westray North Cairn
Early Neolithic · Orkney Early Neolithic
20 m stalled long cairn on uninhabited holm off Papa Westray — paired with South cairn 200 m away.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Homolovi II Pueblo
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Homolovi II Pueblo — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Kesanapalli — Guntur Stupa
Early Historic (200 BCE–300 CE) · Satavahana
Kesanapalli — Guntur Stupa in Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, India is a Early Historic (200 BCE–300 CE) temple complex attributed to Satavahana culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Kherua Masjid — Sherpur
Sultanate (15th c. CE) · Bengal Sultanate
Kherua Masjid — Sherpur in Bogra District, Sherpur, Bangladesh is a Sultanate (15th c. CE) temple complex attributed to Bengal Sultanate culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Kin Biniola Chaco Outlier
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Kin Biniola Chaco Outlier — buried ancestral tell/village at New Mexico.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Pediment Temple Complex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Pediment Temple Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock-cut
Rock-Cut Tombs of Ness-Rath
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Rock-Cut Tombs of Ness-Rath in Alentejo, Portugal is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Saqqara – Serapeum and Step Pyramid Complex
Early Dynastic to Greco-Roman (Djoser 2670 BCE; Apis catacombs New Kingdom to Ptolemaic, 1400–30 BCE) · Egyptian Pharaonic (Memphite)
Great necropolis of Memphis: Step Pyramid of Djoser (Imhotep, 2670 BCE) – world's oldest large stone structure – plus 17 pyramids including Teti, Unas (Pyramid Texts), underground galleries, and the…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city
Standing Down Buried Settlement
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Standing Down Buried Settlement in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Taksay — Kurgan 6 Gold Ornament Cache (West Kazakhstan)
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka
Taksay — Kurgan 6 Gold Ornament Cache (West Kazakhstan) in West Kazakhstan, Taksay, Kazakhstan is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to …
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-i Bakun A
Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun) · Bakun A Chalcolithic
Late Chalcolithic (4000–3500 BCE, Bakun) Bakun A Chalcolithic tell at Fars Province, Persepolis plain – proto-urban chalcolithic painted-pottery centre (dims Mound 2 ha, Bakun A workshops).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
Tuna el-Gebel Northern Ibis Catacombs
Late Period to Roman (664 BCE–250 CE) · Egyptian (Late Period–Ptolemaic–Roman)
Ibis catacomb annex 400 m north of Petosiris with 2m mummies.