🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Userkaf
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Founder's pyramid of 5th Dynasty at Saqqara, 49 m base, 18 m high (originally 49 m), badly ruined rubble mound east of Djoser enclosure.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
Tell Qaramel — PPNA Sanctuary
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) · PPNA
Tell Qaramel — PPNA Sanctuary in Aleppo Governorate, Queiq plain, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (12000–8650 BCE) temple complex attributed to PPNA culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Wadi Faynan — Khirbat Faynan
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4500 BCE+) · Chalcolithic
Wadi Faynan — Khirbat Faynan in Aqaba Governorate, Wadi Araba, Jordan is a Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4500 BCE+) hydraulic attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Allahdino — Harappan Port Fortlet
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Allahdino — Harappan Port Fortlet in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Aphrodisias North Agora Pylon — Extension
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) · Hellenistic–Roman (Aphrodisias)
Aphrodisias North Agora Pylon — Extension in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic–Roman (Aphrodisias).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Channal
Late Classic Rio Bec 550–800 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Mid-size Rio Bec forest palace 7 km S of Okolhuitz on Becán–Hormiguero track. Structure II combines Chenes monster mask lower register with Rio Bec twin towers upper, indicating stylistic hybridity.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis
El Kab North Wadi Necropolis
Predynastic to New Kingdom (3500–1086 BCE) · Predynastic / Egyptian (New Kingdom)
Governor tombs north of El Kab with predynastic rock-art bank.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov
Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean (c.780 ka) · Acheulean Homo erectus/heidelbergensis
Acheulean lakeside camp (c.780,000 BCE) on the paleo-Hula shore, earliest habitations with controlled fire. Excavated by...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Gordion — Phrygian Outer Lower Town East
Phrygian to Persian (900–330 BCE) · Phrygian (Midas)
Gordion — Phrygian Outer Lower Town East in Ankara Province, Turkey is a Phrygian to Persian (900–330 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Phrygian (Midas).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Kaunos — Rock Tomb Annexe at Dalyan Lake Channel
Lycian / Karian (4th c. BCE) · Carian–Lycian border Kaunos
Kaunos — Rock Tomb Annexe at Dalyan Lake Channel in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian / Karian (4th c. BCE) rock_cut attributed to Carian–Lycian border Kaunos.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Kızılbel Tomb
Persian period (c.525 BCE; chamber c.525–500 BCE) · Persian-period Lycian (Elmalı dynasty under Achaemenid satrapy)
Persian-period painted chamber tomb (525 BCE) with 2.5 m banquet frieze under tumulus at Elmalı.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Methone Pieria – Submerged Archaic Harbour in Thermaic Gulf
Archaic to Classical (733 BCE – 354 BCE Philip sack) · Eretrian Greek / Methonean
Verified – Methone Thermaic Gulf earliest Greek alphabetic harbour (Methone Pieria Eretrian colony 733 BCE) with archaic harbour mole 200 m at 2–3 m due to Thermaic silt?
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Unas
Old Kingdom, late 5th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Last king of 5th Dynasty's 43 m high pyramid at Saqqara South, notable for first Pyramid Texts — 283 spells carved in underground alabaster-lined chambers to guide king to afterlife.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Teleilat Ghassul — Jordan Valley
Chalcolithic (4500–3900 BCE) · Ghassulian
Teleilat Ghassul — Jordan Valley in Balqa Governorate, Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic (4500–3900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Ghassulian culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell Jemmeh — Yurza
Chalcolithic to Persian (4000–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Assyrian / Philistine
Tell Jemmeh — Yurza in Northern Negev, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Persian (4000–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Assyrian / Philistine.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Outer Town
Third millennium BCE (3500–1300 BCE) · Hurrian
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Outer Town in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur headwaters, Syria is a Third millennium BCE (3500–1300 BCE) tell attributed to Hurrian culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Cerro Blanco — Huacas de Moche Extension Terrace
Early–Middle Moche (200–600 CE) · Moche
Cerro Blanco — Huacas de Moche Extension Terrace in La Libertad Region, Peru is a Early–Middle Moche (200–600 CE) pyramid attributed to Moche.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Mirador — Tigre Pyramid (Structure 4D3-1)
Maya Late Preclassic, c.300 BCE–150 CE (peak 100 BCE) · Maya (Preclassic Mirador)
Tigre Pyramid at El Mirador (c.300 BCE–150 CE, Middle Preclassic to Late Preclassic colossus) — 55 m high, base 145 × 145 m, 18 m high temple atop, part of Tigre complex south of La Danta.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Great Stupa at Sanchi
Maurya to Gupta 3rd century BCE–12th century CE (great stupa 260 BCE, gateways 25 BCE–50 CE) · Maurya / Sunga / Satavahana / Gupta Buddhist
Earliest stone Buddhist stupa (Maurya 3rd c BCE, enlarged Sunga 1st c BCE–1st c CE) crowning hilltop at Sanchi, 36.5 m diameter hemispheric brick-and-stone dome encasing relics.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Helorus — Syracusan Outpost
Archaic to Roman (700 BCE–200 CE) · Syracusan
Helorus — Syracusan Outpost in Sicily, Greece is a Archaic to Roman (700 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Syracusan.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Paviland Cave — Goat's Hole
Upper Palaeolithic (33000 BCE) · Aurignacian / Gravettian
Paviland Cave — Goat's Hole in Swansea, Gower Peninsula, Wales, United Kingdom is a Upper Palaeolithic (33000 BCE) cave attributed to Aurignacian / Gravettian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Pentre Ifan
Early Neolithic · Preseli Early Neolithic
Wales' largest portal dolmen with 16-tonne capstone on three 2.4 m orthostats.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Fortress
Pujini Palace — Mkama Ndume Citadel
Swahili (15th c. CE) · Swahili (Mohamed bin Abdulaziz?)
Pujini Palace — Mkama Ndume Citadel in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (15th c. CE) fortress attributed to Swahili (Mohamed bin Abdulaziz?).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) · Canaanite/Israelite
Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses in Southern District, Negev, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Israelite culture.