🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Bakla Tepe
EBA (c.3000-2000 BCE) · Western Anatolian EBA (Troy I-II, Yortan sphere)
Bakla Tepe — buried eba tell/village at İzmir Province.
🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Kala Rampart
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Hydraulic System at Kala Rampart in Thessaly, Greece is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Barrow Ancient Village
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Barrow Ancient Village in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) ancient village attributed to Nazca culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock-cut
Gateway Rock-Cut Complex
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Gateway Rock-Cut Complex in Fezzan, Libya is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Huapalcalco
Late Formative–Epiclassic 450 BCE–900 CE (Tula antecedent) · Toltec-Chichimec / Teotihuacano
Transition pyramid with Archaic cave paintings and early Toltec atlante precursors between Teotihuacan and Tula.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Kanheri Caves
Satavahana to Rashtrakuta 100 BCE–950 CE · Buddhist Hinayana → Mahayana → Vajrayana
Largest Buddhist cave-university in western India with 109 basalt caves spanning 1st c. BCE–10th c.
🇫🇷 France · Pyramid
Pyramid of Motte Marsh Varna
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Pyramid of Motte Marsh Varna in Occitanie, France is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Pyramid
Pyramid of Wold-Ditch
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Pyramid of Wold-Ditch in British Columbia, Canada is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) pyramid attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Qanat Grove Temple Complex
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Qanat Grove Temple Complex in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Rock art
Saimaluu-Tash East Summit — Upper Fergana Crest Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Early Turkic (2000 BCE – 800 CE) · Fergana pastoralist to Saka to Kyrgyz proto
Skyline crest 3200 m with 200+ ibex and deer blocks above main lake field.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Sunken City off Bal Esker
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Sunken City off Bal Esker in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) submerged city attributed to Nazca culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
Pueblo II–III 850–1220 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Virgin–Kayenta blend)
Pueblo II–III 100-room complex with restored 12 m kiva and largest pottery shard repository in Southwest.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Hill Aber Buried Settlement
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Hill Aber Buried Settlement in New South Wales, Australia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) buried city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Jeitun
Neolithic (c.6200–5000 BCE; Pre-Pottery to Early Ceramic Neolithic) · Jeitun culture (Kopet Dag Neolithic, precursor to Anau–Namazga)
Jeitun at Kopet Dag north piedmont is the type-site of Jeitun culture (c.6200–5000 BCE) — earliest farming village in Central Asia with mudbrick pisé houses, do...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell el-Pit-Gill
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Tell el-Pit-Gill in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Temple of Wadi Settlement
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Temple of Wadi Settlement in New South Wales, Australia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Tipón Hydraulic Gardens
Wari to Late Horizon ~1200–1572 CE · Wari then Inca
Inca 12-terrace walled garden where spring water sings through 600-year-old stone drains.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient village
Village of Pit-Gill
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Village of Pit-Gill in Fezzan, Libya is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Fort Howe Archaeological Complex
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fort Howe Archaeological Complex in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Labranda Sanctuary of Zeus Labraundos
Hecatomnid Classical 380–330 BCE · Carian (Hecatomnid satrapal) Greek-Anatolian hybrid
Carian mountain Zeus sanctuary of Mausolus with double-axe cult and 14 km sacred road.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Ain Dara
Late Bronze – Iron Age II (Syro-Hittite) · Hittite – Syro-Hittite (Aramaean)
Syro-Hittite temple (1300–740 BCE) with 1-m footprints and sphinxes — Solomon's Temple parallel, destroyed 2018.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient village
Tiddis (Constantine) – Cliff Village
Punic–Numidian to Roman (3rd c BCE – 7th c CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Dramatic cliff village on limestone spur 500 m above plain, Tiddis preserves Numidian houses, Mithraeum in cave, sanctuary of Saturn, and Roman arch framing Cirta view. Berthier ex...
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Timna Pillars — Solomon's Mines Pillars Temple Ridge
Late Bronze Age Egyptian (1300 BCE) with pillars 20 m · Egyptian (Ramesses III) then Midianite Desert temple
Timna Pillars — Solomon's Mines Pillars Temple Ridge in Southern District, Israel is a Late Bronze Age Egyptian (1300 BCE) with pillars 20 m temple-complex attributed to Egyptian (Ramesses III) then…