🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Plazuelas — Three Temples on Sierra Pénjamo Cliff
Epiclassic (600–900 CE) late Classic Bajío · Bajío (Tarascan ancestor) with Teotihuacan theme brazier
Plazuelas excavated by INAH 1998–, 1200 pecked spirals.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Takwa Ruins — Manda Island
Swahili (1500–1680 CE) · Swahili (Bajuni)
Takwa Ruins — Manda Island in Lamu County, Kenya is a Swahili (1500–1680 CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Bajuni).
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Chimney Rock National Monument
Pueblo II 1076–1125 CE · Chacoan
Chacoan Great House at 2310 m, lunar standstill alignment 1076–1093 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tomb
El Opeño Tombs — Jacona
Early Formative (1600–1300 BCE) Early! · Capacha / El Opeño
El Opeño Tombs — Jacona in Michoacán, Mexico is a Early Formative (1600–1300 BCE) Early! tomb attributed to Capacha / El Opeño.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Hadidi (Tell Hadidi / Azu)
EB IV to Iron I (c.2400–1000 BCE) · Eblaite → Amorite → Mitanni → Hittite/Emar → Aramaean
Euphrates terrace tell now peninsula in Tabqa Lake, excavated by Rudolph Dornemann; Emar texts identify it as Azu on the...
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Sanam — Kushite Administrative Centre opposite Barkal
Napatan (750–600 BCE) and Meroitic later · Kushite Napatan trade centre
Sanam excavated by Griffith 1923, Napatan treasury town opposite Barkal sacred mountain.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Rivi — North Khorasan Median Fort
Median to Achaemenid (800–330 BCE) · Median then Achaemenid
Tepe Rivi — North Khorasan Median Fort in North Khorasan Province, Iran is a Median to Achaemenid (800–330 BCE) tell attributed to Median then Achaemenid.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Ali Kosh
Early Neolithic (c.7500–6000 BCE; Ali Kosh sequence 7500–6000 BCE) · Bus Mordeh → Ali Kosh → Mohammed Jaffar (Deh Luran)
Deh Luran Neolithic eponym (7500–6000 BCE) defining Iran's Bus Mordeh–Ali Kosh sequence.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Limisa (Ksar Lemsa)
Roman to Hafsid (2nd c. BCE–15th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Hilltop municipium with amphitheatre reused as Borj fortress.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Mazghuna North Pyramid — Amenemhat IV Northern Twin
Late 12th Dynasty (c.1810 BCE) probable Amenemhat IV · 12th Dynasty
Mazghuna North surveyed by Mackay & Petrie 1910, twin to south.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Oyu Stone Circles — Late Jomon Solar Alignment
Late Jomon (2000–1500 BCE) · Late Jomon Oyu
Kazuno circles excavated 1931 and 1946, Late Jomon double circles aligned to summer solstice sunset.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine
Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens in Yarkon, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Sheikh-e Abad
Aceramic Neolithic (c.8500–7700 BCE) · Zagros PPN (Sheikh-e Abad horizon)
Sahneh PPN mound (8500 BCE) with plastered houses and early goat — sister to Ganj Dareh.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Israelite
Tel Qashish — Jezreel Crossing in Jezreel Valley, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Nimrin — Wadi Shu'eib Mouth
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4500 BCE–600 CE) · Canaanite
Tell Nimrin — Wadi Shu'eib Mouth in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4500 BCE–600 CE) tell attributed to Canaanite. Valley tell at Wadi Shu'eib alluvial fan with EB water tunnel.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Tuqan
EB IV to MB II (c.2500–1700 BCE) · Eblaite → Amorite → Old Babylonian
28 ha Ebla-period town on the Matakh plain south of Aleppo, Italian excavations by Francesca Baffi. EB IV–MB II (c.2500–...
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Small Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous
Late 6th c. BCE · Athenian
Small Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous in Attica, Greece is a Late 6th c. BCE temple-complex attributed to Athenian. Distyle prostyle temple adjoining the larger Nemesis temple, earlier cult focus.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Israelite
Tel Hefer — Sharon Inland in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mohammed Diyab — Khabur Mittani Fort
Mittani (1500–1300 BCE) · Mittani Khabur
Tell Mohammed Diyab — Khabur Mittani Fort in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Mittani (1500–1300 BCE) tell attributed to Mittani Khabur.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Alepotrypa Cave
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Final Neolithic / Early Helladic
Vast Neolithic cave complex at Diros Bay, Laconia, used as settlement and burial site 6000–3200 BCE before earthquake sealed entrance.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Manot Cave
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (c.55000–16000 BCE) · Late Mousterian → Aurignacian → Kebaran/Geometric Kebaran
Active Levantine cave site (55 ka–16 ka) in the Galilee karst, excavated by Ofer Marder and Omry Barzilai. Mousterian th...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Abr
PPNA to PPNB (c.9600–8000 BCE) · PPNA → PPNB (Euphrates Neolithic)
PPNA-PPNB village (9600–8000 BCE) with lime-plaster houses on Euphrates Tishrin plain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Gagai — Lycia Coastal Necropolis Annex
Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian
Gagai — Lycia Coastal Necropolis Annex in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian.