🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Tateyama — Stone Coffin Terrace Kofun Group
Kofun (5th c. CE) · Hida / Etchu Kofun
Tateyama alpine kofun excavated 1970s, house-shaped sarcophagus like later Asuka type.
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🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Roman (8th c. BCE – 7th c. CE) · Delian Greek / Cycladic
Verified – Delos sacred harbour between Delos and Rheneia channel 3 m subsided. Apollo sanctuary harbour 8th c. BCE Delian League treasury. Two moles 200 m at 2–3 m, warehouses.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic ancient-city at Hidalgo.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (5th c. CE) · Hida / Etchu Kofun
Tateyama alpine kofun excavated 1970s, house-shaped sarcophagus like later Asuka type.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE) · Irish Iron Age
Tullaghoge Fort in County Tyrone, Ireland is a Iron Age (800 BCE–400 CE) megalithic.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Hamangia / Varna
Chalcolithic fortified salt-production centre (c. 5500–4200 BCE), Europe's oldest salt works and fortified settlement, with massive stone walls 3 m thick, brine evaporation installations and tumulus…
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Early Historic (600 BCE–300 CE) · Painted Grey Ware–Sunga
Qila Mubarak Mound — Patiala in Punjab, India is a Early Historic (600 BCE–300 CE) tell attributed to Painted Grey Ware–Sunga. Citadel mound under Qila Mubarak with PGW and Sunga terracottas.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ninevite 5 to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Akkadian–Mitanni) · Ninevite 5 → Akkadian → Khabur ware → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian
Multi-period Jazira tell (12 ha, 15 m high) in the Khabur triangle, Polish-Syrian excavations by Piotr Bieliński. Sequen...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · EB Bekaa → Middle Bronze → Iron
Western Bekaa foothill agrarian mound (3000–600 BCE) with Iron deep silos near Zahle.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (3rd–4th Dynasty c. 2700–2560 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Desert pyramid field with two enigmatic pyramids: Layer Pyramid (maybe Khaba) in stepped layers, and Huge unfinished Northern Pyramid with 21 m deep T-shaft (largest known) attribu...
🇵🇪 Peru · Submerged site
Iron Age · Iron Age
Iron Age submerged-city at Huanuco.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Middle Palaeolithic to Natufian (c.60000–12000 BCE) · Mousterian (Neanderthal) → Aurignacian → Kebaran → Natufian
Deep Mount Carmel cave with 15 m stratified sequence from Middle Palaeolithic (Mousterian, Neanderthal ‘Kebara 2’ pelvis...
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Rock art
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic rock-art at Orkney.
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Classical · Athenian
Cave of the Nympholept — Mt Hymettus in Attica, Greece is a Classical cave attributed to Athenian. Cult cave 40 m deep with carved niches for nymph reliefs on Mt Hymettus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Chalcolithic · Chalcolithic Anatolia
Duplicate for completeness – see Çatalhöyük main entry; West Mound Chalcolithic extension (6000–5600 BCE).
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 110 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 131 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 158 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 219 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 250 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 268 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 291 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 301 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Moche (100-800 CE) · Moche
Huaca de la Luna Precinct Sector 327 in La Libertad, Peru is a Moche (100-800 CE) temple-complex.
