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🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Luxor Citadel East — Luxor, Thebes (53-39) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) tell of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Royal Aleppo Sanctuary I — Aleppo (53-28) at Aleppo, Syria is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (Río Bec) · Maya (Río Bec)
Type-site false-tower pyramid Structure V-N at Río Bec — 8 m solid-tower platform pyramid c.650–850 CE anchoring 100-structure Río Bec city.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom antecedent to Napatan (Taharqo 690 BCE) to Meroitic 350 CE · Kushite (Napatan-Meroitic, Taharqo)
Kushite temple (Argo Island, largest Nile island c.30 km long) founded Taharqo 25th Dynasty (688 BCE) over New Kingdom levels, 35×25 m sandstone temple with pylon, pronaos and sanctuary on granite…
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Takamatsuzuka Tumulus — Buried Chamber North (Asuka, Japan) in Nara, Asuka, Takamatsuzuka, Japan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus a…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Hassuna to Iron Age (6500 BCE–800 BCE) · Hassuna/Samarra → Halaf → Ninevite V → Mittani → Iron Age Aramean
Tell Mohammed Diyab Southern Extension is the 9.8-ha southern skirt of Tell Mohammed Diyab on the upper Khabur plain — a 30-m tell with one of the longest Neolithic-to-Iron sequences in inland Syria…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Central Lalibela Citadel II — Lalibela (59-30) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Etowah — Mound C West Face Ancillary (Bartow) in Georgia, Bartow County, Etowah, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus att…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Inner Delphi Ridge Central — Delphi (60-21) at Delphi, Greece is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Xi an Sanctuary Central — Xi an (56-12) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Northern Aleppo Settlement Inner — Aleppo (53-30) at Aleppo, Syria is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period, c.1800-1000 BCE (Sechín–Casma) · Andean (Casma–Sechín)
Sechín Alto in Casma Valley (Ancash): huge U-shaped platform compound 300×250 m, 44 m high, with atrium and sunken courts. Excavated by Julio C.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Ancient city
PPNA · PPNA Jordan Valley
Tell es-Sultan Jericho PPNA Tower at Jericho, West Bank, Palestine is a PPNA ancient city of the PPNA Jordan Valley tradition, built c. 8000 BCE for 8 m ppna stone tower 9 m diam with stair.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom Egyptian colonial (1500–1070 BCE) reused Napatan (750–650 BCE) · Egyptian colonial (New Kingdom) and early Kushite
Napatan and New Kingdom Egyptian cemetery with small steep pyramids (c.1500–500 BCE) on alluvial plain of Nile at Third Cataract near Tombos village.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Vinča–Belo Brdo — Deep Pit Sanctuary Square N3 in Belgrade, Vinča, Serbia is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–E…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Western Yucatan Village North — Yucatan (55-19) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for village and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Calakmul — Structure II North Facade Mask (Campeche) in Campeche, Calakmul, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kin…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Epiclassic (600–950 CE) · Olmeca-Xicalanca (?) / Cantona culture
Lava-field megacity Cantona Acropolis (600–1000 CE): 12 km² terraced pyramid city on basalt malpaís with 24 ballcourts, 500 causeways, 12 m Acropolis pyramid at 2550 m.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Ottoman (3rd c. BCE–present; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Numidian / Carthaginian / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Cirta (modern Constantine, Qusanṭīnah) is the Tunisian Tell's most dramatic city, perched on a limestone mesa girded by the 300-m-deep Rhumel gorge with four bridges.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Gavrinis — North Face Ancillary Tablet Cache in Brittany, Morbihan, Larmor-Baden, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art at…
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Gulf of Cambay — Submerged Wall North (Gujarat, Ancillary) in Gujarat, Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged cit…
🇯🇪 Jersey · Archaeological wonder
The Jersey Accommodation and Activity Centre is a building just north of Gorey in the parish of Saint Martin, Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Axum Settlement B — Axum (57-29) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-09) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Medieval (regional) megalithic of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
