🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Abada (Hamrin)
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna–Samarra
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5500 BCE) Hassuna–Samarra tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – three-level incised-hassuna village (dims 2.8 ha, 3 m Hassuna–Samarra).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Judaidah (Tell al-Judaidah)
Neolithic to Iron; Amuq A-B emphasis · Amuq A/B Neolithic → Ubaid → EBA → Iron Syro-Hittite
Amuq A Neolithic type mound (18 ha) — earliest Amuq painted village (c.6000 BCE) through Iron, defining northern Levantine Neolithic base.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Songor A (Hamrin)
Ubaid (5000–4000 BCE) · Ubaid
Ubaid (5000–4000 BCE) Ubaid tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin Basin – hamrin rescue ubaid houses with hassuna sherds (dims 0.9 ha Ubaid village).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tol-e Bashi
Neolithic–Chalcolithic (c.6000–4500 BCE, Mushki–Bashi–Bakun) · Fars Neolithic Mushki → Bashi → Bakun
Ramjerd Neolithic tell 5 m high (Mushki–Shamsabad, early painted Mushki ware) NW of Persepolis.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Toro Muerto Petroglyphs
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate ~900–1450 CE · Wari to Collagua / Inca fringe
5,000-boulder petroglyph desert - world's densest - Wari-Collagua dancers over 10 km².
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Yeha Great Temple — Pre-Aksumite
Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) · Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants)
Yeha Great Temple — Pre-Aksumite in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants).
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Bisotun (Behistun)
Achaemenid to Sassanian (main inscription 520 BCE; later reliefs 148 BCE–6th c CE) · Achaemenid Persian / Seleucid / Parthian / Sassanian
Immense trilingual Rock of Behistun (Darius I, 520 BCE): Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian cuneiform narrating Darius' accession and defeat of 10 rebel kings – the Rosetta Stone for cuneiform…
🇨🇱 Chile · Fortress
Citadel of Moor
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Citadel of Moor in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) fortress attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Dolmen des Pierres Folles (Commequiers)
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Vendée Atlantic
18 m gallery grave (allée couverte) near Commequiers, Vendée, Pierre Folle road, 3000 BCE.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder
Issyk Kurgan and the Golden Warrior
Saka (400–200 BCE) · Saka (Issyk–Tasmola, East Scythian)
Six-meter stone mound on the Talgar fan where Kemal Akishev in 1969 recovered an undisturbed side cist containing an 18-year-old Saka prince clad in 4,000 gold plaques depicting leopard, ibex and…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Knidos Apollo Temple — Datça Peninsula Karne Island Sanctuary
Archaic Dorian to Hellenistic (600 BCE – 100 BCE) · Dorian Knidians with Triopian league
Apollo Karneios doric 6×11 on double-harbour terrace of Triopian Dorian expansion city.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Panel Golden Mine
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Panel Golden Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Step Pyramid of City-Terramare
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Step Pyramid of City-Terramare in Henan, China is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) pyramid attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Step Pyramid of Cross-Cliff
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Step Pyramid of Cross-Cliff in Petén, Guatemala is a Moche (100–800 CE) pyramid attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Hasanlu Level IVB — Burnt Citadel East Annex
Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE · Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu
Tepe Hasanlu Level IVB — Burnt Citadel East Annex in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE tell attributed to Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Uaxactun — Structure E-VII, Group E Astronomical Pyramid
Maya Preclassic to Early Classic, c.500 BCE–300 CE · Maya (Preclassic Lowland)
Pyramid E-VII-sub in Uaxactun Group E (c.500 BCE–200 CE, Preclassic–Early Classic). Eastern triadic platform of the canonical E-Group solar observatory: western pyramid E-VII aligned to three eastern…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient village
Village of Dyke Tula
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Village of Dyke Tula in Catamarca, Argentina is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) ancient village attributed to Nazca culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Şeyh Höyük (Kilis)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB Levantine (Amuq F–G)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB Levantine (Amuq F–G) tell at Kilis Province – eb hamlet on basalt ridge south of oylum (dims Mound 100×80 m, 6 m EB).
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Ancient City of Source Mesa
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ancient City of Source Mesa in Sicily, Italy is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Charsadda — Pushkalavati Bala Hisar Extension
Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Pushkalavati · Gandhara capital of Gandhara before Peshawar shift
Charsadda — Pushkalavati Bala Hisar Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Pushkalavati ancient-city attributed to Gandhara capital of Gandhara…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Megalith
Dolmen de Cave
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Dolmen de Cave in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Fortress of Harbor Grimston
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fortress of Harbor Grimston in Catamarca, Argentina is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) fortress attributed to Roman culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Geoglyph
Henge Gallery Geoglyph
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Henge Gallery Geoglyph in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
High Fortress
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
High Fortress in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) fortress attributed to Byzantine culture.