🇵🇹 Portugal · Tell
Tell el-Stan Knoll
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Tell el-Stan Knoll in Alentejo, Portugal is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
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🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Château de Rambouillet (pronounced [ʃɑto d(ə) ʁɑ̃bujɛ]), also known in English as the Castle of Rambouillet, is a château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France…
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Necropolis
Medieval Ghana Empire (9th–13th c. CE) · Soninke (Ghana Empire) / Sanhaja / Berber
Dune necropolis 800 m west of Koumbi Saleh with 300 tumuli and Kufic qubba.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Tell
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Tell Abad in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Late Chalcolithic Uruk (3800–3100 BCE) · Uruk
Late Chalcolithic Uruk (3800–3100 BCE) Uruk tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – type-site for uruk tripartite house (dims Mound 2 ha, tripartite house 20×8 m).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid to Neo-Assyrian (4500 BCE–600 BCE; peak LC 3700 BCE) · Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic → Ninevite 5 → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian
LC mega-nucleation 3700 BCE — 15 ha then 80 ha hollow-way town.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tell
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Tell el-Stan Knoll in Alentejo, Portugal is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Shunga–Satavahana Early Buddhism · Hinayana (Theravada) Buddhist
One of India's earliest rock-cut Buddhist complexes (220 BCE–300 CE) on Sahyadri scarp above Indrayani River, with 22 caves.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Neolithic (3000 BCE) later Christian chapel 17th c. built inside dome 17th conversion of Pavia Dolmen Saint Dionísio · Alentejo Neolithic + Christian repurpose
Pavia church-dolmen 1640 Alentejo syncretism chapel-dolmen.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Pyramid
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Step Pyramid of Farm in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Tumulus
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Circle-Little Tumulus in New South Wales, Australia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Early to Late Neolithic · Morbihan Atlantic
Tidal double stone circle on Er Lannic island, Gulf of Morbihan, half-submerged, 4500 BCE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Tell Grove Khirbet in Petén, Guatemala is a Moche (100–800 CE) tell attributed to Moche culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Fortress
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Citadel of Baraka in Catamarca, Argentina is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) fortress attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Late Bronze to Islamic (c.1600 BCE–1400 CE; peak Iron 1200–760 BCE, Balaam c.800) · LB Canaanite → Iron Ammon/Gilead → Persian → Hellenistic
Deir Alla in Jordan Valley is famed for 1967 Balaam inscription — plaster wall with earliest Aramaic/Hebrew prophetic text 'Balaam son of Beor, seer of the gods...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · Hurrian → Mittanian → Neo-Assyrian
Nusaybin palatial tell 13 m high (Mitanni–Assyrian palace, Nuzi ware, tablets) on Tigris watershed.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tumulus
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Highfield-Narrow Wadi Burial Mound in Sicily, Italy is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) tumulus attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Tumulus
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Tumulus of Rig in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Neolithic to Xiongnu–Han (3000 BCE – 200 BCE) · Hetao farming to steppe nomad Xiongnu transition
South scarp with 800+ vehicle and mask panels above Hetao bend at 1850 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Bal Esker Quarry in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Hillfort Spring Shahr Temple Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Late Uruk to Old Babylonian (c.3400–1700 BCE; peak Early Dynastic) · Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Early Dynastic (Akkadian/Sumerian Diyala) → Akkadian → Old Babylonian/Eshnunna
Diyala Sequence key town with 10-phase Sin Temple and Samsuiluna earthquake horizon.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell 100–350 CE · Hopewell tradition
Hopewell square 320 m with corner circles and Liberty Mound, Chillicothe cluster component.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field in Occitanie, France is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) rock art attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic (550–850 CE) · Maya — Chenes/Rio Bec transitional
Transitional site noted by Nondédéo between Chenes Santa Rosa Xtampak sphere and Rio Bec core, its main structure shows Chenes stone mosaic masks on north façade and Rio Bec plain tower fragments on…
