🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Gavrinis Passage Tomb
Middle Neolithic · Morbihan megalithic / Chassey-Cerny
Island passage tomb in Gulf of Morbihan with 14 m passage lined with richly carved orthostats, c.4200 BCE.
🇮🇹 Italy · Hydraulic works
Henge Gallery Aqueduct
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Henge Gallery Aqueduct in Sicily, Italy is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Isimila
Early Stone Age Acheulean (260,000 BP) · Acheulean (Early Homo sapiens arch)
Isimila near Iringa is East Africa's richest Acheulean site, 260,000 BP, on eroded sandstone korongo (gullies) with 260,000 BP Acheulean handaxes 30 cm, cleavers and living floors with…
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Laas Geel
Neolithic Pastoral (c.5000–3000 BCE; dated by stratum ceramics) · Early Cushitic Pastoral Neolithic / Horn of Africa pastoralists
Exceptionally preserved Neolithic rock art shelters discovered 2002 by French team (Xavier Gutherz): 10 granite alcoves with polychrome paintings 5000–3000 BCE – long-horned cattle with udders,…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient city
Necropolis Quay Ancient City
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis Quay Ancient City in Catamarca, Argentina is a Moche (100–800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Necropolis
Necropolis of Panel Qasr
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Necropolis of Panel Qasr in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) necropolis attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Panel Golden Fortress
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Panel Golden Fortress in Catamarca, Argentina is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) fortress attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Petra Siq Hydraulic Channel
Nabataean Hellenistic–Roman ~100 BCE–106 CE · Nabataean Arab (Hellenistic)
Siq slot-canyon's paired Nabataean canals and flood-tunnel still draining Petra's gorge.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Philae Temple Complex
Late Period to Roman (380 BCE–452 CE demotic last text; Isis cult active to Justinian 550 CE closure) · Egyptian Late Period / Ptolemaic / Roman
Island temple ensemble dedicated chiefly to Isis, built from 30th Dynasty to Roman (380 BCE–117 CE): Isis main temple, Birth House (mammisi), Kiosk of Trajan (renowned photographer kiosk), Gate of…
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Ruins of Holm-Pit
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ruins of Holm-Pit in Andalusia, Spain is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Tell
Tell el-Edge Ben
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell el-Edge Ben in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Pyramid
Torr-Convent Pyramid
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Torr-Convent Pyramid in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) pyramid attributed to Harappan culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Uchi Minus (Henchir Rhar ez-Zaatli)
Roman (1st c. BCE–6th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Smaller twin to Uchi Maius on Khalled tributary with haouanet tombs.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ziggurat Mound of Tell al-Hiba (Lagash — Ibgal)
Early Dynastic to Ur III · Sumerian (Lagash dynasty)
Early Dynastic temple platform ziggurat Ibgal of Inanna at Lagash (Tell al-Hiba) — 40×30 m platform c.2500 BCE, precursor to classic Ur ziggurat.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Ancient City of Kara Kistvaen
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Ancient City of Kara Kistvaen in Fars Province, Iran is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Dolmen Cairn Höyük
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dolmen Cairn Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle
Late Neolithic (2500–1500 BCE) · Recumbent builders
Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (2500–1500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Recumbent builders.
🇹🇩 Chad · Rock art
Ennedi Rock Art
Neolithic Pastoral to Iron Age ~7000 BP–1000 CE · Saharan Pastoralist to Toubou ancestors
Ennedi sandstone shelters with 7 kyr cattle-to-camel paintings around Saharan guelta lakes.
🇷🇺 Russia · Megalith
Great Salbyk Kurgan
Tagar culture, Scythian (~800–200 BCE; Salbyk 500 BCE) · Tagar (Scythian-Siberian, Khakass steppe)
So-called Siberian Stonehenge: a 71-m square enclosure of standing Devonian sandstone slabs weighing up to 50 tonnes enclosing a truncated pyramid kurgan 12 m high.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley Long Barrow)
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Cotswold-Severn long barrow on Uley escarpment, 37 m with transepted chambers, c.3750 BCE.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Horyu-ji Temple Complex Nara
Asuka Period 607 CE; reconstructions 670, 8th c. · Japanese Asuka Buddhist (Prince Shōtoku)
Hōryū-ji – world's oldest surviving wooden structures (Kondō, five-story pagoda, Chūmon gate late 7th c., UNESCO 1993 first Japanese inscription).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at North
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Hydraulic System at North in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Moche culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Karahöyük (Elbistan)
Early Bronze Age to Medieval (peak MBA–Hittite–Iron) · EB Anatolian → Hittite → Neo-Hittite/Tabal → Armenian Medieval
Large Elbistan Plain mound (300 × 250 m, 22 m high) dominating the Ceyhan headwaters, second only to Tilmen in the plain...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Kirk Dock Ancient City
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Kirk Dock Ancient City in Petén, Guatemala is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.