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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Qasr Ibrim — Buried Cathedral North (Nubia, Egypt) in Aswan, Qasr Ibrim, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronz…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Bronze to Mitanni to Assyrian to Parthian · Hurrian Mitanni → Middle Assyrian
Stratified Jezirah tell Kahat (c.3000 BCE–1400 CE, peak Mitanni capital c.1500–1360 BCE and Assyrian Kahat) on Jaghjagh mid-Khabur.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Inner Lima Fortress South — Lima (56-28) at Lima, Peru is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇵🇭 Philippines · Archaeological wonder
The Lal-lo and Gattaran Shell Middens are one of the most significant archaeological gastronomic finds in Southeast Asia in the 20th century.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Mississippian (Early–Middle, Dallas) · Mississippian (Western Tennessee)
Largest western TN Mississippian: 7 mounds, 10-m platform and plaza on Obion River (1000–1300 CE).
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Balkh — Buried Shrine North (Bactra, Afghanistan) in Balkh, Balkh, Afghanistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronz…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Early Harappan Padri 3300–2600 → Sorath Mature 2600–1900 → Late Harappan 1900–1800 BCE · Sorath Harappan (Possehl) coastal variant — Early to Late Harappan
Padri — Sorath Harappan village (3300–1800 BCE) on Gulf of Khambhat at Talaja, Saurashtra, excavated 1990–93 by V.S. Shinde (Deccan College).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Classical (regional) · Classical
Royal Giza Ridge West — Giza (56-35) at Giza, Egypt is a Classical (regional) megalithic of the Classical tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Badari — Buried Settlement North (Asyut, Egypt) in Asyut, Badari, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age. …
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Early Bronze to Hellenistic · Canaanite → Israelite → Assyrian
Largest Canaanite and Israelite tell in Israel (100 ha total: 12 ha upper acropolis + 70 ha lower city) — 'head of all those kingdoms' (Joshua 11:10) — with Middle Bronze earthen ramparts, Late…
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Bronze Age to Iron Age Talayotic (c.1200–123 BCE) · Talayotic (Menorcan Bronze–Iron)
Trepucó (Talayotic c.1200–123 BCE) 2 km south of Maó is Menorca's largest talayotic village, 5 ha with central 17-m high truncated cone talaiot 20 m diameter and outer walls 4 m thick enclosing a…
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Toquepala — Cave Painting North Panel (Tacna, Peru) in Tacna, Toquepala, Peru is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Çavi Tarlası — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Şanlıurfa Province.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Altmark Megalithic Grave Beesewege in Saxony-Anhalt, Altmark, Germany is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Tell el-Dab'a — Palace F Ancillary Garden (Avaris) in Sharqia, Tell el-Dab'a, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed …
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tōdai-ji — North Gate Ancillary Kaidan (Nara) in Nara, Nara, Tōdai-ji, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka) in Nara, Asuka, Asuka-dera, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed t…
🇦🇺 Australia · Archaeological wonder
Bishopscourt is a large colonial mansion located on Clarendon Street in East Melbourne, Australia.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Byblos — Obelisk Temple North Altar in Mount Lebanon, Byblos, Obelisk Temple, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attribu…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Karnak — Ptah Temple North Ancillary Chapel (Thebes) in Luxor, Karnak, Ptah Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attribu…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Old Giza Ridge I — Giza (56-45) at Giza, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇲🇱 Mali · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Djenné-Djeno — Mound Ancillary Brick Wall Sector in Mopti, Djenné-Djeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolith…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Halaf, Ubaid (6100–5500 BCE) · Halaf culture
Low mound outside Mosul lending name to Late Halaf painted ware zenith, excavated 1933 by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose and 1976 by Ismail Hijara.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
MB Second Intermediate (Hyksos) → Late/Ptolemaic Jewish · MB Hyksos → New Kingdom On → Ptolemaic Jewish community (Onias IV)
MB Hyksos rampart fortress with Leontopolis Onias Jewish temple (160 BCE) — type-site for Tell el-Yahudiya incised ware bridging Hyksos and Jewish Egypt.
