🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Galindo
Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche)
Galindo in La Libertad, Peru is a Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche (Late Moche) culture.
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🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (peak Iron I–II, 1200–701 BCE) · Chalcolithic well-diggers → Canaanite → Israelite/Judahite → Assyrian → Byzantine
UNESCO biblical frontier tell with four-room houses and Israel's earliest engineered water-tunnel.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) · Moche (Late Moche)
Galindo in La Libertad, Peru is a Late Moche (600 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Moche (Late Moche) culture.
🇲🇱 Mali · Rock art
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Djenné-Jeno Fortress A — Djenné-Jeno (57-49) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 800 CE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
PPNB to Yarmoukian · PPNB Mega-site
Ain Ghazal Mega-site Amman Plaster Statues at Amman, Ain Ghazal, Jordan is a PPNB to Yarmoukian ancient city of the PPNB Mega-site tradition, built c. 7200 BCE for 15 ha mega-site 32 plaster statues.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Nayrab (Arabic: النيرب) is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Middle Neolithic to Late Neolithic (Hamangia I–IV) · Hamangia (Black Sea Neolithic)
Type-site Hamangia culture (c.5250–4550 BCE, Middle Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic) on Goloviţa lagoon: low tell plus flat cemetery famous for 'The Thinker' (Gânditorul) and Woman seated figurines —…
🇮🇷 Iran · Fortress
Urartian (c.685–645 BCE Rusa II) · Urartu (Kingdom of Van)
Largest Urartu fortress (100 × 300 m upper citadel, lower town 850 × 350 m) built by Rusa II, with tripartite tower, Haldi temple, pithoi storeroom (huge jars 1,500 L), and inscribed horse trappings…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Borobudur — Ancillary Terrace North (Central Java) in Central Java, Magelang, Borobudur, Indonesia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attri…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Kincaid — Mound Mx10 North Platform (Massac) in Illinois, Massac County, Kincaid, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus at…
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
The Kupgal petroglyphs are works of rock art found at Kupgal in Bellary district of Karnataka, India.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Archaeological wonder
Manas Ordo (Kyrgyz and Russian: Манас Ордо, [mɑnɑs ordó]) is a modern historical park (with a museum) built around Manas's Kümböz (Kyrgyz: Манастын күмбөзү, [mɑnɑstɯn kymbœzy]; Russian: Кумбез…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Northern Yucatan Hilltop Central — Yucatan (55-25) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Chiba-dera (千葉寺, Chiba-dera), also known as Senyō-ji (千葉寺), is a Buddhist temple in the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The temple is located in the central Chūō District in the city of Chiba.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Little Hattusa Hilltop South — Hattusa (60-12) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Paleo-Indian to Late Prehistoric (Clovis to Puebloan) · Clovis, Folsom, Plano, Archaic, Late Prehistoric
11,000-year stratified Paleo-Indian site — Clovis mammoth kill to Folsom bison beds on Yellow House Draw, Texas.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Classic to Postclassic · Maya Nakum polity
Holmul River city Nakum (250–1200 CE): 15 m Acropolis Building 99 palace-pyramid and triadic Group East, Postclassic stela plaza — rare Terminal Classic continuity.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
The Pucará de Tilcara is a pre-Inca fortification or pukara located on a hill just outside (approximately a 15-minute walk) the small town of Tilcara, in the Argentine province of Jujuy.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Chalcolithic (9700–3500 BCE) · PPN → Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic
Zeytinli Bahçe Step Trench East is the eastern step-trench sounding of Zeytinli Bahçe on the Euphrates left bank 5 km north of Birecik — the Neolithic step-trench key from PPN (9700 BCE) to Late…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (c.2000–1500 BCE) · Orcadian Early Bronze Age (Beaker–Food Vessel)
The Knowes of Trotty (Early Bronze Age c.2000–1800 BCE) is a 1.5-m high burnt mound cemetery of 8 low barrows on the Harray lochside, famous 1858 excavation by George Petrie yielding the richest…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Kolomoki — Mound A North Ramp (Georgia) in Georgia, Early County, Kolomoki, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attribut…
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city
Phoenician to Modern (7th c BCE–present; peak Punic 5th–3rd c BCE and Roman 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Medieval Spanish
Punic–Roman promontory citadel Russadir forming core of Melilla la Vieja.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze II to Iron II / Persian (c.3000–400 BCE; EB peak 2950–2650, Iron 1000–587) · EB Canaanite → absent MB → Israelite Judahite → Babylonian era → Persian
Double-stacked tell: 2950 BCE walled EB city plus Iron Age Judahite fortress-temple twin of Jerusalem.
🇱🇾 Libya · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Wadi Mathendous — Ancillary Panel North (Messak, Libya) in Fezzan, Wadi Mathendous, Libya is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art a…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Acre — Geoglyph Ancillary Square Ramal 4 (Brazil) in Acre, Rio Branco, Acre Geoglyph Ramal4, Brazil is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) g…
