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🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Dynastic · Nagar / Beydar culture
Tell Beydar Nagar North Palace at Hassakeh, Tell Beydar, Syria is a Early Dynastic ancient city of the Nagar / Beydar culture tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for town with palace and eblaite tablets.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Thalai-adi — Ancient Harbour North Quay (Jaffna, Sri Lanka) in Northern, Jaffna, Thalai-adi, Sri Lanka is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) subme…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Elamite Middle Elamite (1344–1300 BCE) · Elamite (Middle Elamite)
Largest Mesopotamian-related ziggurat outside Mesopotamia: Elamite holy city Dur-Untash by King Untash-Napirisha (1344–1306 BCE) for god Inshushinak.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Ex-Aeródromo — Geoglyph Ancillary Ray North (Iquique, Chile) in Tarapacá, Ex Aeródromo, Iquique, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Hegra — Ancient Well North (Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia) in Al Madinah, Hegra, Saudi Arabia is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attr…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (3800–2300 BCE) · Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Ninevite V → Early Dynastic
Kurban Höyük Dam Salvage Zone is the 6-ha lower terrace on the Euphrates left bank, salvaged before Atatürk Dam raised the lake 15 m over the valley.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Takht-e Soleyman — Azargoshnasb Fire Temple North Iwan in West Azerbaijan, Takht-e Soleyman, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple com…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age
Paired Kilmartin circles (13 m and 12 m) tracing timber-to-stone transition c.3000–1000 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chankillo — Tower 13 North Observatory (Casma, Thirteen Towers) in Ancash, Casma, Chankillo, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple com…
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Doliana — Submerged Quarry North Slope (Paros, Greece) in South Aegean, Paros, Doliana, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged cit…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Neolithic · Brú na Bóinne Neolithic
Dowth Passage Tomb Brugh na Boinne at Meath, Brú na Bóinne, Ireland is a Neolithic megalithic of the Brú na Bóinne Neolithic tradition, built c. 3200 BCE for 85 m mound 2 passages winter sunset.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early–Late Classic · Maya (Kaan–Chenés frontier)
First Kaan (Snake) capital (300–900 CE) — 28-m Kinichná Acropolis with wooden lintel inscriptions.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A · Mureybetian / Jerf Ahmar PPNA
Two PPNA villages (East and West, 9500–8700 BCE) on the Middle Euphrates now submerged under Lake Tishrin, famous for the earliest communal buildings with subterranean benches, decorated plaquettes…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA–PPNB) · Taş Tepeler
Tektek ridge T-pillar sanctuary linking Karahan and Harbetsuvan, ~5 ha with twin enclosures.
🇲🇹 Malta · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Hypogeum Ridge I — Hypogeum, Paola (59-21) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Sukhothai — Wat Mahathat Ancillary Mandapa in Sukhothai, Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex …
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Uruk to Mitanni · Tell Brak / Nagar
Tell Brak Nagar Central Mound at Hassakeh, Tell Brak, Syria is a Uruk to Mitanni ancient city of the Tell Brak / Nagar tradition, built c. 3900 BCE for major urban centre 130 ha with eye temple.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Middle Kingdom · 12th Dynasty Egyptian
Buhen Fortress Nubia Second Cataract at Nubia, Buhen, Sudan is a Middle Kingdom ancient city of the 12th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c. 1850 BCE for great fortress 150 m with moat glacis.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dholavira — Buried Reservoir North (Kutch, Gujarat) in Gujarat, Kutch, Dholavira Buried, India is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city att…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker (TRB) — Falbygden group
Falbygden passage grave — 9 m passage to 7 m limestone chamber within 19 m mound, c.3300 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Moundville — North Plaza Mound P (Tuscaloosa) in Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Moundville, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tum…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Neapolis — Ancient Harbour North Mole (Nabeul, Tunisia) in Nabeul, Neapolis, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attribut…
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Late Bronze Age; Srubnaya post-Catacomb · Catacomb → Srubnaya (Timber Grave) → Andronovo influence
Ilek River Srubnaya cemetery (1800–1200 BCE) with timber-framed ‘srub’ grave chambers, grooved pottery and Late Bronze steppe pastoral expansion.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Natufian · Negev Natufian
Rosh Horesha Natufian Negev Camp at Negev, Rosh Horesha, Israel is a Natufian ancient village of the Negev Natufian tradition, built c. 12000 BCE for highland natufian harpoons bedrock mortars.
