🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Zennor Quoit
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Ruinous 12.8 m mound dolmen on Zennor Hill with slipped 4.8 m capstone over 3.5 m chamber.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period, c.1800–1200 BCE (Sechin Culture) · Casma-Sechín (Andean Initial Period)
Principal mound at Sechín Alto — largest architectural complex in the Americas before 2000 BCE (c.1800–1200 BCE, Initial Period Sechin Culture), 300 m long, 250 m wide, 35 m high platform mound with…
🇦🇺 Australia · Earthwork
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Selby Earthwork in New South Wales, Australia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Cave
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Southfield Grove Grotto in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) cave attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Rock art
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Syke-Bagh Rock Shelter in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) rock art attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Tell
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell Wall-Cairn in British Columbia, Canada is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic
Ruinous 12.8 m mound dolmen on Zennor Hill with slipped 4.8 m capstone over 3.5 m chamber.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative (500 BCE–800 CE) · Alto Ramírez–Cabuza
North-facing 15° hillside of Cerro Belén at km 18, 120 m above valley floor, with 10 figures: 18-m double-headed camelid, 26-m fret, and 35-m avenue with central cairn line.
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village
Early Iron Age (Hallstatt 750–400 BCE) / Lusatian · Lusatian (Lausitz) group
Iconic Lusatian lake-peninsula fortified settlement at Biskupin (13 rows, 102 houses, 800 residents) on Lake Biskupin islet, with 3.5 m box rampart 640 m, breakwater and gate.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Saka (480–320 BCE) · Saka
Southwest corridor 5 km southwest of Boralday Park toward Kapchagay Reservoir (760 m) with 7 mounds 20–48 m diam.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Buried city
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Buried City of Castle in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) buried city attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Hebridean Late Neolithic
7-stone elliptical circle (21.6×18.9 m) on Loch Roag ridge south-east of Callanish I, with central ruined cairn.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Harappan to Jhukar (2500–1700 BCE, industrial bead and shell) · Harappan → Jhukar-Chanhudaro
Harappan industrial town (2500–1700 BCE) — 7 ha faience and shell-bangle workshop on Indus left bank.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Citadel Grove Ancient Village in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Earthwork
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Earthworks of Henge in Negev, Israel is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Eastfield Sanctuary Rock Shelter in Chiapas, Mexico is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇳 India · Geoglyph
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Geoglyphs of Kesh in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Harappan culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Rock art
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Hillfort Bagh Petroglyph Field in Dhofar, Oman is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) rock art attributed to Harappan culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock-cut
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Kirk Dock Rock-Cut Complex in Petén, Guatemala is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lowfield Thwaite Earthwork in Ohio, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas (c.3000–1500 BCE) · Ahar-Banas
Hill-slope Ahar-Banas terraced village on Aravalli granite above Beawar — unique upland adaptation.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Pyramid
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Pyramid of Wadi Khirbet in Catamarca, Argentina is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Roman culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Horizon 100–1532 CE (Inca road overlay) Sajama unknown chronology · High Altiplano pastoral (Sajama culture, pre-Inca to Inca)
Secondary network of Sajama Lines — largest geoglyph on Earth (16,000 km total): radial straight lines 2 m wide scraped to light soil converging on raised chullpa-shrine islands, visible only from…
🇵🇱 Poland · Hillfort
Early Medieval (7th–1260 CE) · Polanian / Piast Poland
Strategic Piast stronghold nicknamed Custos Poloniae (Guard of Poland) at Warta–Noteć confluence isthmus, with massive 8-phase ramparts (7th–13th c) enclosing 0.8 ha hillfort plus 10 ha outer town,…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Rock art
Neolithic–Bronze Age (4000–1000 BCE) · Hunter-gatherer rock art tradition
Viksjö Rock Carvings is a rock art site in Uppland, Sweden featuring carvings and paintings on exposed bedrock dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–1000 BCE).
