🇱🇾 Libya · Necropolis
Theuchira (Tocra) North Necropolis
Greek to Late Antique (7th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Quarry-necropolis north of Tocra with 120 chamber tombs.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kinet Höyük North Harbour
MBA to Hellenistic (2000 BCE–100 BCE) · MBA Levantine → Hittite → Neo-Assyrian → Hellenistic Issos
Kinet Höyük North Harbour is the 15-ha northern basin of Kinet Höyük — identified with Issos, where Alexander beat Darius III (333 BCE).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient village
Kantarodai
Iron Age to Early Historic (1000 BCE–300 CE) · Tamil megalithic to early Buddhist (Jaffna Dravidian)
Kantarodai is an Iron Age cemetery (1000 BCE–300 CE) north of Jaffna, a 2-ha field of 60 votive mini-stupas (1–2 m) over megalithic urn burials plus Tamil-Brahmi settlement (300 BCE).
🇿🇲 Zambia · Rock art
Mwela Rock Paintings
Later Stone Age to Iron Age (2000 BCE–1500 CE) · Batwa / Bantu
700 Later Stone Age paintings at Mwela Rocks near Kasama — Kasama–Isoka bush gallery.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gedikli Karahöyük North Mound
Late Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (3500–1550 BCE) · North Syrian Chalcolithic → EBA Amuq → MBA Yamhad/Alalakh
Gedikli Karahöyük North Mound is the northern satellite of the Gedikli Karahöyük complex on the Islahiye plain — famed for its 200-grave EBA cemetery linking Amuq–Cilicia–Euphrates.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Faras Mound — Cathedral and Town
Meroitic to Christian Nubian, Ottoman · Meroitic, Nobadian, Makurian Christian
Mound of Faras (Pachoras), twin to Qasr Ibrim as source of largest Christian Nubian frescoes corpus — 169 frescoes cut from cathedral walls by Polish mission of Kazimierz Michałowski (1961–64) before…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Mirgissa Fortress — Egyptian Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty–New Kingdom · Ancient Egyptian (fortified settlement)
Greatest of Middle Kingdom Nubian forts, originally named Iken, built by Senusret III at narrow Second Cataract gorge on west bank, comprising a massive outer fortress enclosing harbour and an inner…
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tumulus
Duurlig Nars Xiongnu Cemetery – Khentii
Late Iron Age, Xiongnu Empire · Xiongnu (Hunnu) northern imperial elite
Xiongnu elite shaft tombs in Khentii pine forest—Han silk 'Chanyu servant' inscription and lapis 4,000 km trade chain.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Shilikty North Kurgan (Chilikty North Royal Terrace)
Early Saka (7th–6th c. BCE) · Early Saka (Shilikty facies)
Shilikty north: 5 early royal kurgans (62 m) 2.2 km north of Golden Ridge, Zaisan valley 820 m.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Kallanai Kollidam North Sluice Extension
Early Historic to Chola Medieval · Chola (Early and Medieval)
95-m north Kollidam offtake with 12 dovetail sluice bays saving delta from avulsion.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Maoz Haim Synagogue
The Maoz Haim Synagogue was a former ancient Jewish synagogue and now archeological site, that is located near Maoz Haim, in the Beit She'an region, in the Jezreel Valley area of the Galilee district…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Claros Oracle North Stoa — Apollo Annex of the Sacred Way
Archaic to Roman Imperial (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek to Roman Asia
North portico with Hadrianic oracle conduit 200 m from Temple of Apollo.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Nevali Çori North Bank — Cult Building Ridge
PPNA to early PPNB (8600–7900 BCE) · PPNB Nemrik-Pre-Pottery Euphrates
PPNB T-pillar cult ridge — 8400 BCE terrazzo temple north bank (Hauptmann).
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Kallanai North Channel — Grand Anicut Kaveri North Branch
Classical Sangam to Colonial · Early Chola, British colonial (Cotton)
Chola Karikalan 2nd CE north Kollidam regulators with 12 vents and 1804 Cotton arches, oldest working dam distributary.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Tianlongshan Grottoes — Southern Peak South Caves
Eastern Wei–Northern Qi–Tang (Six Dynasties to Tang) · Eastern Wei Xianbei sinicized; Tang Shanxi Buddhist
Shanxi 25 caves 534–907: south peak Cave 11 Maitreya assembly with thin-line and Japanese-return Bodhisattva.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ahicchatra
Mahajanapada 600 BCE → Gupta 4th–6th c CE · Northern Panchala Mahajanapada → Mauryan → Gupta
Ahicchatra — capital of Northern Panchala Mahajanapada (c.600 BCE–1100 CE) near Ramnagar, Bareilly district, excavated 1940s–60s by ASI (V.K. Sinha).
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Pacopampa
Formative (Pacopampa Early–Late) · Cupisnique / Chavinoid (Northern Highlands Formative)
Mountaintop ceremonial citadel (1200–500 BCE) on 2430-m Querocoto peak with three massive platforms, sunken courts, elite shaft tomb of Priest of Pacopampa (900 BCE) with gold crow...
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster
Kofun Middle 4th–6th c CE (Yamato middle) · Mid-Kofun Yamato — Saki royal cemetery north Heijo
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster — massive 4th–6th c CE Kofun cemetery (7 km long, 120+ mounds) at Saki–Tatanami hills 4 km north Heijo Palace, northern Nara basin edge, surveyed 1970s–90s by Nara…
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Uyuk Valley Second Kurgan Terrace (North Arzhan Satellite)
Early Iron Age (Arzhan-Chertomlyk) · Arzhan (Early Scythian / Saka Royal)
Second terrace north of Uyuk River (950 m, 52°03′N 93°51′E) in the Tuva Valley of the Kings, complementing Arzhan 1 (9th c BCE) and Arzhan 2 (7th c BCE) on south terrace and Tunnug 1 (9th c) centre.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Besshatyr South Row Kurgans (Besshatyr Southern Alignment)
Early Saka (Tiglaxaus vs Saka Tigraxauda) · Saka (Saka Tigraxauda) royal
Besshatyr south row: 6 royal kurgans (52–78 m) 500 m south of northern royal row, Altyn-Emel.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Yungang Western Cliffs — Datong Grottoes West End Caves
Northern Wei to Liao (453 – 525 CE peak) · Buddhist Tanyao imperial under Emperor Wencheng
Western 5 caves 40–45 with Tanyao Buddhas 15 m of Northern Wei Pingcheng capital.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Novosvobodnaya (Maïkop Dolmens)
Early Bronze Age; Late Maikop → Novosvobodnaya → Dolmen culture · Maikop → Novosvobodnaya (dolmen phase) → Yamnaya fringe
Late Maïkop–Novosvobodnaya dolmen kurgans (3300–2600 BCE) under kurgan mounds — 5 m slab dolmen with Mesopotamian cylinder seal, bridging Maïkop elite to Yamnaya.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Aqab Settlement Ridge
Halaf to Ninevite V (5900–2600 BCE) · Halaf → Northern Ubaid → Uruk → Ninevite V
Tell Aqab Settlement Ridge is the Halaf–Ubaid–Uruk ridge on the Upper Khabur headwaters near Amuda — excavated by Davidson & McKerrell as the Halaf-Ubaid transition key in inland Syria.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Boralday South Picket Row Kurgans (Boralday Southern Alignment Picket)
Late Saka to Wusun transition (180–100 BCE) · Saka late–Wusun transition (Boralday south picket)
5 south picket kurgans 18–26 m spaced 90 m: boundary sentinels with Han silk 140 BCE earliest silk in Kazakhstan.