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🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (5000–2000 BCE) Namazga Sequence · Anau–Namazga culture
Namazga Depe — Outer Lower Town in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (5000–2000 BCE) Namazga Sequence tell attributed to Anau–Namazga culture.
🇹🇩 Chad · Ancient city
Early Islamic / Sahelian · Kanembu / Sayfawa Kanem
Dune-shrouded metropolis of Kanem (Sayfawa dynasty, 700–1380 CE) of 30,000 at lake-high stand, hub of trans-Saharan slave–gold–textile trade with Ifriqiya.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, Neferefre, c.2460 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Small cult pyramid east of unfinished Pyramid of Neferefre (Raneferef) at Abusir (5th Dynasty, c.2460 BCE). 21.3 m base, limestone core with casing foundation trench.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient city
Iron Age to Roman (25 BCE–450 CE) · Atrebates / Roman
Silchester Roman Town in Hampshire, South East England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Roman (25 BCE–450 CE) ancient city attributed to Atrebates / Roman culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana · Kizzuwatna / Cilician
Tepebağ Mound — Adana in Adana Province, Turkey is a Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana tell attributed to Kizzuwatna / Cilician.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) · Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic
Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic in Konya Plain, Çumra, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) tell attributed to Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Pre-Angkor (8th c. CE, re-dated 8th) · Chenla–Pre-Angkor
Ak Yum — Earliest Khmer Pyramid in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Pre-Angkor (8th c. CE, re-dated 8th) pyramid attributed to Chenla–Pre-Angkor.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Khmer Empire, early Angkor period 1113–1150 CE · Khmer (Hindu then Theravada Buddhist)
Vishnuite then Buddhist temple-mountain and world's largest religious monument (162.6 ha), built early 12th century by Suryavarman II as state temple and center of Khmer Empire; oriented west with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Middle Horizon transitional (600–800 CE) · Moche V / Transitional
Galindo — Late Moche Urban Center in La Libertad Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon transitional (600–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Moche V / Transitional.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic – Bronze Age (2400–1500 BCE) · Scillonian Bronze Age
Innisidgen Cairns — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age (2400–1500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Scillonian Bronze Age.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
EB IV to Iron II (c.2400–800 BCE; peak LB Egyptian) · Amorite → Egyptian–Canaanite (Kumidi) → Hittite → Phoenician
Bronze–Iron town (4 ha, 15 m high) at the Litani–Bekaa margin, German excavations by Arnulf Kuschke and Rolf Hachmann, i...
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Satavahana to Traikutaka (200 BCE–500 CE) · Buddhist
Kuda Caves — Buddhist Coastal Monastery in Maharashtra, India is a Satavahana to Traikutaka (200 BCE–500 CE) rock_cut attributed to Buddhist.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan coastal fort
Sotka Koh — Makran Harappan Estuary Fort in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan coastal fort.
🇮🇳 India · Tomb
Delhi Sultanate (1231 CE Iltutmish) · Delhi Sultanate (Islamic)
Sultan Garhi — Qutb Outskirts Tomb in Delhi, India is a Delhi Sultanate (1231 CE Iltutmish) tomb attributed to Delhi Sultanate (Islamic).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Berber-Punic to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Berber-Punic-Roman civitas beneath Sfax with salting vats and church mosaics.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
Tell Kurdu — buried eba-iron tell/village at Hatay Province.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Mid 3rd to 2nd Millennium, c.2500–1350 BCE · Hurrian (Urkesh), Mitanni
Temple BA terraced mound at Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh (Hurrian capital, c.2500–1300 BCE). Buccellati & Kelly-Buccellati 1984-onwards excavated 135-ha city wall, Temple BA high terrace 20 m high with…
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Gupta (380–415 CE Chandragupta II) · Gupta Hindu (Vishnu)
Udayagiri Caves 5–6 — Vidisha Vishnu Complex in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Gupta (380–415 CE Chandragupta II) rock_cut attributed to Gupta Hindu (Vishnu).
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Early Chalukya, 6th–7th century CE · Hindu and Jain under Early Chalukya dynasty
Four 6th-c. Chalukya sandstone cave temples at Vatapi with Nataraja and Vishnu iconography.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Urartian Late (c.685–590 BCE) · Urartian
Largest Urartian fortress (8 ha, 700 m enclosure wall, 3 km circuit) founded by Rusa II (c.685 BC) at Bastam near Qarah...
🇬🇷 Greece · Cave
Classical to Roman (400 BCE–100 CE) · Athenian
Cave of Pan at Vari in Attica, Greece is a Classical to Roman (400 BCE–100 CE) cave attributed to Athenian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Middle Horizon (500–800 CE) · Wari (Huari)
Conchopata — Wari Craft Center in Ayacucho Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon (500–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari (Huari).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Cave
Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic · Zagros Paleolithic type-site Zarzian
Hazar Merd Cave — Sulaymaniyah in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic cave attributed to Zagros Paleolithic type-site Zarzian.
