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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Natufian · Azraq Natufian
Shubayqa Natufian Bread Site Azraq at Azraq Basin, Shubayqa, Jordan is a Natufian ancient village of the Azraq Natufian tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Halaf to Mitanni (6000 BCE–1300 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk → Ninevite V → Akkadian → Mittani
Tell Arbid Southern Ridge is the 14.2-ha southern ridge extension of Tell Arbid on the Wadi Jaghjagh between the Khabur and Tigris headwaters.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Siem Reap Platform A — Siem Reap (54-28) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan / 25th Dynasty, c.850-650 BCE (early Kushite) · Kushite (Napatan, 25th Dynasty)
El-Kurru ridge 13 km south of Jebel Barkal: tumuli and pyramids of early Kushite kings (Tumulus 1 → Pyramid Ku1 Piye).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (650–850 CE, Rio Bec–Chenes peak) · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenes, Hormiguero style)
Most theatrical Rio Bec city (650–850 CE peak) with Structure II central 8-chamber palace-pyramid 12 m high, Structure V twin-tower pyramid and mask façades.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Hopewell
Marksville — Precht Mound West Embankment in Louisiana, Avoyelles Parish, Marksville, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulu…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Narhan I (2000–1400) → Narhan II (1400–800) → NBPW III (800–600 BCE) · Narhan / Sarayupar Chalcolithic → NBPW Iron Age
Type-site for Narhan culture (c.2000–600 BCE) on the Ghaghara alluvium in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh — white-painted black-and-red ware (BPB) and later black-slipped ware mound excavated 1984–89 by…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (600 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Yaxhá–Naranjo rivalry)
Major Petén lakeside Maya city (600 BCE–900 CE) between Yaxhá and Sacnab lakes, rival to Naranjo, covering 3 km² with 9 pyramids.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNB to Late Neolithic · PPNB Jordan
Beidha Neolithic Village Petra Corridor at Ma'an, Beidha, Jordan is a PPNB to Late Neolithic ancient village of the PPNB Jordan tradition, built c.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Delphi Fortress Outer — Delphi (60-27) at Delphi, Greece is a Chalcolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Great Great Zimbabwe Village South — Great Zimbabwe (57-28) at Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Integration Period (Manteño-Huancavilca 800–1534) · Manteño-Huancavilca (Manta-Jocay chiefdom)
Manteño maritime pyramid Huaca Jocay (800–1534 CE) above Manta Bay: 30×50 m stone platform 6 m with ramps, Spondylus workshops and stone seats — Spondylus balsa-raft capital.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Tell Ahmar — North Palace Buried (Til Barsip, Syria) in Aleppo, Tell Ahmar, Til Barsip, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attribut…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Bronze to Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian (Jezirah) · Hurrian Mitanni → Aramaean Sikani → Assyrian
Spring-mound town Sikani (Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian) candidate for Mitanni capital Washukanni (hot debate) — 90 ha lower town + 8 ha citadel mound at main Khabur karst spring (Ras al-Ain).
🇲🇹 Malta · Tomb
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Hypogeum Fortress North — Hypogeum, Paola (59-34) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Chalcolithic (regional) tomb of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Late New Kingdom to early Napatan (1200–750 BCE) · Kushite (Nubian, Napatan early, Egyptianised)
Napatan-period cemetery (1200–750 BCE, early Kush) 3 km south of Jebel Barkal near Karima, on low sandstone ridge.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period (Casma–Sechín culture) · Sechín / Casma (Initial Period)
Casma-Sechín satellite pyramid at Huaca Soledad — 35 m platform pyramid 8 m high c.1600 BCE, part of Sechín Alto 300 m cluster.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Jaketown — Mound C West Slope (Humphreys County) in Mississippi, Humphreys County, Jaketown, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Natufian to PPNB · Judean Hills Neolithic
Motza Highway Mega-site PPNB Jerusalem at Judean Hills, Motza, Israel is a Natufian to PPNB ancient city of the Judean Hills Neolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Portus Claudius — North Mole (Trajan Harbour, Ostia) in Lazio, Fiumicino, Portus, Italy is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attri…
🇲🇹 Malta · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Sacred Hypogeum Citadel Outer — Hypogeum, Paola (59-37) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Early Dynastic · 2nd Dynasty Egyptian
Shunet el-Zebib Enclosure Abydos at Abydos, Shunet el-Zebib, Egypt is a Early Dynastic megalithic of the 2nd Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Khajuraho Platform West — Khajuraho (60-22) at Khajuraho, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Crystal River — Mound B Shell Midden Terrace (Florida) in Florida, Citrus County, Crystal River, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 …
