🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art
Kanozero Petroglyphs
The Kanozero Petroglyphs (Russian: Канозерские петроглифы, romanized: Kanozerskiye petroglify) are a set of rock drawings discovered in 1997 on an island in Lake Kanozero in the southwestern part of…
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Archaeological wonder
Khisht Tepe
Khisht-tepe, or Khisht-tepa (“Brick hill” in Persian) is a Buddhist archaeological site located in a mountainous area on the left bank of the Obimazar-Yakshu river (tributary of the Pyandj river), in…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
Kutlug Timur Minaret
Kutlug Timur minaret is a minaret in Konye-Urgench in north Turkmenistan, Central Asia. Constructed in 1011 during the Khwarazmian dynasty, the minaret stands at a height of 60 meters, with a base…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Oracle of Claros
Hellenistic to Late Roman ~300 BCE–395 CE · Greek (Colophonian) then Roman Ionian
Underground water-oracle of Apollo where prophet drank sacred pool to versify prophecies.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Rehman Dheri Mound — Gomal Plain
Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3300–1900 BCE, Rehman Dheri I–III) · Early Harappan (Rehman Dheri culture, Kot Diji–Harappan)
Rehman Dheri Mound — Gomal Plain in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dera Ismail Khan, Gomal plain (Rehman Dheri), Pakistan is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3300–1900 BCE, Rehman Dheri I–III) pyramid/mound…
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Rock art
Sarmishsay Gorge Petroglyphs
Neolithic to Iron Age (Kelteminar to Yaz-I) · Kelteminar, Zamanbaba, Andronovo and Bactria-Margiana pastoralists
Karatau gorge with 10,000 petroglyphs 5000–1000 BCE, Uzbekistan's largest rock-art ensemble.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Earthwork
Ustyurt Plateau Desert Kites – Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan
Early Iron Age to Early Medieval · Sarmatian, Alan and early Turkic steppe groups
200 Ustyurt steppe kites (1000 BCE–500 CE) funneling saiga across the Aral–Caspian plateau.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Rock art
Zaraut-Say Rock Paintings
Mesolithic (Early Holocene) · Zaraut Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (Kuhitang cultural complex)
Kuhitang shelter with Mesolithic ochre hunt scenes 8000–5000 BCE, narrative archers and bulls.
🇷🇺 Russia · Hydraulic works
Eurasia Canal
The Eurasia Canal (Russian: Канал "Евразия", Kanal "Evraziya") is a proposed 700-kilometre-long (430 mi) canal connecting the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea along the Kuma-Manych Depression.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Anau
Anau IA–II (Namazga I–II) 4500–3000 BCE → Bronze → Iron → Sejuk · Jeitun–Anau → Namazga → Bronze Age BMAC → Iranian
Oasis-town pair (c.4500 BCE–1000 CE) on the Kopet Dag fan near Ashgabat — Anau North (Chalcolithic Anau IA–II, 4500–3000 BCE) and Anau South (Bronze–Iron Age 2000 BCE–Islamic) twin mounds excavated…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Autokane
Autokane (Ancient Greek: Αὐτοκάνη) or Autokana (Αὐτοκάνα) was an ancient Greek city of Aeolis located on a mountain of the same name in Asia Minor.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Temple complex
Ajina Tepa
Late Hepthalite 600–700 CE → Tokharistan 700–800 CE (Arab frontier) · Tokharistan Buddhist (Ajina school polychrome late Gandhara–Hephthalite)
Waksh giant Buddhist vihara (7–8 c. CE) near Qurghonteppa — 100×50 m monastery with 12 m Parinirvana Buddha and Turkic mural donors.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Alexandria in the Caucasus
Hellenistic period
Alexandria in the Caucasus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Alexándreia; medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram) was a colony of Alexander the Great.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුරය, romanised: Anurādhapuraya, IPA: [ənuraːd̪əpurəjə]; Tamil: அனுராதபுரம், romanised: Aṉurātapuram, IPA: [ɐnuɾaːðɐβuɾɐm]) is a major city located in the north central…
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Archaeological wonder
Aigyr-Zhal 2
Aigyr-Zhal 2 is a historical site in Naryn city on the territory of University of Central Asia (UCA), Kyrgyzstan. It is a part of a bigger and more complex site Aigyr-Zhal.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Corycus (Ionia)
Corycus or Korykos (Ancient Greek: Κώρυκος) was a town in ancient Ionia, near a mountain of the same name.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder
An Khê Paleolithic Site
Lower Paleolithic 800–500 ka (Acheulean-like) · Acheulean-like (An Khê culture, Homo erectus)
Early Paleolithic settlement (c.800,000–500,000 BP) at An Khê valley, Gia Lai — oldest Paleolithic site in Vietnam and Southeast Asia outside Java, discovered 2014 by Vietnamese–Russian Nishcheta…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Yin Xu (Ruins of Yin at Anyang)
Late Shang Dynasty c.1300–1046 BCE (Anyang period) · Shang Chinese
Late Shang capital (1300–1046 BCE) on Huan River, premier Bronze Age urban site of East Asia covering 30 km² with palatial foundations, royal tombs (Fu Hao intact 76), 150,000 oracle bones with…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Kunya-Urgench Ancient Town
Khwarezmshah to Golden Horde 995–1388 · Khwarezmshah / Seljuk / Golden Horde
Lost capital of Khwarezm in Amu Darya delta, flourishing 10th–14th c. with 60 m Kutlug Timur minaret tallest in Central Asia and Turabek Khanum mausoleum (1360s) with world's most complex girikh dome…
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Temple complex
BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi
The BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi is a traditional Hindu mandir built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
🇺🇸 United States · Submerged site
Beringia – Drowned Land Bridge
Pleistocene (exposed 36k–11k; fully closed 21k–14k cal BP brown/green zones) · Paleolithic Siberian / Paleo-American / Dyuktai / Clovis ancestors
36k–11k BCE steppe isthmus Alaska–Siberia now 53 m under strait — 2023 cores re-imagined as tundra, not grass.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
China pavilion at Expo 2010
The China pavilion at Expo 2010 (simplified Chinese: 中国国家馆; traditional Chinese: 中國國家館; pinyin: Zhōngguó guójiā guǎn) in Pudong, Shanghai, colloquially known as the Oriental Crown (东方之冠; 東方之冠;…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Ephesus and Temple of Artemis
Archaeic Greek to Roman Imperial 10th c. BCE–3rd c. CE, Artemision 550 BCE · Greek Ionian then Roman
Roman Asian capital with Artemis Wonder remnant and Library of Celsus.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Rock art
Leang Bulu Sipong 4 Rock Art
Late Pleistocene (43.9 ka) · Early modern humans of Wallacea (pre-Austronesian)
Sulawesi 43.9 ka therianthrope pig hunt — oldest figurative art globally.