🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Olorgesailie – Acheulean Handaxe Factory (1.2 Ma)
Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean · Homo erectus / early Homo
Open-air Acheulean handaxe factory of Homo erectus (1200–400 ka) with in-situ butchery of extinct giant baboon and hippo, with volcanic stratigraphy teaching hominin handaxe evolution from…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Bagan
Pagan Kingdom 1044–1287 CE (Bagan period 11th–13th century) · Bamar / Burmese Buddhist (Theravada)
Sacred landscape on Irrawaddy River bend with over 2,200 surviving Buddhist temples, stupas and monasteries from 11th–13th century Pagan Kingdom; at peak >10,000 structures, including Ananda,…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Jian)
Koguryo · Koguryo
Complex of Koguryo Tombs (Jian) in Jilin Province / DPRK, China is a Koguryo ancient city attributed to Koguryo culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1135).
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Huaca Ventarron
Classic · Maya/Andean
Huaca Ventarron — 2,500 BCE oldest mural.
GR · Ancient city
Lechaion – Western Port of Corinth & Diolkos Terminus
Archaic to Byzantine (c.600 BCE – 14th c. CE harbour) · Corinthian / Classical / Hellenistic / Roman
Corinth Gulf western harbour — 600 m Canopus-style canal + Long Walls, now 2–3 m subsided northwest of Corinth.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet
Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE) · Ahar culture
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet in Rajasthan, India is a Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE) tell attributed to Ahar culture. Small Ahar mound 3 m with white-painted Ahar pottery and microliths.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Toptepe
Neolithic-Chalcolithic (c.6000-3500 BCE) · Kırklareli–Karanovo to Gumelnița-Karanovo VI
Toptepe — buried neolithic-chalcolithic tell/village at Kırklareli Province.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient village
Ntereso & Birimi (Ghana) – Kintampo Complex Villages
Later Stone Age Kintampo · Kintampo culture
Kintampo culture villages (2100–1400 BCE) with figurative terracotta 'cigars', ground stone axes and pioneering pearl millet + cowpea cultivation evidence (earliest in Ghana).
🇨🇴 Colombia · Megalith
San Agustín Archaeological Park
San Agustín Culture · San Agustín
San Agustín Archaeological Park in Huila Department, Colombia is a San Agustín Culture megalithic attributed to San Agustín culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 744).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Matarrah — Jarmo Hinterland Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) · Jarmo-related
Matarrah — Jarmo Hinterland Village in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Shikarpur — Kutch Harappan Port Mound
Mature Harappan (2500–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Shikarpur — Kutch Harappan Port Mound in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2500–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Coastal Harappan port mound with Harappan and Sorath ware at Gulf of Kutch.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Ishinohoden Kofun — Karatsu Vaulted Stone Chamber
Late Kofun (6th c. CE) · Yamato influenced Hizen
Karatsu megalithic chamber exposed by erosion, excavated 1900, late Kofun island type.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Mahurjhari — Vidarbha Megalithic Tombs
Iron Age (700–300 BCE) · Vidarbha megalithic
Mahurjhari — Vidarbha Megalithic Tombs in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age (700–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha megalithic. Stone circles with capstone cists and horse bits at Mahurjhari.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Maroulas on Kythnos
Early Mesolithic · Aegean Mesolithic
Early Mesolithic open-air village on Kythnos (c. 8800–8600 BCE), the earliest Holocene settlement in the Cyclades with stone-built floors, burials, imported Melian obsidian and marine fauna.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-e Jari A
Aceramic to Bakun Neolithic (c.7000–4200 BCE; Jari horizon) · Mushki → Jari → Shamsabad → Bakun (Marvdasht Neolithic)
Marvdasht Plain Neolithic reference mound (7000–4200 BCE) with Mushki to Bakun sequence near Persepolis.
🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city
Agadez & Takedda (Niger) – Air-Copper Oasis Twins
Late Medieval / Tuareg / Songhai · Tuareg (Kel Air) / Songhai tributary
Paired Saharan stations: Agadez (c.1400 Tuareg sultanate capital with 27 m mudbrick minaret) and medieval Takedda copper industrial estate (14th c, Ibn Battuta 1353: 'copper mine of Takadda') 150 km…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Huntichmul East Complex
Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1050 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Huntichmul East Complex north of Puuc Route: 70 m long vaulted palace with Puuc junquillo columns, sacbe linking to Sayil Group 2 km west. Mapped by Pollock 1980; 8 mounds remain unexcavated.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Iwase Senzuka — Cliff Kofun Cluster with Open Air Display
Kofun (5th–7th c. CE) · Kii regional Kofun
Wakayama ridge 850 tombs excavated 1900s–now, rock-cut horizon tombs unique in Kansai.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Burgata — Sharon
Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) · Israelite / Phoenician
Tel Burgata — Sharon in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) tell attributed to Israelite / Phoenician. Israelite settlement with ash pits and Phoenician storage jars.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Temple complex
Adji Kui — Murghab BMAC Sanctuary
BMAC (2100–1700 BCE) · Oxus (Gonur phase)
Adji Kui — Murghab BMAC Sanctuary in Mary Province, Turkmenistan is a BMAC (2100–1700 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Oxus (Gonur phase).
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient village
Fewet — Garamantian Oasis and Cemetery along Fazzan Corridor
Garamantian (500 BCE–600 CE) · Garamantian oasis farmers
Fewet excavated by di Lernia 2000s, 100 tumuli satellite to Garama.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Kanmer — Kutch Harappan Fort
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Kanmer — Kutch Harappan Fort in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Fortified Harappan town with 2 m walls and bead workshops near Little Rann.