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🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Sixteen Kingdoms to Yuan (366 – 1368 CE) northern cells 960–1300 · Buddhist monastic Dunhuang oasis international
North cliff austere monastic cells 1000–1300 CE opposite southern painted scripture halls.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
News Paper Rock Panel East in Rajasthan, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian 690 BCE · Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib
Mountain head reliefs and 17-spring capture merging to 55 km Nineveh canal.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pavlopetri Outlier House South in Yonaguni, Japan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Shetland Neolithic
Heel-shaped chambered cairn on Whalsay, 15 m, part of Yoxie settlement complex, c.3500 BCE.
🇨🇱 Chile · Submerged site
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Serra Orrios Nuragic Village in Sardinia, Nuoro, Italy is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Sine-Saloum Shell Midden South in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Halaf → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian (615 BCE lib) → Hellenistic → Islamic · Halaf → Mitanni Hurrian → Middle & Neo-Assyrian → Islamic
Neo-Assyrian library tell — 400 tablets of Gilgamesh (615 BCE Huzirina).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Maya 600–900 CE, Chenes style · Maya (Chenes)
Intact Chenes palace at Tabasqueño with renowned zoomorphic portal: doorway transformed into gaping earth-monster mask with stacked Chaac masks and ear assemblages (INAH).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (2800–1600 BCE) Nabada · Early Dynastic Nabada (150 tablets)
Tell Beydar North Field — Nabada Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (2800–1600 BCE) Nabada tell attributed to Early Dynastic Nabada (150 tablets).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Bronze to Old Assyrian · Akkadian → Amorite Assyrian
Akkadian provincial capital turned Assyrian royal city Shubat-Enlil (Shamshi-Adad I c.1813–1791 BCE), with 90 ha walled city, Akkadian palace on Acropolis, and the Weiss 4.2ka climate event…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Medes to Early Bronze (c.7000 BCE–Medes 7th c. BCE) · Medes–Achaemenid transition plus prehistoric Tappeh
Nine-period mound 15 km SSW of Qazvin with Halil Tepe–like sequence: Median mudbrick fortress + intact brick vault & rampart (oldest in Iran), Edriss Iron-Age citadel, Ozbaki Maad temple?
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Predynastic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Predynastic Egyptian and later quarrying expeditions
Wadi Hammamat – Eastern Desert wadi between Nile and Red Sea dense with 5,000+ petroglyphs (Predynastic hunters, 4000 BCE ostrich boats, Pharaonic quarrying inscriptions Old Kingdom–Roman).
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical High 447–406 BCE over Bronze Age citadel · Athenian Classical Greek
Periclean citadel with Parthenon, Erechtheion Caryatids and Propylaia — summit of Classical Greece.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock-cut
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Anthropomorph Rock Engraving East in Cederberg, South Africa is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Borobudur Terrace Pyramid South in Xi'an Plain, China is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic to Proto-Elamite (6800–3000 BCE) · Khuzestan Susiana to Proto-Elamite
Chogha Mish — Khuzestan Protourban Center in Khuzestan Province, Iran is a Neolithic to Proto-Elamite (6800–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Khuzestan Susiana to Proto-Elamite.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Preclassic to Postclassic Late 500 BCE–1525 CE, Acalan Chontal peak 1350–1525 · Maya (Chontal Acalan–Itzamkanac, Late Postclassic)
Secondary pyramid 18 m high with vaulted temple north of 21 m Principal Pyramid at Itzamkanac, island city of Chontal Acalan on Candelaria River delta into Laguna de Términos.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Konso Terracing Village South in Burr, Senegal is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Formative – Regional Development (600 BCE–400 CE) · Tumaco-Tolita (Chocó)
La Tolita — Tumaco-Tolita Culture Center in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador is a Formative – Regional Development (600 BCE–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Tumaco-Tolita (Chocó).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Lindenmeier Paleo Site in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Rock art
Stone Age 13,000 BCE–19th c. CE · San and Iron Age farmers
Matobo Hills Pomongwe (Pondongwe) Cave – granite kopje landscape with 3,000+ rock art sites; Pomongwe frieze of kudu, giraffe and white bovid panels; Bambata Cave MSA 125 ka deposits.
