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🇦🇺 Australia · Earthwork
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Jabal Kesh Earthwork in New South Wales, Australia is a Moche (100–800 CE) earthwork attributed to Moche culture.
🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kesh Alignment Aqueduct in Occitanie, France is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock art
Elamite to Parthian (c.1000 BCE–200 CE; peak Neo-Elamite 800–600 BCE) · Neo-Elamite → Parthian ( Elymais )
Kul-e Farah is a gorge with 6 Elamite rock reliefs (Kul-e Farah I–VI, c.800–600 BCE) — massive 5-m panels of king Hanni, processions (200+ figures), musicians a...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Maya Preclassic 1400 BCE–100 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin Preclassic)
46-m Preclassic triadic pyramid, earliest monumental Maya 1400 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Coastal long stalled cairn on Westray eroding at Point of Cott, c.3600 BCE.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Rock Art of Hermitage in Andalusia, Spain is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Geoglyph
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Roxby Geoglyph in Sicily, Italy is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late 5th millennium BCE · Kerman Chalcolithic
Late 5th millennium BCE Kerman Chalcolithic tell at Kerman Province, Bam plain – chalcolithic village near bam with mudbrick houses (dims Mound 3 ha, 6 m Chalcolithic).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Middle Bronze to neo-Assyrian (c.2000 BCE–700 BCE), peak Middle Assyrian · Mitanni Washukanni? / Sikkan Assyrian
Spring-resurgent mound with 1.5-m deep Middle Assyrian level and 9th-c. bilingual Old Aramaic–Old Assyrian Hadad statue inscription (stated first to transcribe Akkadian into Aramaic).
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Tre Mains Tumulus in Alentejo, Portugal is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Village of Spring Black in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Moche (100–800 CE) ancient village attributed to Moche culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Epiclassic Mesoamerica 650–900 CE · Post-Teotihuacan Central Mexican (Xochicalco–Cacaxtla sphere, Maya artists?)
Epiclassic hilltop city 650–900 CE after Teotihuacan fall: leveled ridge with 9-m high Quetzalcoatl Pyramid covered 360° with exquisitely carved plumed serpent panels intertwined with seated Maya…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Mataram Sailendra c.780–830 CE · Central Javanese Buddhist (Sailendra/Mataram)
Mahayana Buddhist mandala-mountain (c.775–825 CE) of Sailendra/early Mataram, 34.5 m high terraced pyramid with 2,672 relief panels (longest Buddhist narrative reliefs 2.5 km) and 504 Buddha statues.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Dolmen de Howe Ras in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Dolmen de Wadi Settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) megalithic attributed to Nazca culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Morbihan megalithic / Chassey-Cerny
Island passage tomb in Gulf of Morbihan with 14 m passage lined with richly carved orthostats, c.4200 BCE.
🇮🇹 Italy · Hydraulic works
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Henge Gallery Aqueduct in Sicily, Italy is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Early Stone Age Acheulean (260,000 BP) · Acheulean (Early Homo sapiens arch)
Isimila near Iringa is East Africa's richest Acheulean site, 260,000 BP, on eroded sandstone korongo (gullies) with 260,000 BP Acheulean handaxes 30 cm, cleavers and living floors with…
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Neolithic Pastoral (c.5000–3000 BCE; dated by stratum ceramics) · Early Cushitic Pastoral Neolithic / Horn of Africa pastoralists
Exceptionally preserved Neolithic rock art shelters discovered 2002 by French team (Xavier Gutherz): 10 granite alcoves with polychrome paintings 5000–3000 BCE – long-horned cattle with udders,…
🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient city
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis Quay Ancient City in Catamarca, Argentina is a Moche (100–800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Necropolis
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Necropolis of Panel Qasr in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) necropolis attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Panel Golden Fortress in Catamarca, Argentina is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) fortress attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Nabataean Hellenistic–Roman ~100 BCE–106 CE · Nabataean Arab (Hellenistic)
Siq slot-canyon's paired Nabataean canals and flood-tunnel still draining Petra's gorge.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Late Period to Roman (380 BCE–452 CE demotic last text; Isis cult active to Justinian 550 CE closure) · Egyptian Late Period / Ptolemaic / Roman
Island temple ensemble dedicated chiefly to Isis, built from 30th Dynasty to Roman (380 BCE–117 CE): Isis main temple, Birth House (mammisi), Kiosk of Trajan (renowned photographer kiosk), Gate of…
