🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Abu al-Kharaz
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Abu al-Kharaz — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Irbid Governorate.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Bala Midfield
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tell Bala Midfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza
Late Classic to Postclassic Maya (9th–12th c. CE; Toltec-Maya fusion) · Maya (Itza) with Toltec influence
El Castillo (c.900–1100 CE) – 24m nine-step pyramid with 91 steps per stair plus top platform (365), dedicated to Kukulkan feathered serpent.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Earthwork
Torsburgen Hillfort (Gotland)
Early Iron Age to Viking Age (c.300 BCE–1100 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age / Viking Age
Largest hillfort in Scandinavia at 1.2 km² plateau fortified by 2 km limestone wall across the narrow neck of a 67 m high limestone plateau.
🇳🇦 Namibia · Rock art
Twyfelfontein Rock Engravings
Late Stone Age to early pastoral (6000 BCE – 1000 CE) · San hunter-gatherer (Ju/'hoansi ancestors)
Namibia's sole UNESCO World Heritage site besides Brandberg, Twyfelfontein holds over 2,500 engravings pecked into a 600-m sandstone outcrop of Etjo formation.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Dolmen de Alberite
Early to Middle Neolithic · Andalusian Neolithic / Guadalquivir Megalithic
20 m Andalusian corridor dolmen in Cádiz hills with painted orthostats and 30 m tumulus, c.4000 BCE.
🇫🇷 France · Geoglyph
Geoglyphs of Mound-Down
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Geoglyphs of Mound-Down in Occitanie, France is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) geoglyph attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca La Florida Baja Secondary
Initial Period Manchay 1700–900 BCE, pre-Chavín U-shaped temple · Manchay (Rímac-Lurín U-shaped temple tradition)
Southern secondary platform of Huaca La Florida (1700 BCE), largest adobe U-shaped temple in Rímac valley: main pyramid 170×100 m 17 m high with central stair to atrium; secondary south arm 60 m long…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Inamgaon
Deccan Chalcolithic Malwa–Early Jorwe–Late Jorwe 1600–700 BCE · Deccan Chalcolithic (Jorwe culture)
Deccan Chalcolithic type-site (3600–700 BCE) on Ghod River, Pune district, with 28 ha three-mound settlement spanning Malwa and Early–Late Jorwe phases.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Jerf el Ahmar — Early Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) · Mureybet PPNA with communal buildings 130 m²
Jerf el Ahmar — Early Neolithic Village in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Mureybet PPNA with communal buildings 130 m².
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Kerkenes Dağ — Median Mountain City
Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) · Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?)
Kerkenes Dağ — Median Mountain City in Yozgat Province, Turkey is a Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) ancient-city attributed to Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?).
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
West Aber Burial Mound
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
West Aber Burial Mound in Henan, China is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Black-Lake Pyramid
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Black-Lake Pyramid in River Nile State, Sudan is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) pyramid attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Bouqras — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase)
Bouqras — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase).
🇳🇪 Niger · Rock art
Djado Plateau Rock Art
Neolithic to Medieval (6000 BCE–1500 CE) · Saharan pastoralists / Libyco-Berber / Kanem
Djado Plateau is an isolated sandstone cuesta 1,000 m² in Ténéré with rock art 6000 BCE–1000 CE, engraved cattle, giraffe and Libyco-Berber inscriptions in shelters, plus ruined ksar Djado fortress…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Quarry
Edge Ben Quarry
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Edge Ben Quarry in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) quarry attributed to Roman culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Goward Dolmen
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Massive portal tomb between Hilltown and Castlewellan, granite capstone on cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇨🇦 Canada · Necropolis
Necropolis of Kala
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Necropolis of Kala in British Columbia, Canada is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) necropolis attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Pyramid
Pyramid of Grotto
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Pyramid of Grotto in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Rock art
Rock Art of Ault
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock Art of Ault in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Rock-cut
Rock-Cut Tombs of Aber Broch
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock-Cut Tombs of Aber Broch in Negev, Israel is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Roman culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Rupnagar (Ropar)
Harappan to Medieval (c.3300 BCE–16th century CE) · Harappan → PGW → NBPW → Kushan → Gupta
First post-Independence Harappan excavation (1953) — 5000-year sequence from Harappan to medieval Punjab.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Sannai-Maruyama Site
Middle to Late Jomon 3900–2300 BCE (peak Early-Middle) · Jomon (northern Honshu hunter-gatherer)
Largest Jomon hunter-gatherer settlement (3900–2300 BCE) with 40 ha including six-pillar 15 m building (reconstructed), 500+ pit dwellings, longhouses, burial pits with red ochre, and jade exchange…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Seal Township Earthworks
Middle Woodland Hopewell 50–350 CE · Hopewell tradition
Scioto bluff Hopewell enclosure triplet (circle-square-irregular) 45 km south of Chillicothe core.