🇱🇧 Lebanon · Rock art
Grey Petroglyph Field
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Grey Petroglyph Field in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Buried city
Howe Buried Settlement
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Howe Buried Settlement in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Hydraulic System at Port Wadi in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Issyk — Golden Warrior Kurgan Ancillary Ditch
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka
Issyk — Golden Warrior Kurgan Ancillary Ditch in Almaty, Issyk, Kazakhstan is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian / Saka. Sys…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Marib Dam
Sabaean Kingdom, Early South Arabian (~1750 BCE – 570 CE) · Sabaean (South Arabian, Kingdom of Saba)
Earthfill diversion dam spanning the Wadi Adhanah and flanked by the limestone North and South Sluices with Sabaean monumental inscriptions.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Old Stone Fort
Middle Woodland 80–550 CE · Middle Woodland (Hopewell-related)
2.75 km stone-walled hilltop enclosure, solstice-aligned, 80–550 CE.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Necropolis
Port Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Port Necropolis in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Siega Verde Rock Art
Gravettian to Magdalenian ~20–11 ka BP · Upper Paleolithic Iberian
2 km open-air schist engravings paired with Côa Valley, 443 Paleolithic pecked figures.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Tadrart Acacus Rock Art
Early Holocene to Garamantian (~12,000 BCE – 100 CE) · Saharan hunter-gatherer to Pastoral Neolithic (Kel Essuf, Round Head, Pastoral)
150-km sandstone plateau on the Algerian border preserves thousands of paintings and engravings in styles paralleling nearby Tassili n'Ajjer: giant Kel Essuf headless figures, Round Head masked…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Rimah — Tall al-Rimah (Qattara)
Ninevite 5 to Neo-Assyrian (2800 BCE–600 BCE; peak OB 1800–1700 BCE) · EBA → Old Babylonian (Qattara, Shamshi-Adad) → Kassite → Neo-Assyrian
Shamshi-Adad winter capital Qattara 1775 BCE — Oates temple palaces & 400 tablets.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Van Fortress (Tushpa) — East Bastion
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Van Fortress (Tushpa) — East Bastion in Van, Van Fortress, Turkey is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age fortified cul…
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
Arzhan Royal Kurgan
Early Scythian (~900–700 BCE) · Aldy-Bel / Arzhan (early Scythian–Siberian)
Enormous 120-m stone platform kurgan in the Uyuk depression, where archaeologists led by Gryaznov and later Chugunov uncovered a radial larch log mortuary house with central royal double burial and…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Banpo Archaeological Site
Yangshao Early–Middle 5000–3000 BCE · Yangshao (Banpo phase) / Yellow River millet farmers
Yangshao culture matriarchal agricultural village (4800–4300 BCE) on Chan River terrace east of Xi'an, 50,000 m² with preserved moat (deepest 6 m), 45 semi-subterranean pit-houses, 6 pottery kilns,…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Cave
Cave of Tana-Chott
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Cave of Tana-Chott in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Citadel of Garh Strath
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Citadel of Garh Strath in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) fortress attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Ditch-Newton Archaeological Complex
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Ditch-Newton Archaeological Complex in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Easton Rock Ancient Village
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Easton Rock Ancient Village in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Roman culture.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Erlitou – Xia Capital
Early Bronze Age (~1900–1500 BCE; Xia to early Shang) · Erlitou ( Xia, early Bronze Age Chinese)
300-ha rammed-earth palace enclosure on the Luo River where 11,000 m² Palace No.1 and a bronze foundry document the transition from Longshan Neolithic to bronze kingship.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Geoglyph
Geoglyphs of Sanctuary-Oued
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Geoglyphs of Sanctuary-Oued in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Church
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Hydraulic System at Church in Ancash, Peru is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Eilean Thornby
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Hydraulic System at Eilean Thornby in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hydraulic attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Hillfort
Nemyriv Scythian Hillfort
Early Scythian (7th–6th century BCE) · Scythian (Forest-Steppe)
Largest Scythian-period fortified settlement between Dnieper and Dniester (110 ha) on both banks of a Boh tributary at Sazhky–Nemyriv, with double earthen ramparts 6 km perimeter (8 m high, 32 m…
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Paracas — Necropolis South Bundle Cluster (Ica)
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Paracas — Necropolis South Bundle Cluster (Ica) in Ica, Paracas Peninsula, Peru is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) necropolis attributed to …