🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Revash Mausoleums
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Red-painted cliff chullpa houses 4–5 m tall, 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya.
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Preclassic to Late Classic 400 BCE–900 CE, peak 600–850 CE · Maya (Comitán Lakes, Late Classic Lacandon fringe)
Lake city on Lagartero chain of karst lakes at Chiapas-Guatemala border: temples and ballcourt on islets linked by stone causeway 300 m to lakeshore palace, with hundreds of incensarios (Lakamulpán…
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoya
Red-painted cliff chullpa houses 4–5 m tall, 1100–1470 CE Chachapoya.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Tell el-Qasr Ditch in Fars Province, Iran is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) tell attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇴🇲 Oman · Fortress
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Dock Fortress in Dhofar, Oman is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) fortress attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Western French Neolithic
Major passage dolmen near Rennes — 19.5 m passage of 45-tonne schist slabs, largest in Upper Brittany.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tell Bala Midfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Great Basin archaic to Numic (12000 BCE–1850 CE rock; peak 4000–1000 BCE Coso Representational) · Great Basin Coso (Northern Uto-Aztecan?) predecessors
China Lake Coso excavated by Grant & Farley 1960s, UCLA bighorn sheep style 4000 BCE, navy protected.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Andalusian Neolithic / Guadalquivir Megalithic
20 m Andalusian corridor dolmen in Cádiz hills with painted orthostats and 30 m tumulus, c.4000 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 in Egypt Region 4, Egypt is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) · Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?)
Kerkenes Dağ — Median Mountain City in Yozgat Province, Turkey is a Median to Persian (600–547 BCE destroyed by Cyrus) ancient-city attributed to Median Kingdom (Cyaxares?).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Black-Lake Pyramid in River Nile State, Sudan is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) pyramid attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase)
Bouqras — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8000–6500 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic (Bouqras phase).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb
Massive portal tomb between Hilltown and Castlewellan, granite capstone on cairn with north cist, c.3500 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Pyramid
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Pyramid of Grotto in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Rock art
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock Art of Ault in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Cucuteni A (c.4600–4200 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
Large Cucuteni A settlement of ~30 ha on the Larga Jijia promontory at Scânteia, excavated by C.-M. Mantu 1985–present.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell 50–350 CE · Hopewell tradition
Scioto bluff Hopewell enclosure triplet (circle-square-irregular) 45 km south of Chillicothe core.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic (Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, c.7500–5800 BCE) · Deh Luran early Neolithic (Zagros)
Deh Luran tell 5 m high (c.7500–5800 BCE, Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, goat lentil) in Deh Luran plain.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Tumulus
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Deir-Tre Burial Mound in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Period Classical · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Earthwork Enclosure Buried 84 — Turkey Region 12 in Turkey Region 12, Turkey is a Bronze Age buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Halaf to EBA III (5600–2000 BCE; main 3100–2000 BCE) · Halaf → Uruk interaction → EBA Karababa and Transcaucasian
EBA terrace tell on Suruç plain — Halaf under EBA jar-burial cemetery.
🇦🇺 Australia · Archaeological wonder
Willandra 50,000–10,000 BCE occupation (Mungo Man 40,000 BP OSL roughly 1999/2003) · Paakantyi / Ngyiampaa / Mutthi Mutthi ancestors; Paakantyi contemporary traditional owners
Dry lake lunette crescent 30 km "Walls of China" with 40,000-year occupation revealing Mungo Man (1969, oldest cremation ~40,000 BP with ochred burial) and Mungo Lady (1968 cremation recalcined).
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Ancient city
Early Medieval Sogdian (5th–8th century CE) · Sogdian (easternmost Sogd)
Easternmost Sogdian Silk Road city — 13.5 ha frescoed shahristan with Rustam murals and Mount Mug letters.
