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🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman (1st–6th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Southern suburb of Cuicul beyond Severan Arch with fullery and funerary basilica.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Tumulus
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dyke Tula Burial Mound in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tumulus attributed to Harappan culture.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Late Bronze Age to Pre-Roman Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE) · Nordic Bronze Age / Gotlandic
Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age stone ship on Gotland's west coast, 30 m long outline of limestone slabs forming a ship shape aligned roughly north–south with larger prow stone.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Geoglyph
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Geoglyphs of Bala in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Geoglyph
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Geoglyphs of Palace Jabal in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) geoglyph attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Mound
Lithic to Preceramic 14500 BP–2000 BCE, monumental mound 3500–1800 BCE (Huaca Prieta period) · Preceramic Chicama (Huaca Prieta period) to Cupisnique-Chavín
Compact mound-midden 12 m high 150×50 m 3 km north of Chicama River mouth beside Pacific: stratified 14.5 ka Lithic to Preceramic sequence with temple platform atop midden, preserving world's oldest…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Bronze Age · Orcadian Neolithic
Cliff-top stalled cairn on South Ronaldsay famed for 16,000 human bones and eagle remains.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Early Modern Berber (1699–1900) · Berber (Cherkaoui) / Arab
Ksar Ouled Soltane is the best-preserved Berber fortified granary 1699 CE in Tataouine, 60 m square enclosure with 287 ghorfas (vaulted cells 4 stories high) stacked two courtyards.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Kurgan Grotto in Ohio, United States is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) cave attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Early Agricultural Period–Early Ceramic (1200 BCE–500 CE; peak 1000–500 BCE) · Early Agricultural / Cienega phase (pre-Hohokam)
Early Agricultural metropolis 1000 BCE — 400 pithouses & 1 km canal before Hohokam.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian
Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Moss Cairn Buried Settlement in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) buried city attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Mound Canal Standing Stones in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Halaf to Urartian (5000 BCE–600 BCE) · Halaf → EBA Trans-Caucasian/Karaz → Urartian
EBA Keban village 2800 BCE — Karaz painted & copper crucible hamlet (Hauptmann).
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Megalith
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Park Dolmen in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Afanasievo to Sarazm Chalcolithic–Bronze Age · Sarazm culture (Central Asian proto-Bactrian)
Earliest proto-urban centre in Central Asia (4000–2000 BCE) in Zarafshan Valley, Tajikistan's first UNESCO site (2010), 100 ha town with irrigation canals, palace, fortified citadel and aeolian…
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Ras Kara Rock-Cut Complex in Sicily, Italy is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Nazca culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Reservoir of Broch Fen in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Late Neolithic 2400–2300 BCE · Late Neolithic Britons (Grooved Ware)
Europe's tallest prehistoric mound – 39-m artificial hill with unknown purpose.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Skeith Standing Stones in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Step Pyramid of Northfield Bal in County Kerry, Ireland is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic III to Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian, Eshnunna sphere
Small but archive-rich Hamrin tell salvaged before dam, excavated by Japanese Mission (Fujii).
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Temple of Row Seaton in Ohio, United States is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) temple complex attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Thornby Grove Earthwork in Henan, China is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
