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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Begrawiya South — Beg. S10 Ancillary Chapel (Meroë) in River Nile, Begrawiya South, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to …
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 2nd–5th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Belalis Maior (Henchir el-Faouar) dominates a platform 8 km northeast of Béja, a fertile Tell city excavated by Mahjoubi since 1960. Revealed: monumental capitol (peripteral), Byzantine citadel 6th c.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Middle Preclassic to Terminal Classic (900 BCE–950 CE), apogee 650–890 CE · Maya — Ceibal-Petexbatun kingdom, Mexican influenced late
Bluff-top city 27 km east of Dos Pilas, excavated 1964–68 then by Inomata, famous for Structure A-3 atop A-II substructure (Late Preclassic cruciform E-Group) with four stairways each with stela…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Meroe Reservoir A — Meroe (53-24) at Meroe, Sudan is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Preclassic Miraflores (400 BCE–100 CE) peak · Maya–Highland — Kaminaljuyu
Once greatest New World city (Michael Coe) with 200 mounds mapped by E. M. Shook (1930s–60s) across Guatemala Valley, Mound A is flagship Miraflores platform pyramid facing Lake Miraflores (now dry)…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze (c.3200–1800 BCE) · EB Anatolian → Assyrian Colony period predecessors
Oldest tin mine (Kestel, 4500 m galleries, EBA) and its processing settlement Göltepe (8 ha) in the Bolkar Taurus, excav...
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
PPNB · PPNB cult
Kfar HaHoresh Cult Enclosure Galilee at Galilee, Nazareth, Israel is a PPNB temple complex of the PPNB cult tradition, built c. 8800 BCE for ppnb mortuary cult enclosure 30 pillars.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Royal Baiae Terrace Outer — Baiae (58-08) at Baiae, Italy is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE (Early–Middle–Late) → Kofun transition · Yayoi (Sea of Japan coastal)
Sea of Japan Yayoi paddy village (300 BCE–300 CE) at Tawayama near Tottori — 150 m ring ditch with Izumo trade horizon.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (3000–2000 BCE) · EBA Syrian → Akkadian → Post-Akkadian → MBA Syrian
Tell Selenkahiyeh Southern Terrace is the lower-town terrace south of the four-tell cluster (15 ha) on the Euphrates west bank, salvaged before Lake Assad (Tabqa Dam) rose 20 m.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Triple-walled Orkney-Cromarty cairn near Kirkwall with 4.5 m passage to tripartite corbelled chamber.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Yavne-Yam — Harbour North Anchorage (Ashdod, Israel) in Central, Yavne-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Potosí Ridge South — Potosí (55-33) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Great Xi an Terrace East — Xi an (56-29) at Xi an, China is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Little Aleppo Platform Outer — Aleppo (53-35) at Aleppo, Syria is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Outer Xi an Platform Central — Xi an (56-42) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Rondônia — Fazenda Geoglyph Ancillary Circle (Brazil) in Rondônia, Rondonia Geoglyph, Brazil is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph…
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Mains Baraka Burial in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A to early PPNB · Taş Tepeler / Upper Euphrates PPN
Taş Tepeler megasite (14 ha) with T-pillars 30 km west of Şanlıurfa, unexcavated Göbekli-contemporary.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Canopus — East Harbour Ancillary Quay North (Abu Qir) in Alexandria, Abu Qir, Canopus, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city …
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Meroe Sanctuary Inner — Meroe (56-16) at Meroe, Sudan is a Classical (regional) pyramid of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7200–6200 BCE) · PPNB Black Desert hunters
West hamada piedmont 6 km west of Jabal Wisad inselberg (690 m) on flat basalt pavement with scattered chert.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Classical (regional) · Classical
Little Meroe Village Outer — Meroe (56-20) at Meroe, Sudan is a Classical (regional) earthwork of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Lower Meroe Temple East — Meroe (53-21) at Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for temple and associated settlement.
