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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Neolithic – Early Chalcolithic (6500–5000 BCE) · Cappadocian Late Neolithic
Late Neolithic – Early Chalcolithic (6500–5000 BCE) tell of Cappadocian Late Neolithic in Nevşehir Province, Cappadocia (c.6500 BCE).
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Early Intermediate (Alto Ramírez–Cabuza 400–800 CE) · Upper Azapa Cabuza Alto Ramírez farmers
21 upper Cabuza terrace figures 1800 m: square-torso anthropomorphs + zigzag flood-line on mesa above incised Azapa gorge.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early Sarmatian Iron Age (450–350 BCE) with Hun reuse 410 CE · Sarmatian Aktobe–Uil (eastern Sarmatian) with Hun secondary
Kyzyl-Bulak Sarmatian mound 68 m diam 8.2 m with torc 340 g and ditch 22 m on Uil divide 142 km south of Aktobe.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
The Adina Mosque (Bengali: আদিনা মসজিদ) is a historical mosque located in Pandua, a town in the Malda district of West Bengal, India.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Late Neolithic, Arabian Mustatil horizon · Northwest Arabian Neolithic pastoralists
19 high-altitude mustatil enclosures (5300-5000 BCE) on Harrat Uwayrid basalt at 1320 m, northernmost field.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Rock art
Chalcolithic to Iron Age · Kura-Araxes, Trialeti-Vanadzor, Lchashen-Metsamor
Syunik 3300-m crater-lake plateau with >4000 black basalt petroglyphs, chariot and solar calendar boulders.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late Chalcolithic (3500–3000 BCE) · Proto-Elamite / Late Uruk
Late Chalcolithic (3500–3000 BCE) tell of Proto-Elamite / Late Uruk in Tehran Province, Rey Plain (c.3400 BCE).
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
The Bouri Formation is a sequence of sedimentary deposits that is the source of australopithecine and Homo (that is, hominin) fossils, artifacts, and bones of large mammals with cut marks from…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock shelter
Epipalaeolithic to Early Neolithic (12000–6500 BCE) · Epipalaeolithic–Neolithic
Epipalaeolithic to Early Neolithic (12000–6500 BCE) rock-shelter of Epipalaeolithic–Neolithic in Antalya Province, Korkuteli (c.12000 BCE).
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Archaeological wonder
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…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Dynastic – Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) · Early Dynastic–Akkadian
Early Dynastic – Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) tell of Early Dynastic–Akkadian in Raqqa Governorate, Lake Assad (c.2600 BCE).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) · Amorite–Mitanni
Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) tell of Amorite–Mitanni in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Middle Euphrates (c.2000 BCE).
🇧🇼 Botswana · Ancient city
Claim 1885 discovery of 'ancient' ruins (claimed 1000+ years) · Claimed unknown builder 'similar to Zimbabwe' / Phoenician by Farini
Farini's 1885 'Phoenician' half-bow walls in Kalahari — 1964 proven dolerite sill natural ridge.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Rock art
Prehistoric to Dvaravati (7th–13th c.) to Lan Xang · Khorat Bronze to Dvaravati Mon–Khmer Buddhist; Khmer Angkor influence
Udon Thani mushroom boulders with 3000 BCE cattle paintings and 68 Dvaravati Sīma stones 7th–9th c., UNESCO 1507.
🇩🇪 Germany · Earthwork
Early Middle Ages (9th–1168 CE, temple peak 1100–1168) · Slavic Rani Principality (Svantevit cult)
Cape Arkona (Jaromarsburg) Slavic Temple Fortress in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rügen Island, Putgarten, Wittow peninsula, Cape Arkona cliffs, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (9th–1168 CE, temple peak…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Early to Middle Sarmatian (550–350 BCE) · Sauromatian to Sarmatian Kobda ridge (Uil–Khobda interfluve)
7 Sarmatian ridge kurgans 22–48 m linear 12 km crest: mirror bronze and gold child burial — winter pasture beacon.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Early Bronze (3000–2500 BCE) · Early Bronze (Arisman–Sialk IV)
Early Bronze (3000–2500 BCE) tell of Early Bronze (Arisman–Sialk IV) in Isfahan Province, Natanz (c.3000 BCE).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Mogollon culture
Cuarenta Casas (translation: "40 houses") is an archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Archaeological wonder
Dzalisi (Georgian: ძალისი) is a historic village in Georgia, located in the Mukhrani valley, 50 km northwest of Tbilisi, and 20 km northwest of Mtskheta.
🇮🇱 Israel · Megalith
Dan (Biblical Hebrew: דָּן), and older name Laish, is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan,…
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Iron Age II to Islamic (1000 BCE–present; active) · Iron Age Oman (Lizq–Rumaylah) → Sasanian → Islamic Ya'aribah
3.5-km Iron Age daudi qanat (c.1000 BCE, 8 shafts) delivering 70 l/s — UNESCO aflaj flagship at Birkat al-Mouz.
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Early Middle Ages (735–811 CE) · Obodrite Slavs (Reric/Rerik), Danish, Frankish traders
Groß Strömkendorf (Reric) Early Slavic Emporium in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wismar Bay, Groß Strömkendorf village shore, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (735–811 CE) Obodrite Slavs (Reric/Rerik),…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Glozel artifacts are a collection of over 3,000 artifacts, including forged clay tablets, sculptures and vases, some of which were inscribed, discovered from 1924 to 1930 in the vicinity of…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. The aqueduct, constructed in AD 80, carried water some 95 kilometres (59 mi) from the hilly Eifel region of what is now…
