🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Takalghat — Asolamendha Stone Circle
Iron Age (800–300 BCE) · Vidarbha
Takalghat — Asolamendha Stone Circle in Maharashtra, India is a Iron Age (800–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Vidarbha.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Iris
Middle Bronze to Byzantine (c.1800 BCE–600 CE) · MBA Canaanite → Late Bronze coastal → Iron → Hellenistic
Jableh plain farming tell (1800 BCE–600 CE) with Hellenistic amphora kiln north of Jableh.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock-cut
Touna el-Gebel
Late Period to Roman (600 BCE–300 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Hermopolis necropolis with 1-million ibis catacombs and Petosiris fusion tomb.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Oinoanda — Lycian Bridge at Kemerarasi
Roman (200 CE) · Roman Lycian
Oinoanda — Lycian Bridge at Kemerarasi in Burdur Province, Turkey is a Roman (200 CE) hydraulic attributed to Roman Lycian. Roman segmental arch bridge 30 m over Xanthos tributary at Kemerarasi gorge.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Desalpur Guner — Harappan Fortlet
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Desalpur Guner — Harappan Fortlet in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Hilltop Harappan fort 10 × 10 m on gunear with stone walls and chert blades.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Khajuraho Group of Temples
Chandela · Chandela Rajput
Khajuraho Group of Temples in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chandela temple complex attributed to Chandela Rajput culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 240).
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Cave
Kozarnika Cave
Early to Late Pleistocene · Oldowan / Mousterian / Kozarnikian
Palaeolithic cave in northwest Bulgaria with 1.6 million year sequence, yielding Early Pleistocene lithics, Homo erectus remains, Middle Palaeolithic layers and Upper Palaeolithic Kozarnikian…
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port
Mature Harappan (2200–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2200–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Harappan port jetty 200 m with stone anchor and warehouses on Phulki creek.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Olba — Temple of Zeus on Cliff Acropolis
Hellenistic (300 BCE) · Olba Teukrid
Olba acropolis cliff excavated by Keil & Wilhelm 1910s, linked to Diokaisareia valley 4 km via aqueduct.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Pelusium (Tell el-Farama / Sin) – Delta Gateway
Late Period / Graeco-Roman / Byzantine · Egyptian / Graeco-Roman
Mudbrick gateway fortress guarding Pelusiac Nile branch, scene of Cambyses 525 BCE, Antiochus battles, Pelusium lions legend and Baldwin I death 1118.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock-cut
Sidyma — Lycia Sunken Tomb
Lycian–Roman (400 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian–Roman
Sidyma — Lycia Sunken Tomb in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman (400 BCE–200 CE) rock_cut attributed to Lycian–Roman. Sarcophagi field with Sidyma tombs on hillside above Calynda bay.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
West Kennet Avenue (Avebury)
Late Neolithic · Wessex
West Kennet Avenue (Avebury) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic attributed to Wessex culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 373).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hillfort
Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay
Iron Age · Dumnonii
Black Head Cliff Castle — St Austell Bay in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age hillfort attributed to Dumnonii. Small univallate promontory fort with hut terraces, facing St Austell Bay.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chagha Sefid
Ceramic Neolithic to Chalcolithic (c.6000–4000 BCE) · Ali Kosh → Chagha Sefid → Sabz → Farukh (Deh Luran Ceramic)
Deh Luran Ceramic Neolithic painted centre (6000 BCE) succeeding Ali Kosh.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Ancient city
Ciudad Blanca / City of the Monkey God
Classic to Postclassic (500–1500 CE, peak 1000–1400) · Unknown Mosquitia culture (possibly Pech/Cahut) linked to Mesoamerican sphere
Recently confirmed pre-Columbian urban complex in Mosquitia rainforest, revealed 2012 LiDAR, excavated 2015 with plazas, earthworks, ballcourt, caches of jaguar effigy vessels (500+ sculptures) dated…
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Mambrui — Malindi North
Swahili (14th–18th c CE) · Swahili
Mambrui — Malindi North in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (14th–18th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Swahili creek town north of Malindi with Friday mosque and tombs.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Hazna II
Ubaid to Ninevite 5 (c.5000–2800 BCE) · Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic Uruk-related → Ninevite 5
Ubaid–Late Chalcolithic tell on the Wadi Khanzir, Russian-Syrian excavations by Rauf Munchaev. Spectacular Ubaid painted...
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Ghoraife — Damascus Basin Neolithic Hamlets
PPNB (8200–7000 BCE) · PPNB Ghoraife
Ghoraife — Damascus Basin Neolithic Hamlets in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria is a PPNB (8200–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB Ghoraife. Hamlet scatter 0.5 ha with pits near Ghoraife wadi.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Erythron (Latrun)
Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica)
Red-soil harbour with bath-kiln and Mid Roman amphora production.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Ombos South Pyramid — Elephantine Provincial Step Pyramid
3rd Dynasty Huni provincial (c. 2670 BCE) · Old Kingdom 3rd Dynasty Huni
Ombos provincial surveyed by Kaiser.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Wadi el-Hudi Amethyst Mines
Old to New Kingdom (2600–1100 BCE; peak 2050–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)
Middle Kingdom amethyst mining landscape with 14 quarries and fortified miners' fort.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Aso — Kikusui Dolmen Terrace Kumamoto
Yayoi (300 BCE–100 CE) · Yayoi Kumamoto
Aso dolmen terrace excavated 1960s, Yayoi jar coffins and bronze imports under dolmen cists.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Ganj Dareh
Aceramic to Ceramic Neolithic (c.8200–7600 BCE) · Zagros PPN/Pottery Neolithic (Ganj Dareh horizon)
Zagros goat-domestication mound (8200 BCE) with two-storey pisé houses east of Kermanshah.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Gwoza Hills Settlements
Iron Age to present (500 BCE–present) · Mandara / Wandala / Kanuri
Mandara terrace villages with 10 km stone terraces and iron forges.