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🇨🇦 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.
🇰🇿 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.
🇵🇰 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.
🇮🇳 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.
🇧🇴 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,…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Village of Farm Sproxton in Negev, Israel is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Hillfort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Cwm Hill Fort in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Pyramid of Earthwork in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Quarry of Inlet Pictograph in Piauí, Brazil is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic to Iron; Amuq A-B emphasis · Amuq A/B Neolithic → Ubaid → EBA → Iron Syro-Hittite
Amuq A Neolithic type mound (18 ha) — earliest Amuq painted village (c.6000 BCE) through Iron, defining northern Levantine Neolithic base.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic–Chalcolithic (c.6000–4500 BCE, Mushki–Bashi–Bakun) · Fars Neolithic Mushki → Bashi → Bakun
Ramjerd Neolithic tell 5 m high (Mushki–Shamsabad, early painted Mushki ware) NW of Persepolis.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) · Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants)
Yeha Great Temple — Pre-Aksumite in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite Sabaean (800–400 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Damot–Sabaean (Sabean immigrants).
🇨🇱 Chile · Fortress
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Citadel of Moor in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) fortress attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
The Fortress of Krujë (Albanian: Kalaja e Krujës) is a fortress in the city of Krujë, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg's rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic Dorian to Hellenistic (600 BCE – 100 BCE) · Dorian Knidians with Triopian league
Apollo Karneios doric 6×11 on double-harbour terrace of Triopian Dorian expansion city.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Panel Golden Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
The Shoroon Bumbagar tomb is an ancient tomb in Zaamar, Töv Province, 160 km (99 mi) west of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) north-east from the banks of the Tuul River and close to the…
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Step Pyramid of City-Terramare in Henan, China is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) pyramid attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Submerged site
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Sunken City off Dail in British Columbia, Canada is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) submerged city attributed to Nazca culture.