🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Catpund Quarry and Standing Stone
Neolithic to Norse · Shetland Neolithic / Norse
Steatite quarry and standing stone at Catpund, worked from 3000 BCE to Norse times.
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🇲🇲 Myanmar · Ancient village
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Village of Abbey Narrow in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) ancient village attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic to Norse · Shetland Neolithic / Norse
Steatite quarry and standing stone at Catpund, worked from 3000 BCE to Norse times.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Kriemhildenstuhl, more rarely Krimhildenstuhl (short i), in the forests around the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is an old Roman quarry, which…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Rock Art of Wall Nagar in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Roman culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Step Pyramid of Village-Playa in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Tel Floodplain Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) tell attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Early Holocene (~9500–7000 BCE) · Andean high-desert hunter-gatherer (Toquepala tradition)
Shallow Andean quebrada cave where Roger Ravines documented polychrome paintings of camelids, deer and corpulent hunters brandishing bows, one of the earliest figurative traditions on the Pacific…
🇵🇱 Poland · Fortress
Golub Castle (Polish: Zamek w Golubiu) is a four-wing conventional Teutonic fortress built at the turn of the fourteenth century, built on a hill as a look-out point over the whole town of…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Palaeolithic–Mesolithic (50000–6000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Gough's Cave in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge, United Kingdom is a major Palaeolithic to Holocene cave and fissure system renowned for stratified deposits spanning over 40,000 years.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Hillfort
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Howe Hillfort in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) hillfort attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Maya Late Classic 450–850 CE · Maya (Mopán / southeastern Petén)
100-m palace Acropolis with throne rooms, 450–850 CE.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Megalith
Germanic Iron Age to Viking Age · Late Iron Age Jutland / Viking Danes
Viking-age burial field at Aalborg with 682 graves and stone-ship settings preserved under sand since 1000 CE.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Necropolis
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Mound Canal Necropolis in Catamarca, Argentina is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) necropolis attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Port Bank Petroglyph Field in Sicily, Italy is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) rock art attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Submerged site
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Sunken City off Jabal Kesh in Coquimbo, Chile is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Classical culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Temple of Bailey in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age (c.900–600 BCE; Mannean–Median–Scythian 750–600) · Mannean → Median → Scythian (Ziwiyeh treasure)
Ziwiyeh is the looted but famous Iron citadel (fortified manor) above a Mannean deposit — 1947 treasure (gold pectoral with Winged genie, ivory plaques with Scy...
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Ancient City of Knowes Weston in Coquimbo, Chile is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Harappan culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ancient City of Ness-Rath in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) ancient city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic–Chalcolithic–Iron Age 2500 BCE–600 CE · Neolithic Gangetic / Narhan culture precursor
Lowland Neolithic–Chalcolithic mound (2500 BCE–140 CE) at Ganga–Ghaghara confluence, Saran, Bihar, with 42 ft cultural deposit and continuous sequence Neolithic → Chalcolithic → Iron Age →…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Earthwork Ancient City in County Kerry, Ireland is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic shaft-tomb tradition to Postclassic (400 BCE–400 CE shafts; pyramid 700–900 CE Aztatlán) · Western Mexico Shaft Tomb → Aztatlán (Teuchitlán borrowing)
Ixtlán excavated by Corona Núñez 1940s, circular shaft tomb pyramid link to Teuchitlán guachimontones.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Jizō-ji (地蔵寺) is an Omuro Shingon temple in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Temple 5 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Enmei Jizō Bosatsu.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Narrow Midfield Necropolis in Alentejo, Portugal is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
