🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city
Harlaa Urban Mound East — Ténéré (Agadez)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Ténéré, Niger is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
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🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Ténéré, Niger is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma Classic to Early Napatan, c.1700–600 BCE (reused) · Kushite (Kerma → Napatan)
Kerma-classic tumulus Tomb 4 at Hillat el-Arab (c.1700–1500 BCE, early Kushite Kerma horizon) — 20 m diameter tumulus with mudbrick vaulted chamber and subsidiary burials, horse and cattle bucrania…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Kiln Workshop Complex North in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Ptolemaic to Roman (180 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman (Upper Egypt)
Desert quarry supplying Kom Ombo's double temple with stuck naos.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Moray Concentric Terrace South in Kimberley, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Mound 72 Beaded Burial Extension in Xi'an Plain, China is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient port
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Lagoon annex east of Paraetonium with fish weir and warehouse strip.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Quarry Gallery Mideast 57 — Turkey Region 9 in Turkey Region 9, Turkey is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 99 — China Region 3 in China Region 3, China is a Iron Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Roman · Roman / Egyptian / Greek
Instant Græco-Roman show-city founded by Hadrian Oct 130 CE for drowned Antinous. Hippodamian grid, tetrastyle gates, 3 km colonnaded cardo, circus and temple to Osiris-Antinous. Greek boule papyri.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Baray Hydraulic Reservoir North in Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Atacama, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Geoglyph
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Ptolemaic to Roman (275 BCE–600 CE) · Ptolemaic Trogodytica trade port
Berenike Trogodytica Eastern Ridge — Red Sea Port Ridge in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman (275 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Ptolemaic Trogodytica trade port.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Cedar Plank House Remnant West in Nazca, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Cup-Mark Boulder South in Cederberg, South Africa is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) · Seleucid / Olba priest-kings
Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) temple-complex attributed to Seleucid / Olba priest-kings.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Drowned Harbour Mole West in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Period Medieval · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Hydraulic Reservoir Buried 66 — Italy Region 6 in Italy Region 6, Italy is a Bronze Age buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1050–1400 CE (Kincaid phase) · Mississippian (Caborn-Welborn)
19-mound Mississippian town on Ohio River, 1050–1400 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late 3rd Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished late-3rd Dynasty layer pyramid (Z1) of King Khaba, 84 m square base with 14 inclined limestone layers forming steep stepped core, intended 42–45 m high but left as stump 20 m high with…
🇨🇱 Chile · Rock art
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Paquimé Casas Grandes Compound in Atacama, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) rock art attributed to Medieval culture.