🇸🇩 Sudan · Tumulus
Aber-Long Tumulus
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Aber-Long Tumulus in River Nile State, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Ancient City of Ness-Rath
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ancient City of Ness-Rath in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) ancient city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient city
Begho North Quarter (Brong-Akan Gold Sector)
Medieval-Bono (13th–18th c. CE) · Brong-Akan (Bono)
North craft quarter of Begho gold entrepôt with gold-weights and bloomery.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Fortress
Bono Manso Rock Citadel (Adansi–Bono Hill Fort)
Medieval Akan (Bono) (11th–18th c. CE) · Akan (Bono–Adansi)
Granite dome fortress refuge of Bono state with white dot art shelters.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chirand Neolithic Site
Neolithic–Chalcolithic–Iron Age 2500 BCE–600 CE · Neolithic Gangetic / Narhan culture precursor
Lowland Neolithic–Chalcolithic mound (2500 BCE–140 CE) at Ganga–Ghaghara confluence, Saran, Bihar, with 42 ft cultural deposit and continuous sequence Neolithic → Chalcolithic → Iron Age →…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient city
Earthwork Ancient City
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Earthwork Ancient City in County Kerry, Ireland is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Filitosa
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Corsican Megalithic → Torréen (Bronze Age)
Corsican valley site with Torréen statue-menhirs bearing sculpted swords and faces protected by cyclopean towers, 3500-1200 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hazleton North Long Cairn
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Fully excavated Cotswold-Severn cairn at Hazleton, 21 burials, detailed construction sequence, c.3800 BCE.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient city
Helgö Trading Island
Migration to Viking Age (c.200–1050 CE) · South Scandinavian Iron Age / Vendel–Viking
Small island (48 ha) in Lake Mälaren's Helgö, 5 km long, excavated 1954–74 (Holmqvist, Lundström) revealing 800 years of craft (bronze, iron, jewel, glass) and long-distance imports: Coptic bronze…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Ikom Monoliths — Alok Akwanshi Stone Field
Iron Age to Early Modern (200–1800 CE) · Ekoi / Ejagham (Legbok)
Ikom Monoliths are >300 basalt volcanic monoliths 1–1.8 m tall arranged in 30 circles (each 6 m Ø with 12 phallic pillars) around Ikom and Alok, dated 1st–18th c CE, uniquely carved with facial…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Jebel Barkal Pyramids
Kushite Napatan (c. 700 BCE–300 CE; field pyramids c. 300 BCE–100 CE) · Kushite (Napatan 25th Dynasty descendants)
Hill of Jebel Barkal sacred mountain (98 m flat-topped sandstone pinnacle) with 10+ small Kushite pyramids of Napatan kings (c.
🇮🇱 Israel · Geoglyph
Kistvaen Barrow Geoglyph
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Kistvaen Barrow Geoglyph in Negev, Israel is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Megiddo
Chalcolithic to Iron Age / Persian · Canaanite → Egyptian → Israelite
Strategic tell commanding Via Maris (Egypt-Mesopotamia road) through Jezreel, occupied 7000 BCE–586 BCE with 26 strata, Thutmosis III 1457 BCE battle (first battle in recorded history), Canaanite…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Menteşe Höyük
Neolithic (6400–6000 BCE, Fikirtepe) · Marmara Neolithic
Neolithic (6400–6000 BCE, Fikirtepe) Marmara Neolithic tell at Bursa Province, Iznik Basin – fikirtepe hamlet on former lake terrace (dims Mound 120 m diam, 4 m Fikirtepe deposits).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mount Royal Archaeological Site
St Johns IIc–Mississippian 1050–1562 CE (midden 3000 BCE onward) · St Johns (Timucua ancestors)
St Johns platform mound 6.7 m with 300 m causeway and 6000-year midden, contacted 1562 by French.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Necropolis
Narrow Midfield Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Narrow Midfield Necropolis in Alentejo, Portugal is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Olympia Sanctuary
Geometric to Roman 776 BCE–393 CE; classical temple peak 5th c. BCE · Ancient Greek (pan-Hellenic, Eleian administration)
Sacred grove of Zeus and birthplace of Olympic Games with Phidias' Wonder statue temple.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Phnom Bakheng
Angkor Yasodharapura 889–928 · Hindu Shaiva (Linga)
Mountain-temple on 65 m natural Bakheng hill (c.889–910 CE, Yasovarman I) at centre of first Angkor capital Yasodharapura, five-tier pyramid with 108 shrines plus central quincunx representing Mt.
🇱🇾 Libya · Pyramid
Pyramid of Tel Floodplain
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Pyramid of Tel Floodplain in Fezzan, Libya is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Rock Wadi Temple Complex
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Rock Wadi Temple Complex in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) temple complex attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Dun Great
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ruins of Dun Great in Fars Province, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Sanchi Great Stupa and Temple Complex
Maurya to Gupta (3rd c. BCE–5th c. CE; Great Stupa core 260 BCE, gateway 1st c. BCE) · Mauryan, Sunga, Satavahana, Gupta Buddhist
Great Stupa No.1 at Sanchi – Ashoka's 3rd c. BCE relic mound enlarged to 36m hemispheric brick-and-stone anda, 16m high stone torana gateways (Satavahana 1st c.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Fortress
Shallow Fortress
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Shallow Fortress in County Kerry, Ireland is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) fortress attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Shikarpur — Kutch
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Shikarpur — Kutch in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Harappan culture.