🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Nuraghe La Prisgiona
Late Bronze Age · Nuragic
Gallura nuraghe with meeting hut village near Arzachena in granite hill country, c.14th century BCE.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Southern Yonaguni Terrace A — Yonaguni (58-20)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Southern Yonaguni Terrace A — Yonaguni (58-20) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Bronze Age (regional) submerged city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Eastern Yucatan Settlement Outer — Yucatan (55-37)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Yucatan Settlement Outer — Yucatan (55-37) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) geoglyph of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Aitheia – Submerged Classical Harbour of Messene
Classical to Hellenistic (369 BCE – 2nd c. BCE) · Theban / Messenian Greek
Epaminondas' 369 BCE war harbour for liberated Messene — ashlar moles 260 m now lagoon reef –1 to –4 m in Voidokilia Bay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
El-Lahun Pyramid Senwosret II
Middle Kingdom · 12th Dynasty Egyptian
El-Lahun Pyramid Senwosret II at Fayum, Lahun, Egypt is a Middle Kingdom pyramid of the 12th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c. 1885 BCE for limestone-cased mudbrick pyramid on rock knob.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Epidaurus — Artemis Temple North Cult Statue Base (Argolis)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Epidaurus — Artemis Temple North Cult Statue Base (Argolis) in Peloponnese, Argolis, Epidaurus, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) templ…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Little Aleppo Village North — Aleppo (53-49)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Little Aleppo Village North — Aleppo (53-49) at Aleppo, Syria is a Early Historic (regional) pyramid of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Old Yonaguni Platform II — Yonaguni (58-07)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Old Yonaguni Platform II — Yonaguni (58-07) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇭🇷 Croatia · Tell
Ovčara–Vinograd — North Slope Insula (Slavonia)
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Ovčara–Vinograd — North Slope Insula (Slavonia) in Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja, Čepin, Croatia is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Sacred Cuzco Enclosure East — Cuzco (55-27)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Cuzco Enclosure East — Cuzco (55-27) at Cuzco, Peru is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Fortified city
Kagara (Niger State) – Hill Fort Terraces
Niger–Benue hillfort tradition (c. 1300–1900 CE; peak 16th–18th c) · Gbagyi / Hausa (Kamberi hill peoples) / Fulani pressures
Inselberg hill fort above Kagara plain with laterite terraces 2 m high, boulder walls (2.1 km) and narrow cleft gates, iron smelting terraces and shrines of Gunnu hill peoples flee...
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Royal Nara Reservoir B — Nara, Asuka (54-18)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Royal Nara Reservoir B — Nara, Asuka (54-18) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepecik-Çiftlik
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Chalcolithic (c.9000–5500 BCE) · Central Anatolian Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic
Cappadocian Neolithic tells (7 m high, 2 ha) in the Melendiz plain below Hasan Dağı obsidian sources. Excavated since 20...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Bademağacı Höyük
Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Antalya-Lake District → Early Bronze (Taurus piedmont)
Neolithic to Early Bronze tell (c.6500–2800 BCE, 9 levels) at Taurus foothills / Antalya plain ecotone, excavated 1993–2004 by Refik Duru & Gülsün Umurtak.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Banteay Srei — East Pediment Detail (Siem Reap, Angkor)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Banteay Srei — East Pediment Detail (Siem Reap, Angkor) in Siem Reap, Banteay Srei, Cambodia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex …
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Beaghmore Stone Circles
Early to Middle Bronze Age · Ulster Early Bronze Age (Beaker influenced)
Seven Bronze Age circles (10–20 m), cairns and dragon's teeth row (800 stones) on Sperrin edge, peat-sealed.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Earthwork
Ceide Fields Neolithic Field System
Neolithic · Irish Neolithic
Ceide Fields Neolithic Field System at Mayo, Céide, Ireland is a Neolithic earthwork of the Irish Neolithic tradition, built c. 3500 BCE for oldest field system 1000 ha under blanket bog.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Central Meroe Village A — Meroe (56-50)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Central Meroe Village A — Meroe (56-50) at Meroe, Sudan is a Early Historic (regional) megalithic of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Mahabalipuram — Shore Temple Ancillary Lion Mandapa
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Mahabalipuram — Shore Temple Ancillary Lion Mandapa in Tamil Nadu, Chengalpattu, Mahabalipuram, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Rapidum (Djouab)
Roman to Byzantine (122-431 CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Roman military
Plateau fort Rapidum.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Southern Yucatan Platform B — Yucatan (55-13)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Southern Yucatan Platform B — Yucatan (55-13) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) geoglyph of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Uinkaret — Ancillary Lava Tube Petroglyph North (Arizona)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Uinkaret — Ancillary Lava Tube Petroglyph North (Arizona) in Arizona, Uinkaret Plateau, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex
Late Neolithic · Loughcrew-Carrowkeel passage tradition (Boyne variant)
14 hilltop passage cairns (10–21 m) on Bricklieve ridges above Lough Arrow, with cruciform chambers and light boxes.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (Orkney)
Late Neolithic · Orkney Neolithic
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic megalithic of the Orkney Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for maes howe type with 4 side cells dog skulls.