🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Sultana-Malu Roșu North Cemetery
Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen (4600–4300 BCE) · Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI–Varna
Gumelniţa gold necropolis 4600 BCE — 1500 flat graves with Spondylus (Andreescu).
🇺🇸 United States · Submerged site
Sunken City off Burn Dhara
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Sunken City off Burn Dhara in Ohio, United States is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Susa
Neolithic to Medieval (c.4200 BCE–1218 CE; Elamite capital c.2700–646 BCE; Achaemenid palace 522–331 BCE) · Elamite / Persian Achaemenid / Seleucid / Parthian / Sassanian
Elamite capital then Achaemenid administrative capital (Darius I, 522 BCE), Susa preserves mound sequence from 4200 BCE: Apadana of Darius (36 limestone columns, glazed brick friezes of Immortals and…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Qara Quzaq
Uruk to Islamic (4000 BCE–1200 CE) · Uruk → EBA Karababa → MBA → Hellenistic
Uruk–EBA ford mound 2700 BCE — burnt sealing houses at Qara Quzaq crossing.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Shiukh Fawqani South Mound — Middle Euphrates
Late Chalcolithic to Iron Age (3500–600 BCE; peak MBA–Neo-Assyrian) · Uruk → EBA → Middle Assyrian → Neo-Assyrian Aramean (Bit-Adini)
Burmarina Neo-Assyrian tablet town 725 BCE — MBA to cremation cemetery.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Ghabristan (Qabrestan)
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age (c.5000–2500 BCE; Plateau Chalcolithic type) · Tehran-Qazvin plateau Chalcolithic
Twin mound 330 × 250 m, 18 m high at Savajbolagh: type site of Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic where Fazeli & Coningham revealed Sialk I–II painted transition, first crude brick, kiln, and Zagros sealings…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Túcume Pyramids
Late Intermediate (Lambayeque 1000–1350 → Chimú 1350–1470 → Inca 1470–1532) · Lambayeque (Sicán) → Chimú → Inca
Valley of 26 adobe trunk-pyramids (1000–1532) on plain around eroded Cerro La Raya hill: Lambayeque/Sicán then Chimú then Inca 26 pyramids 12–25 m high (Huaca Larga 700 m long largest adobe pyramid…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Hillfort
Alignment Roxby Camp
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Alignment Roxby Camp in Catamarca, Argentina is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Archaeological wonder
Berel Kurgans
Scythian Pazyryk phase (~400–250 BCE) · Saka/Pazyryk (East Kazakh nomadic)
Seventy burial mounds in the Bukhtarma valley of the Altai where Canadian–Kazakh teams uncovered horse sacrifices wearing antlered ibex-horn masks transforming them into griffins.
🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Buried City of New Sura
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Buried City of New Sura in Ancash, Peru is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Earthwork
Ditch Stone Mound Complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Ditch Stone Mound Complex in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Moche (100–800 CE) earthwork attributed to Moche culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Megalith
Dolmen de Convent
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Dolmen de Convent in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) megalithic attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Geoglyph
Down-Henge Geoglyph
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Down-Henge Geoglyph in Thessaly, Greece is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Notgrove Long Barrow
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Cotswold-Severn long barrow at Notgrove, 48 m with transepted chambers, c.3700 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Cave
Palace Jabal Cave
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Palace Jabal Cave in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Quarry
Port Playa Quarry
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Port Playa Quarry in Ancash, Peru is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) quarry attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tatarlı Höyük
EBA → MBA → LBA → Phrygian → Persian (2600–500 BCE) · Anatolian EBA → Assyrian Colony fringe → Phrygian
EBA–Iron steppe tell (2600–500 BCE) — Haymana corridor walled town, Gordion-Hattusa buffer.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Thornby Grove Ancient City
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Thornby Grove Ancient City in Thessaly, Greece is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Tiya Megalithic Stelae Field
Solomonic or late pre-Christian (~1200–1400 CE; contested to 1000 BCE) · Gurage / Sidamo (Ethio-Semitic, Southern Ethiopian megalithic)
One of 160 stelae fields in the Soddo region containing 36 standing pillars, 32 of which are sculpted with swords, paired circles and enigmatic leaf-like motifs up to 3.64 m high.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Valcamonica Rock Drawings
Paleolithic to Iron Age (8,000 BCE–16th c. CE peak; Epipaleolithic to medieval) · Camunni (Iron Age Alpine) and earlier hunter groups
Valcamonica – 140,000+ petroglyphs carved over 8,000 years (8th millennium BCE–16th c.) across 250 km² Brescia Alps. 8 parks (Naquane 104 rocks, Seradina-Bedolina map).
🇱🇾 Libya · Tumulus
Wadi Burial Mound
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Wadi Burial Mound in Fezzan, Libya is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Adam's Grave
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn / Wessex
Chambered long barrow on Walkers Hill above Alton Barnes, 70 m, c.3650 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Annaghmare Court Tomb
Middle Neolithic · Irish Court Tomb tradition
Court tomb near Crossmaglen, 13 m gallery with shallow court, at foot of Ring of Gullion, c.3500 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Easton Rock Necropolis
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Easton Rock Necropolis in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) necropolis attributed to Hellenistic culture.