🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Lovelock Cave
Lovelock Culture (2500 BCE – 1830 CE) · Lovelock / Paiute-Shoshone
Lovelock Cave in Nevada, United States is a Lovelock Culture (2500 BCE – 1830 CE) cave attributed to Lovelock / Paiute-Shoshone culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Topper Site
Pre-Clovis (Topper) to Clovis · Pre-Clovis (Topper)/Clovis
Pre-Clovis chert quarry (15,000 BCE) with debated lower horizon below Clovis on Savannah River, South Carolina.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Kebar Dam South Spillway Extension (Kebar Secondary Spill)
Mongol Ikhanid–early Timurid (1300–1400 CE) original; Safavid extension 1680 · Ilkhanid–Safavid
South-bank secondary spillway extension 0.4 km south of main Kebar arch dam (26 m high, 55 m crest, oldest surviving arch dam c.1300, already in DB as kebar-dam-qom-iran) at 1,520 m.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Najran Al-Ukhdood Northern Enclosure
Classical (500 BCE-500 CE) · South Arabian
Najran Al-Ukhdood Northern Enclosure in Najran, Najran, Saudi Arabia is a Classical (500 BCE-500 CE) ancient city attributed to South Arabian.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Fondukistan
Turk Shahi 699–752 CE → Umayyad–Ghaznavid 752 CE–1000 · Late Gandharan–Turk Shahi Buddhist (Kabul school post-Gandhara)
Ghorband conical-hill fortress monastery (699–752 CE) — earliest Turk Shahi polychrome stucco linking Bamyan to Kashmir after Arabs.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Cave
Verteba Cave
Chalcolithic Trypillia BI–C1 (4100–3500 BCE) Podolia cave sanctuary · Cucuteni-Trypillia (Podolia cave sanctuary phase, Bilche-Zolote variant)
Verteba Cave (Peștera Verteba) — gypsum karst cave sanctuary (Cucuteni-Trypillia CI 4100–3500 BCE, 9 km passages) at Bilche-Zolote, Podolia, Ukraine's largest Trypillia cave site.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Band-e Firuzabad (Ardashir Dam) — Firuzabad Plain reservoir dam, Fars
Early Sassanid (Ardashir I–Shapur I, 224–260 CE) · Sassanid Persian (early Sasanian court)
210-m Sassanid reservoir dam (224 CE) retaining Firuzabad circular capital plain — Ardashir's desert hydraulic foundation.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient village
Samrong Sen Kampong Chhnang
Neolithic 2300–1500 → Bronze 1500 BCE Samrong Sen type-site · Tonle Sap Neolithic — Samrong Sen circular moat tradition (Mekong)
Samrong Sen Kampong Chhnang — Neolithic circular mound settlement (2300–1200 BCE, 1500 BP early metal) on sand terrace at Tonle Sap southern rim 30 km NW Kampong Chhnang, excavated 1923–26 by H.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Rock art
Magura Cave Paintings
Neolithic to Iron Age (5000–1200 BCE) · Late Neolithic Karanovo, Eneolithic Gumelnița-Krivodol, Bronze Age Verbicioara
Bulgarian 2.5-km cave 700 guano paintings Neolithic to Iron Age with 366-day calendar.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Thornborough Henges — North Yorkshire
Late Neolithic (c.3500–2500 BCE) · British Late Neolithic (Grooved Ware)
Thornborough Henges (Neolithic c.3500–2500 BCE) are Britain's finest henge alignment: three huge circular earthworks 240 m diameter each, bank 2 m high with outer ditch and twin entrances aligned…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Bir Aliqua Qanat – Ma'an Plateau (Wadi Araba fringe)
Nabataean to Late Roman · Nabataean / Roman Arabia
3.2-km Nabataean–Roman rock-cut qanat (100 BCE–400 CE) with 28 shafts — Ma'an plateau.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Casamero Pueblo
Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE) · Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE)
Casamero Pueblo in New Mexico, McKinley County, Rio Puerco, near Prewitt, United States is a Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II Chacoan (1000–1150 CE) culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly-Tas II South Bend Ili Petroglyphs
Late Bronze to Tibetan Buddhism · Andronovo, Turkic Kipchak, Oirat-Mongol Buddhist
South bend of Ili River 400 m south of main Tamgaly-Tas Buddha triad with vertical palimpsest.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Akrotiri West House Annex Theran
Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) · Minoan
Akrotiri West House Annex Theran in Cyclades, Santorini, Greece is a Late Minoan (1700-1500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K
Early Neolithic (4000-3000 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K in County Sligo, Ireland is a Early Neolithic (4000-3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Tumulus Saint-Michel at Carnac
Middle Neolithic (c.5000–3500 BCE) · Carn / Tumulus Culture (Early Armorican Neolithic)
Giant 125 m × 12 m tumulus covering passage grave (c.4500 BCE) with 39 jadeite axes — Brittany's largest mound at Carnac.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Vasu Vihara
Gupta Period (320–550 CE) – early Pala · Gupta Buddhist (Hinayana then Mahayana)
Gupta (4th–7th c) apsidal monastery 58×45 m with 26 cells and chaitya, linked to Xuanzang's Po-shi-po.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Torsburgen
Migration Period → Viking Age 400–1100 Gotland fornborg · Gotlandic Iron Age Gutar → Viking Age
Torsburgen (Thors Burg) — largest Gotland hillfort (fornborg) Migration–Viking Age (c.400–1100) on Tors limestone plateau 71 m a.s.l., Kräklingbo, eastern Gotland.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Rock art
Kamennyye Mogily South Ridge — Petryn Gully
Eneolithic to Early Bronze Age · Sredny Stog, Yamnaya, Catacomb
Southernmost sandstone outlier of Kamyana Mohyla island-hill, a low dome 200 m south of the main conglomerate mass exposing 12 shallow grottoes along Petryn Gully.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Lingqu North Pound Extension Canal (Qin Lingqu Northern Stepped Pound)
Qin 214 BCE to Tang 825 CE (Lingqu North pound) · Qin imperial (Shi Huang–Shi Lu) Lingqu Yue conquest hydraulic
North pound extension 1.2 km ×8×1.5 m with 3 Qin granite pound-locks 8×4 m ×1.0 m lift — earliest locks globally 214 BCE.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Rock art
Sarmishsay Upper Terrace Petroglyphs
Early Bronze to Early Islamic · Andronovo, Bactrian, Sogdian, Turkic, Samanid
Upper bench 80 m above gorge floor with caravan and Kufic mosque petroglyphs.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Sutkagen Dor Mound — Makran
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE, westernmost Indus outpost, 550 km west of Kot Bala) · Harappan (western coastal outpost)
Sutkagen Dor Mound — Makran in Balochistan, Gwadar District, Dasht plateau (westernmost Harappan settlement), Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE, westernmost Indus outpost, 550 km west of…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Mané-er-Hroëk Tumulus — Locmariaquer
Middle Neolithic (c.4500–3900 BCE) · Carnac–Morbihan Atlantic Neolithic
Mané-er-Hroëk (Neolithic c.4500–3900 BCE) crowns the Mané-er-Hroëk hill 800 m northeast of Locmariaquer village, a 100-m long trapezoidal passage grave under a 25-m high?