🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Tumulus de Bougon
Early to Middle Neolithic · Atlantic Early Neolithic / Cerny
Necropolis of six tumuli A-F spanning 4800-3000 BCE, including oldest megalithic building in western France.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Yayno — Huari Fortified City
Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE) · Recuay / Wari influenced
Yayno — Huari Fortified City in Ancash Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon / Early Intermediate (400–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Recuay / Wari influenced. Largest fort in Americas?
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Cave
Cave of Citadel Grove
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Cave of Citadel Grove in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Dakhleh Oasis Roman Farm North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Dakhleh Oasis Roman Farm North in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Fortress
Katsina Hillfort of Dutsin Ma
Medieval Hausa to Sokoto period (13th–19th c. CE) · Hausa (Katsina)
Granite inselberg hillfort south of Katsina with rock gongs.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
Woodland Weeden Island 200–800 CE · Weeden Island (Swift Creek)
14 m platform mound, largest Woodland mound in Florida, 200–800 CE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Pavlopetri Megalithic Wall West
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pavlopetri Megalithic Wall West in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South — Alexandria Coast (Alexandria)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Cave
Khet-Vale Cave
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Khet-Vale Cave in Sicily, Italy is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) cave attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Miamisburg Mound
Early Woodland Adena 1000–200 BCE · Adena
Second-largest conical mound in Ohio (65 ft/20 m high, 877 ft circumference) and tallest surviving Adena mound, preserved at Miamisburg Mound State Park.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Cederberg Stadsaal Caves Rock Art
Late Stone Age 10,000 BCE–19th c. CE · San (Khoisan)
Cederberg Stadsaal – Cape Fold Mountains sandstone domes and caves with Late Stone Age San rock art in Stadsaal Caves (Elephant Processional panel, 500–1600 CE), Sevilla Trail 130-site route.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Didyma Eastern Temenos — Apollo Temple Sacred Precinct
Archaic to Roman (600 BCE – 250 CE) · Milesian Greek to Hellenistic Seleucid to Roman
Eastern hypaethral adyton with sacred spring and stadium of Branchidae oracle.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Forbidden City (Imperial Palace, Beijing)
Ming to Qing 1406–1420 construction, occupied 1420–1912 CE · Ming / Qing Chinese imperial
Ming-Qing imperial palace (1420–1912, 961 buildings, 9,999 rooms) occupying 72 ha within Beijing's inner city, the world's largest wooden palace ensemble.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Harbour Mole Submerged Pyramid 104 — Peru Region 8
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Pyramid-Variant
Harbour Mole Submerged Pyramid 104 — Peru Region 8 in Peru Region 8, Peru is a Bronze Age pyramid with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Karanpura
Early to Mature Harappan (c.3300–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Drishadvati Harappan town 60 km west of Hisar — fortified Early Harappan to planned Mature grid.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Megalith
Le Couperon Dolmen
Middle Neolithic · Jersey Gallery Grave
Gallery grave near Gorey guardhouse (1689), St Martin, Jersey, 6 m gallery, coastal, c.3500 BCE.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Tell
Tell el-Kot-Low Kara
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell el-Kot-Low Kara in Oruro, Bolivia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Volubilis Olive Press Complex West — Great Zimbabwe (Masvingo)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Volubilis Olive Press Complex West in Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Ancient village
Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Bonaparte Shelf (Broome)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Brahmagiri — Chitradurga Ash Mound and Megalith
Neolithic to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · South Indian Neolithic–Megalithic transition
Brahmagiri — Chitradurga Ash Mound and Megalith in Karnataka, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic–Megalithic transition.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Geoglyph Panel Europe 43 — France Region 7
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Geoglyph Panel Europe 43 — France Region 7 in France Region 7, France is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Tichitt — Stone Walled Village Cliff Neo-Sahara
Neolithic agro-pastoral (2000–500 BCE Tichitt Tradition) · Tichitt Tradition (Soninke antecedent, Ghana Empire ancestor)
Tichitt excavated by Munson 1971, 400 Dhar sites 2000–500 BCE, Ghana Empire antecedent, UNESCO tentative.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Hadrianopolis (Driana) – Cyrenaican Harbour Town
Hadrianic to Byzantine (125 CE – 7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine (Cyrenaica)
Hadrian's Cyrenaican harbour foundation with mole, basilica and cisterns, linking Pentapolis coastal road; Synesius epistles mention bishop.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park
Swift Creek–Weeden Island 350–750 CE · Swift Creek – Weeden Island
Woodland Mound A 17 m, Swift Creek 350–750 CE.