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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Saka Tasmola (6th–5th c. BCE) · Tasmola culture
Besoba terrace satellite: 32-m Tasmola kurgan 340 m south of steppe pyramid mausoleum, Karaganda.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon — Gallinazo/Virú, Mochica and Wari–Huari (200 BCE–900 CE) · Virú–Gallinazo, Moche, Wari
Capital mound on south bank mid Virú River overlooking valley neck, first stratified mound excavation in Peru (Bennett 1936), defining Virú (Gallinazo) ceramic sequence underlying Moché.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Fortress II — Chaco Canyon (55-45) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Chalcolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Southern Great Zimbabwe Village East — Great Zimbabwe (57-15) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Burrup Peninsula — Ancillary Petroglyph North (Murujuga, Australia) in Western Australia, Burrup Peninsula, Australia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian Pisgah & Qualla phases (1000–1450 CE) · Mississippian (Pisgah, later Cherokee precursor)
Three-mound Mississippian Pisgah phase (1000–1450 CE) center at Garden Creek confluence with Pigeon River, southern Appalachians: Mound 1—platform 35×25 m base, 3.5 m high with two-stage summit…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Rajasthan Sanctuary West — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-10) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Kekova Dolichiste — North Street (Sunken City, Antalya) in Antalya, Kekova, Dolichiste, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged cit…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (but Napatan tradition), c.700 BCE–300 CE · Kushite / Napatan
Sedeinga 2 km west of Soleb on desert ridge: ~80 small pyramids (6-8 m base, 7-10 m high) with chapels for Kushite Napatan queens, princesses and children.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Middle Bronze to Neo-Assyrian · Hurrian → Mitanni → Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian library mound Huzirina with 600 tablets outside the gate – scholarly twin to Nineveh.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Alexandria Mound North — Alexandria, Pharos (58-34) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Antheia or Anthea (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθεια) was a town in ancient Achaea, which was said to have been depopulated by the mythical Patreus to populate Patrae.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Hepthalite 5th–7th c CE (Tokharistan Hepthalite) · Hepthalite Bactria (White Huns Tokharistan)
Balalyk Tepe — Hephthalite wall-painting palace (6th c CE) 30 km north Termez, excavated 1950s Stavisky.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
The Goldbusch is a great dolmen (German: Großdolmen), a type prehistoric grave site, that lies between Altensien and Moritzdorf on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler Karahan
Karahantepe Stone Pillars Karahan at Şanlıurfa, Tek Tek, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic temple complex of the Taş Tepeler Karahan tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tomb
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Outer Derinkuyu Fortress Inner — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-02) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Iron Age (regional) tomb of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Royal Lalibela Reservoir Inner — Lalibela (59-08) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Early Historic (regional) underground city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Sacred Great Zimbabwe Sanctuary East — Great Zimbabwe (57-16) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Tyre — Southern Basin Submerged Quay North (Lebanon) in South, Tyre, Southern Basin, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Underground city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Saqqara Platform A — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-35) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Medieval (regional) underground city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Rajasthan Mound Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-42) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Classical (regional) ancient village of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Temple complex
Shakya to Maurya to Gupta to modern pilgrimage · Shakya (Maya Devi) / Maurya / Buddhist
Birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha Shakyamuni (623 BCE tradition), marked by Ashoka's 249 BCE Rummindei pillar with Brahmi inscription 'Buddha Sakyamuni was born here...' — oldest epigraphic…
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
New Khajuraho Hilltop East — Khajuraho (60-28) at Khajuraho, India is a Early Historic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Great Zimbabwe Ridge North — Great Zimbabwe (57-08) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c.
