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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Capsian Mesolithic / Numidian / Roman / Byzantine · Capsian then Numidian / Roman
Artesian oasis pools of Roman Capsa, type-site of Capsian Mesolithic.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Hephthalite–Hindu Shahi (600–700 CE) · Buddhist Fondukistan (Ghorband)
Fondukistan Monastery — Bamyan–Ghorband Pass in Parwan Province, Afghanistan is a Hephthalite–Hindu Shahi (600–700 CE) temple-complex attributed to Buddhist Fondukistan (Ghorband).
🇾🇪 Yemen · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Geoglyph Hill Figure North in Hadramaut, Yemen is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Late Bronze to medieval (c.1600 BCE – 1200 CE) · Trialeti–Van kingdom → Armenian medieval
65-ha hillfort on Gyumri–Yerevan highway with 13-m Cyclopean walls, Late Bronze chamber-tombs, Early Iron “Horom pottery” type site, Urartian re-occupation and Armenian 10th-century basilica.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lechaion Harbour Extension South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇬🇬 Guernsey · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Guernsey Early Neolithic
Early passage grave by L'Ancresse Road, Guernsey, c.4500 BCE, among Europe's oldest (6000 years).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Loess Buried Camp East in Ganga Plain, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Hillfort
Scythian (7th–4th century BCE, peak 500 BCE) · Scythian Forest-Steppe
Massive Scythian hillfort (205 ha) deep in Kholodnyi Yar oak forest near Chyhyryn, with massive earthen ramparts 8 m high enclosing sacred settlement and cemetery. Excavated by M.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Kilmartin Neolithic
Nether Largie South Cairn — Kilmartin in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Kilmartin Neolithic.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor (12th c. CE, Suryavarman I) · Khmer
Preah Khan of Kampong Svay — Prasat Bakan in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (12th c. CE, Suryavarman I) temple-complex attributed to Khmer.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hillfort
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sahara Kite V-Shaped Wall West in Pilbara, Australia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hillfort attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Unified Silla 751 CE (King Gyeongdeok reign) · Silla Korean Buddhist (Hwaeom)
Silla artificial cave-shrine (751 CE) on Tohamsan summit, commissioned by Kim Dae-seong, housing 3.48 m granite Vairocana surrounded by 40 meticulously sculpted bodhisattvas and guardians in 3.6 m…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) · Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III)
Shahr-i Sokhta — Helmand Burnt City Eastern Ridge in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Bronze Age (3200–1800 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta III).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) · Early Bronze fortified Kikkar
Tall el-Hammam — Kikkar Debate in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze fortified Kikkar.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Late Chalcolithic to Bronze Age, c.3500–2300 BCE · Uruk / Nagar (Hurrian)
Northern high mound at Tell Brak — Eye Temple platform (Late Chalcolithic, c.3500–3300 BCE) and later Nagar palace high mound (c.2500 BCE).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic–Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) · Balikh Halaf–Transitional
Tell Sabi Abyad — Balikh Neolithic Annex Pits in Raqqa Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic–Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Balikh Halaf–Transitional.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Roman (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Road town between Mejez el-Bab and Beja with porticoed forum and fort.
🇳🇪 Niger · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Tiekene-Boussoura Tumulus North in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Mycenaean 1600–1100 BCE, acme 1300–1200 BCE · Mycenaean
Cyclopean citadel with earliest vaulted galleries in Europe and megaron palace.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Torana Gateway Relief North in Cusco, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Vihara Cell Group West in Tamil Nadu, India is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇨🇿 Czechia · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Vladař Hillfort in Karlovy Vary Region, Czechia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
