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🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa Mahayana (875–982 CE) · Cham Buddhist (Indrapura)
Dong Duong Buddhist Monastery — Indrapura in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa Mahayana (875–982 CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham Buddhist (Indrapura).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty, c.2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Huni/Sneferu)
Three-step small pyramid at El-Kula, 5 km north of Hierakonpolis temple town: 12.5 m base, 3 steps, limestone core now eroded. Excavated by Quibell, Reiner and Kaiser.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Engaruka Terrace North in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid through Ur III (c.5400–2000 BCE, ziggurat Ur III Amar-Sin) · Sumerian (Eridu / Ubaid type-site, Ur III)
Eridu (Tell Abu Shahrain) is traditionally the first city of Sumer (King List) with an 18-level temple sequence from Ubaid small shrine (≈5400 BCE) to Ur III ziggurat of Amar-Sin.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Hajji Firuz to Iron I (c.5000–900 BCE) · Hajji Firuz → Early Transcaucasian → Iron
Burton-Brown 1948 type-site near Rezaiyeh (Urmia) giving K-stage Geoy sequence: Gurney’s Parallels to Pisdeli ware: Hajji Firuz burnished, Geoy M painted orange-over-buff, and Hasanlu Grey ware…
🇨🇱 Chile · Cave
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Great Grotto in Coquimbo, Chile is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) cave attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Rashtrakuta c.756–773 CE · Rashtrakuta Hindu (Ellora)
Kailasa (756–773, Krishna I Rashtrakuta) – world's largest monolithic rock-cut temple, excavated top-down from 200,000 tonnes basalt: 33m shikhara, surrounding courtyard 98×48m, two-storey gopura,…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Kiln Workshop Complex North in Ganga Plain, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇪 Niger · Temple complex
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Kilwa Husuni Kubwa Extension in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Laponia Wooden Stave Foundation East in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Maurya to Gupta and Pala (3rd c. BCE–6th c. CE core; current 5th–6th c. brick shikhara) · Indian Buddhist (Mauryan-Gupta-Pala)
Mahabodhi (5th–6th c. Gupta brick shikhara 55m) – on Vajrasana where Buddha attained enlightenment under Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa descendant).
🇲🇦 Morocco · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Nabta Playa Calendar Extension in Atlas, Morocco is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Olduvai Gorge Bed IV Site in Atlas, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Kilmartin Late Neolithic
Forest clearing cup-and-ring cluster on Creag Mhor, 120+ motifs, c.3000 BCE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman 283 BCE–3rd c. CE · Greek (Attalid) and Roman
Attalid citadel with world's steepest theater and Altar of Zeus frieze.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock-cut
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pushkarini Tank Steps North in Kimberley, Australia is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) rock_cut attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇴 Norway · Hydraulic works
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Steppe Kite Desert Gate East in Finnmark, Norway is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Crusader (3500 BCE–1260 CE) · Canaanite / Israelite / Crusader
Tel Yoqne'am — Jokneam in Carmel foothills, Israel is a Early Bronze Age to Crusader (3500 BCE–1260 CE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite / Crusader.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.730–734 CE, reign Hasaw Chan K'awil · Maya (Classic Lowland)
Temple I — Gran Jaguar — pyramid over tomb of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Hasaw Chan K'awil, r.682–734 CE), north of Great Plaza, 47 m high.
🇨🇿 Czechia · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Závist Celtic Oppidum in Central Bohemia, Czechia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Punic / Roman
Corridor municipium between Zaghouan and Fahs with press row.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age (c.800–600 BCE; Mannean–Median 750–600) · Mannean → Median → Neo-Assyrian sphere
Baba Jan in eastern Lorestan is a Mannean–Median fortified manor complex — Central and East Mounds with pillared halls, painted plaster and Iron II ceramics. Go...
