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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Old Khajuraho Ridge East — Khajuraho (60-14) at Khajuraho, India is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Middle Sicán to Late Sicán (Lambayeque) · Sicán / Lambayeque (Moche descendant)
Sicán capital Batán Grande (800–1375 CE): 20 adobe pyramids (Huaca Loro 20 m with Lord of Sicán 2 kg gold mask and 22 sacrifices) in dry forest world-heritage necropolis.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Classic Hohokam 1150–1450 CE (Sedentary to Classic transition) · Hohokam (Ancestral Sonoran Desert, ancestors of O’odham)
Ancestral Sonoran Desert four-story Great House (18 m × 13 m, 4 storeys, 11 rooms, caliche clay walls 1 m thick, internal loopholes) – largest known Hohokam structure, preserved under 1932 modern…
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Neolithic · Iberian Megalithic
Dolmen de Soto Trigueros at Andalusia, Huelva, Spain is a Neolithic megalithic of the Iberian Megalithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for 21 m passage dolmen with rock art 63 orthostats.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Trans-Saharan (c. 600–1300 CE; peak 9th–12th c as Kawkaw) · Songhai–Berber (Gao empire; Almoravid links)
Old Gao's eastern port suburb Gao-Saney with merchant quarter and cemetery of 11th c Arabic stelae (spirals, Kufic) documenting Islamisation and gold trade to Sijilmasa; stelae mar...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (3500–2200 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic North Central Anatolian → EBA extramural elite cemetery
Horoztepe Höyük Tokat Burial Mound is the extramural-cemetery knoll 200 m from Horoztepe settlement on the Kelkit plain 2 km northeast of Erbaa.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic · Maya Sak Nikte' under Calakmul Kanul
Former looters' Site Q identified as Sak Nikte' (La Corona) 658–835 CE: 14 m Main Plaza pyramid and returned Hieroglyphic Stairway panels of Calakmul dynastic wars.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Lachish — Fosse Temple North Ancillary (Tell Lachish) in Southern, Lachish, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
New Aleppo Settlement West — Aleppo (53-48) at Aleppo, Syria is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
New Baiae Reservoir I — Baiae (58-25) at Baiae, Italy is a Chalcolithic (regional) submerged city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Neolithic to Mamluk (c.8000 BCE–1500 CE; Decapolis peak 63 BCE–400 CE) · Neolithic → Canaanite → Hellenistic Decapolis → Roman → Byzantine → Islamic
Pella (Tabaqat Fahl) is a 4000-year mound and Decapolis Greco-Roman city in Jordan Valley — with Neolithic village (Sha'ar Hagolan–related) through Canaanite–Eg...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
The former Crusader castle of Amouda, in what was the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, and today close to the village of Gökçedam in the Turkish Province of Osmaniye.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Central Dwarka Mound South — Dwarka (58-39) at Dwarka, India is a Bronze Age (regional) submerged city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Eastern Potosí Citadel Inner — Potosí (55-15) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Yucatan Settlement B — Yucatan (55-23) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) geoglyph of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇰🇷 Korea · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Gameunsa — Twin Pagoda North (Gyeongju) in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju, Gameunsa, Korea is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attrib…
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Xi an Terrace Central — Xi an (56-22) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Inner Bayuda Fortress West — Bayuda (57-18) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom (Akhenaten, c.1353–1336 BCE) with Ramesside reuse · Egyptian Amarna Period (Akhenaten) colonial
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) colonial temple-town (c.1350 BCE) with fortified enclosure 270×190 m, triple temple (Amun, Aten, western), columned hall, palace, and pyramidal elite tombs east.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Taxila — Bhir Mound Buried Street North (Gandhara) in Punjab, Taxila, Bhir Mound, Pakistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribu…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Bahr Yussef — Ancillary Regulator North (Fayum, Egypt) in Fayum, Bahr Yussef, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
PPNB · Euphrates PPNB
Djaded Euphrates Village PPNB at Aleppo, Euphrates, Syria is a PPNB ancient village of the Euphrates PPNB tradition, built c. 8500 BCE for ppnb village round to rectangular transition.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Eastern Axum Citadel Central — Axum (57-24) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Dwarka Citadel East — Dwarka (58-35) at Dwarka, India is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
