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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Necropolis
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Varna Lake — North Necropolis West Bank Sector in Varna Province, Varna Lake, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) necropolis attribu…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Bronze Age (~7000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic–Chalcolithic hunter-pastoralist
Over 5,800 kite structures sprawl across the harraat basalt deserts of Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia, each comprising two converging low walls up to 5 km long funneling gazelle herds into a stone…
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Earthworks of Wall Nagar in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Ellora — Kailasa Shrine Ancillary Gaja Panel in Maharashtra, Aurangabad, Ellora, India is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Roc…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Neolithic Merimde culture (4800–4300 BCE) · Lower Egyptian Neolithic (Merimde)
Merimde Beni Salama is Egypt's largest Neolithic village, 4800–4300 BCE Merimde culture, 44 ha mound with 1.5 m stratigraphy, oval houses 5×3 m wattle-and-daub, burial in settlement, lithics,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (2000–1500 BCE) Collud-Zarcillo with charcoal 1600 BCE, Olmec-style mural earliest Americas · North Coast Initial Period (Cupisnique antecedent with Chavín precursor mural 1500 BCE)
Ventarrón excavated by Alva 2007–, 2000 BCE mural oldest Americas.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock-cut
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Bisotun — Heracles Relief Ancillary Niche (Kermanshah) in Kermanshah, Bisotun, Iran is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-c…
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
San Agustín (Spanish pronunciation: [san aɣusˈtin]) is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Huila. The town is located 227 km away from the capital of the department, Neiva.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Earthwork
Migration Period to Vendel Period (c.400–800 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age
Pre-Viking ringfort (fornborg) on Gotland's southeast, circular limestone wall 80–100 m diameter enclosing 0.5 ha, with inner house terraces and Iron Age ceramics.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock-cut
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Stone-Silver Rock-Cut Complex in Ancash, Peru is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) rock_cut attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Sassanid sack 252 CE · Seleucid → Roman → Parthian frontier
Twin Hellenistic foundation (Seleucia on Euphrates + Apamea opposite) bridging the Euphrates by Alexander's engineers, Roman legionary base and Parthian toll city (wealth from Euphrates crossing).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic–Late Bronze (4500–1200 BCE) · North-Central Anatolian
Chalcolithic–Late Bronze (4500–1200 BCE) North-Central Anatolian tell at Sinop Province, Black Sea – fortified citadel controlling black sea–central anatolia route (dims Mound 20 m high, fortified plateau 1 ha).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Trypillia C1 · Cucuteni-Trypillia
Largest Cucuteni-Trypillia mega-site (c.3900–3600 BCE, 200 ha mapped core but estimates to 450 ha, perhaps 46,000 houses phases, peak 12–15k inhabitants), direct neighbour to Talianki forming…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tomb
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Monte Albán — Tomb 7 Ancillary Niche (Oaxaca) in Oaxaca, Monte Albán, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Tell el-Amarna — North City Buried House N49.18 (Amarna) in Minya, Amarna, North City, Egypt is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Late Uruk to Old Babylonian (c.3300–1700 BCE; peak ED IIIa and Ur III 2600–2000 BCE) · Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Early Dynastic → Akkadian → Ur III → Isin-Larsa
Pre-Sargonic scribal city of Ninhursag with earliest school tablets and ED drainage galleries.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Ancient City of Qanat Grove in Fars Province, Iran is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate (1100–1420 CE) · Late Arica / San Miguel–Gentilar
Confluence terrace where Suca tributary meets Camarones main stem near Cuya (380 m). Eight figures on lower terrace gravels: 12-m marine fish, 20-m llama train, and 30-m ‘coast arrow’ pointing…
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Urartian (782 BCE Argishti I) · Urartu
Domineering hill citadel (Arin Berd) whose cuneiform foundation stele says Argishti son of Menua built on empty land and brought 6,600 captives.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age · Shetland Bronze Age
Fetlar's 11-stone circle (~9 m) on moorland ridge — one of Shetland's few stone circles.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPNB to Late Neolithic (c.8200–6000 BCE) · Damascus PPNB → Yarmukian Pottery Neolithic
Ghouta oasis PPNB–PN village (c.8200–6000 BCE, Ghouta farming) 35 km S Damascus.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Buhen Fortress — Buried Bastion North (Wadi Halfa, Sudan) in Northern, Buhen, Sudan is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Roman (Palmyrene Empire interlude) · Aramaean Palmyrene → Roman
Desert oasis emporium on Silk Road (1st c. BCE–273 CE) — 'Bride of the Desert' — caravans of Queen Zenobia who challenged Rome (267–272 CE, sacked by Aurelian).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000–4000 BCE) · Vindhya Neolithic
Koldihwa — Early Rice Cultivation in Uttar Pradesh, Belan valley, India is a Neolithic (7000–4000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Vindhya Neolithic culture.
