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🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Western Giza Fortress I — Giza (56-32) at Giza, Egypt is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Iron Age · British Iron Age
Danebury Hillfort Hampshire at Hampshire, United Kingdom is a Iron Age earthwork of the British Iron Age tradition, built c. 550 BCE for type-site hillfort dense occupation.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock-cut
Old Kingdom to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE; peak 2300–2100 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
El-Hawawish is the Old–Middle Kingdom cliff necropolis of Akhmim (Panopolis, 9th nome) on eastern desert edge, 800+ rock-cut tombs 3000–1800 BCE on 1.5 km wadi terrace.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Kadada — Small Pyramid Cluster (Kadada Cemetery) in River Nile, Kadada, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA · Taş Tepeler
Kurt Tepe South Stone Hills at Şanlıurfa, Kurt Tepe, Turkey is a PPNA temple complex of the Taş Tepeler tradition, built c. 9500 BCE for southernmost stone hill lion statue.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Submerged site
Thracian to Ottoman (6th c. BCE – 1453+) · Thracian / Megarian Greek / Roman / Byzantine / Bulgarian / Ottoman
610 BCE Megarian peninsula city whose western fortifications now lie 4 m underwater.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Eridu Citadel Central — Eridu (53-38) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) tell of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Axum Citadel Inner — Axum (57-48) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Utica — Harbour North Channel (Bizerte, Tunisia) in Bizerte, Utica, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bro…
🇵🇪 Peru · Settlement
Late Horizon (Inca) · Inca (Ollantaytambo sphere)
Sacred Valley terrace annex (1400–1532 CE) on south hillside opposite Ollantaytambo fortress across Urubamba River at 2850 m, comprising 100-storey andenería over 28 ha fed by high...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Seleucid to Mamluk · Greek → Roman → Byzantine → Crusader
One of the four great cities of antiquity (300 BCE–1400 CE), founded by Seleucus I honoring father Antiochos, capital of Seleucid kingdom and Roman Syria with 500,000 inhabitants at peak (Aug 5),…
🇭🇷 Croatia · Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) · Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
Grapčeva Cave — Ancillary Niche B (Hvar Island) in Split-Dalmatia, Hvar Island, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Mehu — Pyramid Ancillary Mortuary Temple North (Saqqara) in Giza, Saqqara, Mehu Pyramid, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attribute…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age · Atlantic Iron Age
Old Scatness Broch Village at Shetland, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient village of the Atlantic Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for broch with wheelhouse village.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Western Eridu Mound I — Eridu (53-37) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Yoshinogari — Buried Moat North (Saga, Yayoi, Japan) in Saga, Yoshinogari, Japan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bro…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Inca Late Horizon to Resistance 1463–1572 CE · Inca (Chinchaysuyu eastern frontier)
78-m kallanka—largest roofed Inca hall—within 2 km walled fortress, 1463–1572 CE.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Iron Age; Scythian (Early Scythian) Maikop-reuse · Cimmerian → Scythian (Arzhan-derived) → Kuban Scythian
7th c. BCE royal Scythian timber kurgan (12 m) with 28 horse sacrifice — Scythian Animal Style gold, akinakes swords and Greek imports, earliest Kuban Scythian.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Lower Giza Enclosure B — Giza (56-24) at Giza, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Eridu Enclosure West — Eridu (53-29) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) tell of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland
Serpent Mound — Head Coil North Bend (Adams County) in Ohio, Adams County, Serpent Mound, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) …
🇩🇪 Germany · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Glauberg — Princely Grave Annex (Keltenwelt) in Hesse, Wetteraukreis, Glauburg, Germany is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Harran Tell — Ancient Mound North Trench (Harran) in Şanlıurfa, Harran Tell, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chal…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II-III; Bonito outlier peak · Chacoan outlier (McElmo transitional)
South Road great house outlier (100 rooms, 1080–1100 CE) 35 km south of Chaco — tower kiva, 8 m wide Chaco road berm to canyon, defining regional system maximum.
