🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Pasargadae
Achaemenid (559–530 BCE construction; occupied to Seleucid era) · Achaemenid Persian
Earliest Achaemenid capital built by Cyrus the Great (559–530 BCE) on victory site over Medes.
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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Hoysala Empire 1121–1160 CE · Hoysala Hindu (Karnataka)
Hoysaleswara (1121–1160) – Hoysala double shrine (Shiva Hoysaleswara/Shantaleswara) on jagati platform with Dvikuta plan: stellate (star-shaped) 16-point vimanas, lathe-turned chloritic schist…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Funan Oc Eo culture (1st–7th century CE, Funan port peak 2nd–6th) · Funan (Oc Eo) → Chenla
Funan canal port (1st–7th cent) — 12 ha brick port 14.5 km from Oc Eo city via canal, 10 km from modern sea.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Achaemenid (559–530 BCE construction; occupied to Seleucid era) · Achaemenid Persian
Earliest Achaemenid capital built by Cyrus the Great (559–530 BCE) on victory site over Medes.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Formative to Late Intermediate (500–1200 CE) · Atacama caravan
Southeast margin of Salar del Sur where transverse dunes abut playa fringe (2,300 m). Thirteen figures on compact gypscrete between dunes: 40-m ladder, 22-m feline, and 90-m paired avenues (2.0 m…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Necropolis
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Stone Vale Necropolis in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) necropolis attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic–Bronze (5300–1800 BCE) · Tureng–Gorgan Chalcolithic
Neolithic–Bronze (5300–1800 BCE) Tureng–Gorgan Chalcolithic tell at Golestan Province, Gorgan plain – stratified gorgan plain type-site with grey ware (dims High mound 30 m, 15 ha lower town).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Oc Eo–Funan culture 200 BCE–700 CE → Chenla · Austro-Asiatic Funan / Indianised Buddhist-Hindu
Funan port-city of Mekong Delta (c.200 BCE–12th c. CE) on ancient Austro-Asiatic maritime Silk Road, 450 ha moated and canal-grid city linking Mekong to coast 10 km inland — Roman medallions…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Late Chalcolithic to EBA III (4200–2000 BCE) · Pontic Chalcolithic–EBA (Bafra horizon; Maikop affinities)
Pontic coastal necropolis 4200–2000 BCE — 600 graves, arsenical bronze.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Postclassic (c.1200-1521 CE) · Mesoamerican Postclassic (Tepanec-Aztec)
Azcapotzalco (Tepanec capital) — buried postclassic tell/village at Mexico City.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid to Sasanian (c.520 BCE–600 CE) · Achaemenid → Sasanian hydraulic
Achaemenid bridge-dam 300 m (Darius I era, sluices, Shushtar canal head) north of Shushtar.
🇯🇵 Japan · Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Black Field Necropolis in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Broad Ingoldisthorpe Standing Stones in Alentejo, Portugal is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) megalithic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Buried City of Marsh in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Middle Elamite (c.1250–640 BCE) · Elamite
Elamite holy city built by King Untash-Napirisha (1250 BCE) to honor god Inshushinak: immense 105×105 m square ziggurat (originally 53 m high, 5 storeys) at center of three concentric walls with…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Hilltop Penwith quoit — intact 4-post portal dolmen with mushroom capstone above Chûn Castle, most complete in Cornwall.
🇲🇱 Mali · Necropolis
Medieval Trans-Saharan (9th–15th c. CE) · Sanhaja Berber / Tuareg / Andalusian-linked
Bazina ridge south of Saharan caravan city with Andalusian lustre shards.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Western Han Wen-Jing 157–141 BCE · Western Han imperial
Mausoleum complex of Emperor Jing of Han (Liu Qi, r.157–141 BCE) and Empress Wang Zhi on Wei River terrace north of Xi'an, core of Western Han imperial necropolis (11 tombs).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Acheulean (700k–200k BP) · Acheulean
Hunsgi — Acheulean Factory in Karnataka, Hunsgi valley, India is a Acheulean (700k–200k BP) ancient village attributed to Acheulean culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Juni Kuran — Kutch in Gujarat, Kutch, Khadir island, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Hillfort
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Kurgan Ton Hillfort in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) hillfort attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Rock-cut
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Mere-Inis Rock-Cut Complex in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
Xiongnu Empire (~200 BCE – 100 CE) · Xiongnu (Hsiung-nu nomadic empire)
Forested ridge north of Ulaanbaatar concealing over 200 deep shaft-tombs (6–18 m deep) of the Xiongnu steppe empire that confronted Han China.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Rock-Cut Tombs of Bryn Thornby in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Nazca culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Furnace in Fars Province, Iran is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
