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🇻🇳 Vietnam · Fortified city
Dong Son 3rd c BCE → Han 2nd c BCE → Ngo Quyen 938 CE · Dong Son Au Lac → Han → Dai Viet (Hanoi first capital)
Cổ Loa — spiral-walled citadel city (3rd c BCE–10th c CE) 17 km north Hanoi Old Quarter, excavated 1960s–2010s Nguyen Giang Hai (Vietnam Academy).
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Ichijō-ji (一乗寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Sakamoto neighborhood of the city of Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture Japan.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Petra Siq Treasury Forecourt Cistern in Ma'an, Petra, Jordan is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic (c.4500–4200 BCE); KGK VI complex (Kodžadermen–Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI) · KGK VI Chalcolithic (Balkan Late Copper Age) Ludogorie facies
Ludogorie Chalcolithic fortified tell (c.4500–4200 BCE) with KGK VI burnt horizons and double ditch — Todorova.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sabratha Theatre Pulpitum Frieze in Zawiya, Sabratha, Libya is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Early Historic to Early Medieval (100 BCE–700 CE, Kushan–Gandhara) · Buddhist Gandhara (Kushan, Indo-Parthian, Huna)
Takht-i-Bahi Pyramidal Monastery — Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mardan District, Takht-i-Bahi hill spur, Pakistan is a Early Historic to Early Medieval (100 BCE–700 CE, Kushan–Gandhara)…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (c.3200–2500 BCE) · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
Late Neolithic village on Loch of Harray with 15 houses and ceremonial hall Structure 8 facing the Stones of Stenness.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Boncuklu Höyük House 15 Terrazzo in Konya, Boncuklu, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Vidarbha Megalithic 1100–300 BCE → Maurya 300–187 → Sunga–Satavahana 187 BCE–250 CE → Vakataka 250–500 CE · Vidarbha Megalithic → Mauryan → Satavahana → Vakataka (Vidarbha Early Historic)
Vidarbha fortress-city Padmavati on Wainganga (1100 BCE–300 CE) — 4 km rampart with two Satavahana stupas (38 m) and megalithic-to-Mauryan continuity.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Shabwa Palace Shagab East Tower in Shabwah, Shabwa, Yemen is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kültepe Karum Ib Lower Level in Kayseri, Kültepe, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Langweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋvaɪlɐ] ) is an archaeological site situated in the Merzbach Valley on the Aldenhovener Plateau of western Germany.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Cholleidae or Cholleidai (Ancient Greek: Χολλεῖδαι), or Chollidae or Chollidai (Χολλίδαι), was a deme of ancient Attica.
🇧🇭 Bahrain · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 in Northern, Aali, Bahrain is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Archaeological wonder
Kerch, also known as Kerich, is a city on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea. It has a population of 147,033 (2014 Census).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5 in Kirkuk, Yorghan Tepe, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze II (3400–2600 BCE; Ninevite 5) · North Mesopotamian Ninevite 5 (Khabur) → EJ 2
Khabur granary acropolis with 200+ beehive silos — Early Bronze dry-farming surplus hub.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Archaic to Genoese (c. 600 BCE – 1460 CE) · Paphlagonian / Persian / Hellenistic (Amastris) / Roman / Byzantine / Genoese
Queen Amastris's twin-bay double harbour – western mole 80 m at –2.5 m and eastern mole 60 m at –3 m.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Hellenistic period
Alexandria in the Caucasus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Alexándreia; medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram) was a colony of Alexander the Great.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Early Formative Alto Ramírez I–II · Alto Ramírez upper-valley
Upper Azapa precordillera: 18 steep-slope figures at 980 m marking valley bottleneck to highlands.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) · Maya (Cancuen – Pasión port)
Cancuen in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala is a Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Cancuen – Pasión port) culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
The Dolmen del prado de Lácara ('Dolmen of the Meadow of Lácara') is a megalithic monument known as a passage tomb. It is located northwest of the Spanish city of Merida, in the province of Badajoz.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Tomb
Yotoco–Malagana (c.500 BCE–500 CE) and Sonso (c.500–1550 CE) · Malagana–Yotoco–Sonso (Calima sphere)
Malagana at El Bolo, Palmira, Valle del Cauca (970 m) is infamous for the 1992 sugar-cane slurry that exposed a Yotoco–Malagana cemetery (500 BCE–500 CE) and led to the wholesale looting of ~4 tonnes…
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Cave
Hunugalagala is a Limestone cave, which is located in Haldummulla, Badulla District of Sri Lanka. It is assumed that this rock formation has been formed millions of years ago.