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🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city

Berenice — Benghazi Hellenistic Port Wall Laser-Gated

Hellenistic Berenice 246 BCE Ptolemy III → Roman to Arab 642 CE · Hellenistic Berenice (Benghazi) port

Berenice excavated by Lloyd 1960s Benghazi grid.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber

Early to Middle Neolithic · Irish Sea Neolithic

Double portal dolmen in Snowdonia foothills with two capstones sharing a mound near Cardigan Bay.

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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell

Hakra Patti — Thal Desert Harappan Mound

Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra ware then Harappan

Hakra Patti — Thal Desert Harappan Mound in Punjab, Pakistan is a Hakra to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Hakra ware then Harappan.

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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell

Lakhueenjo Daro Outlier — Larkana Harappan Satelite

Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Larkana cluster)

Lakhueenjo Daro Outlier — Larkana Harappan Satelite in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan (Larkana cluster).

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Thornborough Henges

Late Neolithic (3500–2500 BCE) · Grooved Ware

Thornborough Henges in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3500–2500 BCE) earthwork attributed to Grooved Ware culture.

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🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex

Prasat Borai — Preah Vihear Foothills

Angkor early (9th c. CE) · Khmer (Jayavarman II)

Prasat Borai — Preah Vihear Foothills in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia is a Angkor early (9th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Jayavarman II).

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🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell es-Safi — Gath Philistine Acropolis

Early Bronze to Crusader; Philistine peak 1170–830 BCE · Philistine (Gath of Goliath)

Tell es-Safi excavated by Maeir 1996–, Philistine inscription Goliath sherd and Hazael siege system.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder

Dosariyah

Dosariyah is an archeological site in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, dating to the late 6th and early 5th millennium BCE.

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🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith

Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower

Bronze Age Nuragic (1600–1100 BCE) · Nuragic

Sardinia's 'Sardinian palace' excavated by Taramelli 1933–38, restored 3-storey keep with corbel vault and concentric corridor bastion.

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GR · Submerged site

Pheia – Submerged Harbour of Olympia at Agios Andreas

Mycenaean to Late Roman (LH III – 5th c. CE harbour) · Mycenaean / Elean / Olympic

Olympia seaport — Homeric Pheia harbour basin and Pontikokastro islet now 4–6 m under Katakolo Bay.

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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Khamis — Euphrates Fortified Hamlet

Late Uruk to Early Bronze (3400–2400 BCE) · Late Uruk / Early Syrian

Bi'a hinterland mound excavated alongside Tuttul project, yielding Uruk contact ceramics and Early Bronze village phasing.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Balnuaran of Clava Cairns

Early Bronze Age (2000–1500 BCE) · Clava cairn tradition (Inverness Bronze Age)

Group of three Bronze Age circular chamber tombs (c. 2000 BCE) at Balnuaran of Clava, defining Clava cairn type: two passage graves with corbelled chambers and a central ring cairn, each within a…

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

Bigeh

Bigeh (Arabic: بجح; Ancient Egyptian znmwt) is an island and archaeological site situated along the Nile River in historic Nubia and within the Aswan Governorate of southern Egypt.

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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Cemetery

Harappa — Cemetery R-37 Bara Mound

Harappan (2600–1900 BCE; Cemetery R-37 2600–2000) · Harappan Harappa

Harappa cemetery excavated by Wheeler 1946 and Dales, 200 graves with coffins and steppe DNA later.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith