🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Edfu South
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Edfu South small step pyramid 5 km south of Edfu Temple: 18.3 m limestone 3-step to 5.5 m, Huni series c.2630 BCE overlooking Djeba.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Sanghol (Ucha Pind)
Harappan to Sultanate (c.2000 BCE–16th century CE, peak 1st–6th century CE) · Harappan → Kushan → Gupta → Huna
Kushan Buddhist capital on Grand Trunk Road — 171 Mathura sculptures and Huna royal seals.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient port
Siga Outer Harbour (Takembrit Offshore)
Numidian to Late Antique (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian (Masaesyli) / Roman (Mauretania)
Syphax's harbour with 200 m submerged rubble mole and purple middens.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Tepe Sialk — South Tappeh High Platform (Proto-Ziggurat)
Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age, c.3000–2600 BCE (Sialk III-IV) · Proto-Elamite
High platform (proto-ziggurat) on South Tappeh at Tepe Sialk (c.3000–2600 BCE, Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Uruk (Warka)
Neolithic to Sassanian (c.5000 BCE–632 CE; Uruk period city 4000–3100 BCE) · Sumerian / Babylonian / Persian
Type site for Uruk period and first true city (c.4000–3100 BCE), Uruk at peak 2900 BCE housed 50,000–80,000 inside 9.5 km city wall built by Gilgamesh (per Epic).
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient village
Adrar Stone Circle — Limpopo (Polokwane)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Adrar Stone Circle in Limpopo, South Africa is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works
Barbegal Aqueduct and Roman Mill Complex
Roman 2nd c. CE (Hadrianic c.118–122 CE) · Roman (Gallia Narbonensis)
Barbegal – 2nd c. Roman 16-mill industrial factory on Alpilles scarp, fed by two parallel aqueducts from Eygalières (8 km and 11 km).
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Chan Chan Citadel West — Colorado Plateau (Flagstaff)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Chan Chan Citadel West in Colorado Plateau, United States is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Charnel House Cemetery East — Basin of Mexico (Mexico City)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Charnel House Cemetery East in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Cist Grave Field West
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Cist Grave Field West in Ohio Valley, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South — Dwarka Coast (Dwarka)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient village
Cueva del Diablo Petroglyph — Altiplano (La Paz)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Cueva del Diablo Petroglyph in Altiplano, Bolivia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension — Bayuda Desert (Meroe)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Dong Duong Buddhist Monastery — Indrapura
Champa Mahayana (875–982 CE) · Cham Buddhist (Indrapura)
Dong Duong Buddhist Monastery — Indrapura in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa Mahayana (875–982 CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham Buddhist (Indrapura).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
El-Kula Small Step Pyramid — Hierakonpolis
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Three-step small pyramid at El-Kula, 5 km north of Hierakonpolis temple town: 12.5 m base, 3 steps, limestone core now eroded. Excavated by Quibell, Reiner and Kaiser.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Engaruka Terrace North
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Engaruka Terrace North in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Eridu Ziggurat — Abu Shahrain
Ubaid through Ur III (c.5400–2000 BCE, ziggurat Ur III Amar-Sin) · Sumerian (Eridu / Ubaid type-site, Ur III)
Eridu (Tell Abu Shahrain) is traditionally the first city of Sumer (King List) with an 18-level temple sequence from Ubaid small shrine (≈5400 BCE) to Ur III ziggurat of Amar-Sin.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Geoy Tepe (Goy Tepe)
Hajji Firuz to Iron I (c.5000–900 BCE) · Hajji Firuz → Early Transcaucasian → Iron
Burton-Brown 1948 type-site near Rezaiyeh (Urmia) giving K-stage Geoy sequence: Gurney’s Parallels to Pisdeli ware: Hajji Firuz burnished, Geoy M painted orange-over-buff, and Hasanlu Grey ware…
🇨🇱 Chile · Cave
Great Grotto
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Great Grotto in Coquimbo, Chile is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) cave attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Kailasa Temple Ellora Outlier
Rashtrakuta c.756–773 CE · Rashtrakuta Hindu (Ellora)
Kailasa (756–773, Krishna I Rashtrakuta) – world's largest monolithic rock-cut temple, excavated top-down from 200,000 tonnes basalt: 33m shikhara, surrounding courtyard 98×48m, two-storey gopura,…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Kiln Workshop Complex North — Ganga Plain (Patna)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Kiln Workshop Complex North in Ganga Plain, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇪 Niger · Temple complex
Kilwa Husuni Kubwa Extension
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Kilwa Husuni Kubwa Extension in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Laponia Wooden Stave Foundation East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Laponia Wooden Stave Foundation East in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mahabodhi Temple Bodh Gaya
Maurya to Gupta and Pala (3rd c. BCE–6th c. CE core; current 5th–6th c. brick shikhara) · Indian Buddhist (Mauryan-Gupta-Pala)
Mahabodhi (5th–6th c. Gupta brick shikhara 55m) – on Vajrasana where Buddha attained enlightenment under Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa descendant).