🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Complex
Late Neolithic · Loughcrew-Carrowkeel passage tradition (Boyne variant)
14 hilltop passage cairns (10–21 m) on Bricklieve ridges above Lough Arrow, with cruciform chambers and light boxes.
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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Mahabalipuram — Shore Temple Ancillary Lion Mandapa in Tamil Nadu, Chengalpattu, Mahabalipuram, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Hattusa Temple II — Hattusa (60-43) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for temple and associated settlement.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Vikrampura — Bull Temple Ancillary Mandapa (Munshiganj) in Dhaka, Munshiganj, Vikrampura, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple …
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Loughcrew-Carrowkeel passage tradition (Boyne variant)
14 hilltop passage cairns (10–21 m) on Bricklieve ridges above Lough Arrow, with cruciform chambers and light boxes.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
The Chavarri Palace (Spanish: Palacio Chávarri) is a building in the Flemish style in the city of Bilbao, the most outstanding around the Elíptica Square.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Kelteminar Neolithic (4000–3000) → Kangju–Khorezmian 4 c. BCE–1 c. CE · Kelteminar → Khorezmian (Chorasmian)
Khorezmian desert fortress (c.4 c. BCE–1 c. CE) in the Uyaz valley of Karakalpakstan — small rectangular fort 200×170 m with 10 bastions and Neolithic Dzhanbas-4 settlement 2 km away (Kelteminar…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nemrut Dağı — West Terrace Eagle Statue Base in Adıyaman, Kahta, Nemrut Dağı, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribut…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tomb
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Lalibela Necropolis II — Lalibela (59-17) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) tomb of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke — Pyramid North (Casma) in Ancash, Casma, Moxeke, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Atrib — Buried Mudbrick Platform (Central Delta, Egypt) in Qalyubia, Tell Atrib, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attrib…
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Upper Yonaguni Fortress I — Yonaguni (58-26) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 CE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Preclassic–Postclassic (300 BCE–1520 CE, column hall 600–800 CE) · Maya (North-central Yucatán – Izamal sphere)
Maya city (300 BCE–1520 CE) walled by two concentric walls: inner 4 km sq core with 15 structures includingStructure 1— 30×30 m megalithic column hall 40+ stone columns 5 m high weighing 8 tons atop…
🇰🇷 Korea · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Gameunsa — Twin Pagoda North (Gyeongju) in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju, Gameunsa, Korea is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attrib…
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Angkor Mound Outer — Angkor (60-35) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Xi an Terrace Central — Xi an (56-22) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Hopewell
Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor in Ohio, Ross County, Mound City, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attri…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Delphi Reservoir West — Delphi (60-48) at Delphi, Greece is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom (Akhenaten, c.1353–1336 BCE) with Ramesside reuse · Egyptian Amarna Period (Akhenaten) colonial
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) colonial temple-town (c.1350 BCE) with fortified enclosure 270×190 m, triple temple (Amun, Aten, western), columned hall, palace, and pyramidal elite tombs east.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Shushtar — Ancient Bridge-Weir North (Khuzestan, Iran) in Khuzestan, Shushtar, Iran is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Early Sarmatian (Sauromatian) · Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian
Syntas west: 9 Sarmatian kurgans on Aktobe ridge crest with deer-stone stelae.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Western Yucatan Citadel North — Yucatan (55-48) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
PPNB · Euphrates PPNB
Djaded Euphrates Village PPNB at Aleppo, Euphrates, Syria is a PPNB ancient village of the Euphrates PPNB tradition, built c. 8500 BCE for ppnb village round to rectangular transition.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Hellenistic-Parthian-Roman · Seleucid → Parthian → Roman
Macedonian-Euphrates cliff city (303 BCE–256 CE) called 'Pompeii of the Desert' — garrison of Parthian-Roman frontier buried under a Roman siege embankment that preserved the world's earliest…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Hattusa — Yazılıkaya Chamber B North Relief in Çorum, Boğazkale, Hattusa, Turkey is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed…
