🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Nine Maidens — Boskednan Circle
Late Neolithic · Penwith builders
Nine Maidens — Boskednan Circle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Penwith builders.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Penwith builders
Nine Maidens — Boskednan Circle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Penwith builders.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) · Harappan
Surkotada Citadel Sister Mound in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Twin citadel west of main Surkotada with horse bones debated and fire altar.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age II–III (1000–550 BCE) Median · Median
Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel in Qazvin Province, Iran is a Iron Age II–III (1000–550 BCE) Median tell attributed to Median. Mound citadel with Median pillared halls at Sagzabad.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (4000 BCE) rescue before Alqueva 2004 · Alentejo Xarez phase
Xarez 51 square relocated before Alqueva flood 2004.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
PPN to Iron Age (c.7800 BCE–600 BCE; Neolithic foundational) · PPN → Neolithic → Chalcolithic → Bronze-Iron Bekaa
Bekaa spring mound (7800 BCE–600 BCE) with PPN plaster horizon under Bronze tell near Zahle.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1050 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Huntichmul East Complex north of Puuc Route: 70 m long vaulted palace with Puuc junquillo columns, sacbe linking to Sayil Group 2 km west. Mapped by Pollock 1980; 8 mounds remain unexcavated.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (5th–7th c. CE) · Kii regional Kofun
Wakayama ridge 850 tombs excavated 1900s–now, rock-cut horizon tombs unique in Kansai.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city
Phoenician to Late Antique (7th c. BCE–5th c. CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Mauri
Punic-Roman cape town beneath Melilla with dye vats and tophet.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian
Kyaneai — Theatre Hill Outer Necropolis in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian. Outer sarcophagi field beyond theatre of Kyaneai with 100+ sarcophagi.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) · Lycian
Isinda — Lycia Upland City in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian. Walled Lycian upland city at Belenli pass with rock tombs and agora.
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rock art
Later Stone Age · Rainforest foragers (pre-Bantu)
10 m stratified rainforest sequence proving equatorial forest foraging since 40 ka (charcoal, palm nuts, phytoliths, toolkit).
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Pre-Harappan to Gandhara (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Gandhara prehistoric to Gandharan
Tilla — Adina Masjid Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Pre-Harappan to Gandhara (3000 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara prehistoric to Gandharan.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Cornish Neolithic
Tregeseal Stone Circle — St Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Horizon (Inca Imperial, ~1450–1530 CE) · Inca (Quechua)
15th-century Inca citadel perched at 2,430 m on a narrow saddle between Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu peaks above the Urubamba Valley.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Sinagua (1125–1400 CE) Hohokam-Sinagua blend · Sinagua
Tuzigoot excavated by Caywood & Spicer 1933–34, hill pueblo over marsh.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Pueblo II–III 850–1250 CE (Chacoan fluorescence 1020–1140) · Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) / Chacoan
Chacoan canyon with 15 monumental Great Houses (Pueblo Bonito 650 rooms, 35 kivas) and engineered roads, built 850–1150 CE by Ancestral Puebloans as ritual and trade center for San Juan Basin,…
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Desalpur Guner — Harappan Fortlet in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Hilltop Harappan fort 10 × 10 m on gunear with stone walls and chert blades.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPN to Ubaid (c.8500–4000 BCE; Neolithic floruit 8500–6600 BCE) · PPN → Pottery Neolithic → Halaf → Ubaid Rouj
Rouj basin triple mound (8500–4000 BCE) with aceramic PPN to Halaf-Ubaid sequence west of Idlib.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Late Natufian (c.15000–11800 BCE) · Natufian
Late Natufian burial cave (c.15000–11800 BCE) on Mount Carmel, excavated by Dani Nadel. Dense Natufian cemetery with dec...
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut
Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE) · Aksumite
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Aksumite.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica)
Red-soil harbour with bath-kiln and Mid Roman amphora production.
🇱🇦 Laos · Megalith
Iron Age 500 BCE – 500 CE (some lids to 800 CE) · Unknown Austroasiatic? Ancestors of Lao-Tai
Megalithic landscape of >90 sites with >2,100 large carved sandstone jars (1–3 m tall, up to 14 t) scattered across Xiangkhouang plateau, carved 500 BCE–500 CE, associated with mortuary rites and…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (2500–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Sindh coastal facies)
Allahdino is a small mature Harappan settlement (2500–1900 BCE) on the Malir River near Karachi, a 4-ha walled village with mudbrick houses, shell bangle workshop, and the famous carnelian bead hoard…