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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (3000–1550 BCE) · Ninevite V → Hurrian → Old Babylonian → Mittani
Giricano Tepe South Lower Town is the 4.2-ha south terrace below the main Early Bronze mound on the upper Tigris west of Ziyaret Tepe.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Harappa — Mound F Buried Granary North (Punjab, Pakistan) in Punjab, Sahiwal, Harappa, Mound F, Pakistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) burie…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Palaeolithic to Neolithic · Central Anatolian
Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop at Cappadocia, Nevşehir, Turkey is a Palaeolithic to Neolithic ancient village of the Central Anatolian tradition, built c. 7000 BCE for obsidian workshop gollu dag trade.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd – early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Enormous unfinished 215 m base mudbrick mass at Abu Rawash — Lepsius I — late 3rd/early 4th Dynasty aborted true pyramid, oriented slightly off cardinal.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze · Badia Late Neolithic–EBA onager hunters
Wadi Rashid hamada: 5 low-wall kites on open pavement with deep 2.4 m onager pits.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Western Teotihuacan Enclosure West — Teotihuacan (56-37) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Hattusa Mound Central — Hattusa (60-09) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Moya is an archaeological site in the southern Gezira Plain, Sudan, approximately 250 km (150 miles) south southeast of Khartoum.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Kaveripattinam — Wharf North (Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu) in Tamil Nadu, Poompuhar, Kaveripattinam, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerg…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir II — Teotihuacan (56-13) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) pyramid of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Khajuraho Terrace A — Khajuraho (60-38) at Khajuraho, India is a Medieval (regional) archaeological wonder of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Northern Nara Necropolis South — Nara, Asuka (54-29) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Lalibela Village South — Lalibela (59-49) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) underground city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Sukuh — Ancillary Pyramid Terrace North (Central Java) in Central Java, Karanganyar, Sukuh, Indonesia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid at…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze II to Iron II / Persian (c.3000–400 BCE; EB peak 2950–2650, Iron 1000–587) · EB Canaanite → absent MB → Israelite Judahite → Babylonian era → Persian
Double-stacked tell: 2950 BCE walled EB city plus Iron Age Judahite fortress-temple twin of Jerusalem.
🇨🇦 Canada · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Writing-on-Stone — Ancillary Panel North (Áísínai'pi, Alberta) in Alberta, Writing-on-Stone, Canada is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) …
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Anuradhapura — Abhayagiri Buried Chapel North (Sri Lanka) in North Central, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried cit…
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Atalanta Harbour — North Mole Ancillary (Locris, Greece) in Central Greece, Locris, Atalanta, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerg…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Canoa Quebrada — Rock Art Shell Midden North (Ceará, Brazil) in Ceará, Canoa Quebrada, Brazil is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock a…
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Djenné-Jeno Terrace North — Djenné-Jeno (57-19) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Phoenician to Ottoman (7th c BCE–present) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Islamic
Phoenician Emporion under Tripoli with 163 CE tetrapylon arch of Marcus Aurelius and silted harbour.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Siem Reap Hilltop Central — Siem Reap (54-17) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Late Yamnaya → Catacomb → Srubnaya · Yamnaya → Catacomb Grave culture → Srubnaya (Timber Grave)
Kalmyk steppe Catacomb Grave kurgans (2800–2200 BCE) with shaft-and-niche chambers cut into Yamnaya mounds — post-Yamnaya chariot horizon and ‘caterpillar’ pottery.
