🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Pedra da Arca — Pino do Val Cromlech Group 7 Dolmens with Mastiff
Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE group 7 dolmens in 1 km) · Galician Neolithic cluster Pedra da Arca 7 tombs
Pedra da Arca 7 dolmens cluster.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela
Zagwe dynasty · Ethiopian Orthodox
11 medieval monolithic rock-cut churches chiselled from tuff into trenches, connected by tunnels, built for King Lalibela as New Jerusalem pilgrimage site; UNESCO 1978.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Ungwana — Ozi / Tana Delta Ruins
Swahili (12th–17th c. CE) · Swahili (Ozi)
Ungwana — Ozi / Tana Delta Ruins in Tana River County, Kenya is a Swahili (12th–17th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Ozi).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Begrawiya West — Meroe Western Non-Royal Pyramid Cemetery
Meroitic post-royal (400 BCE–400 CE) nobles · Meroitic elite non-royals
Meroe West excavated by Wenig and Bradley 1990s, non-royal elite with Greek-Meroitic.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Jebel Khaled
Hellenistic to Byzantine (c.300 BCE–600 CE; Seleucid foundation 301 BCE) · Seleucid → Roman → Byzantine Euphrates
Seleucid gridded city (301 BCE) on Euphrates east bank — fossil Hellenistic plan at Jebel Khaled.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Marksville State Historic Site
Marksville 0–400 CE · Marksville culture
Semicircular enclosure 530 m wall, Marksville Southern Hopewell 0–400 CE.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Menhir da Meada — Largest Standing Stone Iberia and Atlantic Europe 7.15 m
Neolithic (5000–4000 BCE menhir of 7.15 m phallic Bernardus hill) · Alentejo Neolithic menhir carver 5000 BCE
Meada menhir 1990 inspection largest Iberia 7.15 m 18 t.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Sambor Prei Kuk South Group S2 — Yeai Poen
Chenla late (7th c. CE) · Chenla (Bhavavarman II)
Sambor Prei Kuk South Group S2 — Yeai Poen in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia is a Chenla late (7th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Chenla (Bhavavarman II).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell el-Ghassil
Middle Bronze to Iron Age (c.1800–600 BCE; 11 levels) · MB IIB → Late Bronze → Iron I–II (Bekaa Canaanite-Phoenician)
Bekaa agrarian tell with 11 levels (1800–600 BCE) and womb-burial inside AREC farm near Baalbek.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Tipón Archaeological Park
Wari → Inca 1100–1480 CE · Wari → Inca
13 terraces 13 fountains laminar flow, Inca estate.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Whitehawk Camp
Early Neolithic (3650–3350 BCE) · Neolithic causewayed
Whitehawk Camp in East Sussex, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3650–3350 BCE) earthwork attributed to Neolithic causewayed culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Communal Building EA30
PPNA (9500–8700 BCE) · Mureybetian PPNA
Euphrates PPNA village excavated by Stordeur 1995–99 rescue, EA30 with wild animal engravings and deliberate burning.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens
Late Bronze Age to Late Antique · Athenian
Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens in Attica, Greece is a Late Bronze Age to Late Antique ancient-city attributed to Athenian.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Kuntur Wasi Archaeological Complex
Initial–Early Horizon 1000–250 BCE · Kuntur Wasi tradition
Gold-temple four platforms, gold burials 800 BCE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Portchester Castle
Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval · Roman (Saxon Shore)
Portchester Castle in Hampshire, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (285–400 CE) to medieval fortress attributed to Roman (Saxon Shore) culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress
Shobak — Crusader Montreal Castle Cistern
Crusader (1115 CE) + Ayyubid/Mamluk · Crusader Latin Kingdom / Ayyubid
Shobak excavated by Brown 1990s, 1115 Baldwin I foundation besieged by Saladin, secret spring tunnel unique.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Trevelgue Head Cliff Castle — Newquay
Iron Age (400–100 BCE) · Dumnonii
Trevelgue Head Cliff Castle — Newquay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (400–100 BCE) hillfort attributed to Dumnonii.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Aspero Huaca Alta
Early Horizon · Andean
Coastal satellite of Caral at Aspero (Huaca Alta) Late Preceramic 120×30 m platform mound, Nishiwaki.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Beidha — Neolithic Village North of Petra
PPNB (7500–6500 BCE) + Nabataean later · PPNB Beidha
Beidha excavated by Kirkbride 1958–83, revealing early granaries and shift from round to rectilinear, near Siq al Barid.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Naikund — Vidarbha Iron Smelting Mound
Iron Age (700–400 BCE) · Vidarbha megalithic with iron technology
Naikund — Vidarbha Iron Smelting Mound in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age (700–400 BCE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic with iron technology.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Seila Pyramid — Sneferu Fayum Small Pyramid with Causeway
Early 4th Dynasty Sneferu (c.2620 BCE) Seila phase · Old Kingdom Sneferu
Seila excavated by Petrie and Swelim, Sneferu 4th Dynasty provincial 7 pyramids chain.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Zagheh
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE) · Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic → Sialk I–II related
Chalcolithic painted-ware village (4 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by Negahban and Malek Shahmirzadi. Late Neolithi...
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bestansur
Early Neolithic (c.8000–7100 BCE; Bestansur horizon) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic B → Pottery Neolithic Shahrizor
Shahrizor PPNB town (8000–7100 BCE) with courtyard houses and plaster floors SE of Sulaymaniyah.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Can Hasan Höyük I
Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) · Can Hasan
Can Hasan Höyük I in Karaman Province, Taurus foothills, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Can Hasan culture.