🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Uley Long Barrow
Early Neolithic (3800 BCE) · Cotswold-Severn
Uley Long Barrow in Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Cotswold-Severn culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Qiri — Manasseh Hill Country
Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) · Israelite / Phoenician
Tel Qiri — Manasseh Hill Country in Manasseh Hills, Israel is a Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) tell attributed to Israelite / Phoenician.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Jumba la Mtwana — Mtwapa Creek
Swahili (14th–15th c. CE) · Swahili
Jumba la Mtwana — Mtwapa Creek in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (14th–15th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Ghabristan
Late Chalcolithic to EBA (c.4000–2900 BCE) · Sialk III–IV → Uruk-related → Early Bronze Central Plateau
Chalcolithic double-mound (5 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by E.O. Negahban and later Tehran University. Sequence L...
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Pevensey Roman Fort
Roman (290–400 CE) · Roman (Saxon Shore)
Pevensey Roman Fort in East Sussex, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (290–400 CE) fortress attributed to Roman (Saxon Shore) culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient port
Thamusida — Sebou River Military Port
Roman Mauretania Tingitana (1st–5th c. CE) Mauretanian Juba earlier · Mauretanian → Roman
Thamusida excavated by Rebuffat 1965–, Venus mosaic and Fils of Tingitana.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Aşvan Kale
Chalcolithic to Medieval (c.5000 BCE–1400 CE; fortified from Early Bronze) · Chalcolithic → Early Bronze (Transcaucasian) → Hittite → Urartian → Roman-Byzantine
Keban rescue fort (7 ka) on Murat River — Transcaucasian EB and Byzantine fort now under reservoir.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Thornborough Henges — Central Henge
Late Neolithic · Late Neolithic Yorkshire
Central of three Neolithic henges at Thornborough (c. 3500–2500 BCE), 240 m diameter earthwork with outer bank and inner ditch aligned with northern and southern henges on River Ure terrace.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Dowth Passage Tomb North — Brú na Bóinne
Neolithic (c.3200 BCE) · Boyne Neolithic
Dowth excavated by Coffey 1847 and recent Gallagher, with sunset alignment late November, large kerbstone art.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Mogollon Tularosa 1275–1300 CE · Mogollon
46 rooms in five caves 1275–1300 CE, Mogollon.
GR · Submerged site
Anthedon – Submerged Harbour of Boeotia on Euboean Gulf
Mycenaean to Late Roman (LH – 3rd c. CE; Theban peak 5th–4th BCE) · Mycenaean / Boeotian / Theban
Boeotian shipyard port — twin 400 m moles at 3–4 m depth on Euboean Gulf, Theban naval base.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Rock art
Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription
Mauryan (260 BCE) · Mauryan (Ashoka)
Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Mauryan (260 BCE) rock_art attributed to Mauryan (Ashoka).
🇰🇷 South Korea · Rock art
Bangudae Petroglyphs — Whaling Cliff Ulsan
Neolithic (7000–1000 BCE) · Korean Neolithic whalers
Korea's NE whaling cliff discovered 1971, UNESCO tentative 2002, world's densest whale hunt rock art.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) · Jarmo-related
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related.
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Ancient city
Tazumal & Joya de Cerén (paired)
Preclassic to Classic · Maya
Tazumal & Joya de Cerén (paired) in Santa Ana Department, El Salvador is a Preclassic to Classic ancient city attributed to Maya culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 675).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bakr Awa
Chalcolithic to Islamic (c.5000 BCE–1500 CE; Bronze citadel LBA) · Chalcolithic → Bronze (Shahrizor) → Iron → Achaemenid → Islamic
Shahrizor 40 ha citadel (5000 BCE–1500 CE) with Bronze tablets of Idu dynasty near Halabja.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Huari Castle — Huari Province? (Actually Markansaya?)
Early Intermediate (1–600 CE) · Recuay / Huaraz
Huari Castle — Huari Province? (Actually Markansaya?) in Ancash Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate (1–600 CE) fortress attributed to Recuay / Huaraz.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Aphrodites Bay Shrine — Berenike North Bay Temple
Ptolemaic (300 BCE) · Ptolemaic Berenike
Aphrodites Bay Shrine — Berenike North Bay Temple in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic (300 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Ptolemaic Berenike.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Temple complex
Ayutthaya Historical Park
Ayutthaya Period 1351–1767 CE · Siamese / Thai (Ayutthayan)
Ruins of second Siamese capital (1351–1767) on an island at confluence of Chao Phraya rivers, with prang-pattern temples like Wat Mahathat (Buddha head in tree roots), Wat Phra Si Sanphet and Wat…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle
Late Neolithic – Bronze Age · Penwith Bronze Age
Boscawen-Ûn Stone Circle in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic – Bronze Age megalithic attributed to Penwith Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Chûn Quoit — Penwith
Neolithic (2400 BCE) · Penwith
Chûn Quoit — Penwith in Cornwall, West Penwith, United Kingdom is a Neolithic (2400 BCE) megalithic attributed to Penwith culture. Detailed survey and excavation document architectural phasing.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Nush-i Jan
Median (c.750–550 BCE) · Median
Median period fire-temple complex (3 ha) on a low hill near Malayer, excavated by David Stronach. Median levels (c.750–5...