🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Mundigak
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–2000 BCE, Helmand Culture) · Helmand / Mundigak–Shahr-i Sokhta
Helmand Culture capital 55 km NW of Kandahar — 75×32 m Bronze Age palace with 10 m sequence.
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Huaca de la Luna Platform North in Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) pyramid attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Megalith
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Mound 72 Beaded Burial Extension in Southern Alluvium, Iraq is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–2000 BCE, Helmand Culture) · Helmand / Mundigak–Shahr-i Sokhta
Helmand Culture capital 55 km NW of Kandahar — 75×32 m Bronze Age palace with 10 m sequence.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient village
Sogdian–Kangju (200 BCE–300 CE) · Kangju–Sarmatian to Sogdian (Orlat plaques)
Orlat is the Sarmatian–Kangju cemetery with famed Orlat bone plaques — carved battle and hunting scenes linking Sogdiana to Steppe nomads, 4 kurgans (8 m high).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo III to Historic (1150–1838 CE) — gateway pueblo at plains-pueblo interface · Towa Pueblo (Cicuye) / Plains-Pueblo trade
Pecos excavated by Kidder 1915–29, birthplace of Pueblo stratigraphy, 700 rooms 1300–1838 then abandoned to Jemez.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Doseonsa (Korean: 도선사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Seoul, South Korea, named after its supposed founder, Doseon.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Eshnunna Palace Mound Pyramid in Southern Alluvium, Iraq is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Head-Smashed-In Jump Extension in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 in Cyprus Region 12, Cyprus is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Submerged site
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Pavlopetri Grave Circle Outlier West in Sambaqui Coast, Brazil is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Period Classical · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Pyramid Outlier Temple 64 — Greece Region 4 in Greece Region 4, Greece is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Temple-Universal
Hillfort Rampart Temple 93 — Armenia Region 9 in Armenia Region 9, Armenia is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Parthian to Sasanian (248 BCE–651 CE) · Parthian–Sasanian citadel
Kuh-e Khajeh — Sistan Fortified Pyramid Hill in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Parthian to Sasanian (248 BCE–651 CE) pyramid attributed to Parthian–Sasanian citadel.
🇨🇦 Canada · Geoglyph
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Maranhao Hydraulic Fish Trap West in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Period Medieval · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Africa 63 — Ethiopia Region 3 in Ethiopia Region 3, Ethiopia is a Iron Age tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇹 Italy · Temple complex
Classical 430–420 BCE temple, theater 3rd c. BCE Hellenistic · Elymian (Trojan-origin indigenous beholden to Greek culture)
Unfinished 5th c. Doric temple and mountaintop theater of Trojan-descended Elymians.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Temple Terrace Africa 10 — Ethiopia Region 10 in Ethiopia Region 10, Ethiopia is a Iron Age tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Chalcolithic to Medieval (4000 BCE – 1400 CE) · Kura-Araxes to medieval Armenian
South annex with Chalcolithic finger flutings and secondary grape press pit.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Lycia Coast, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Bass Strait Drowned Midden South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) submerged city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Archaeological wonder
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Bass Strait Drowned Midden South in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Kurgan
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Norway Reindeer Pitfall South in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) kurgan attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Talaiot de Ses Païsses in Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Volubilis Olive Press Complex West in Western Desert, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
