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🇱🇧 Lebanon · Megalith
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Dolmen de Wadi Settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) megalithic attributed to Nazca culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Early Stone Age Acheulean (260,000 BP) · Acheulean (Early Homo sapiens arch)
Isimila near Iringa is East Africa's richest Acheulean site, 260,000 BP, on eroded sandstone korongo (gullies) with 260,000 BP Acheulean handaxes 30 cm, cleavers and living floors with…
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient port
Roman (37 BCE Agrippa Lake Lucrino-Avernus warport for Agrippa's fleet vs Sextus Pompey, Abandoned 12 BCE Misene) · Roman Augustan military harbor Julius (37–12 BCE)
Portus Julius canal excavated by Borriello & D' Agostino, Cocceius tunnel to Avernus.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Tell
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell el-Edge Ben in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Roman (1st c. BCE–6th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Smaller twin to Uchi Maius on Khalled tributary with haouanet tombs.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient village
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Village of Necropolis-Pur in Fezzan, Libya is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Ancient City of Kara Kistvaen in Fars Province, Iran is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dolmen Cairn Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇹🇩 Chad · Rock art
Neolithic Pastoral to Iron Age ~7000 BP–1000 CE · Saharan Pastoralist to Toubou ancestors
Ennedi sandstone shelters with 7 kyr cattle-to-camel paintings around Saharan guelta lakes.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Cotswold-Severn long barrow on Uley escarpment, 37 m with transepted chambers, c.3750 BCE.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Hydraulic System at North in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early–Middle Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Stalled cairn on Rousay with tripartite chamber, 29 burials, c.3500 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Late Middle Kingdom, late 12th–13th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Two late 12th / early 13th Dynasty mudbrick pyramid ruins 5 km south of Dahshur at Mazghuna village: Southern pyramid 52.5 m base with intact quartzite sarcophagus and 42 t lid in U-shaped quartzite…
🇦🇺 Australia · Earthwork
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Selby Earthwork in New South Wales, Australia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Cave
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Southfield Grove Grotto in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) cave attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Rock art
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Syke-Bagh Rock Shelter in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) rock art attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative (500 BCE–800 CE) · Alto Ramírez–Cabuza
North-facing 15° hillside of Cerro Belén at km 18, 120 m above valley floor, with 10 figures: 18-m double-headed camelid, 26-m fret, and 35-m avenue with central cairn line.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Citadel Grove Ancient Village in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Harappan culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Eastfield Sanctuary Rock Shelter in Chiapas, Mexico is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Rock art
Neolithic–Bronze Age (4000–1000 BCE) · Hunter-gatherer rock art tradition
Viksjö Rock Carvings is a rock art site in Uppland, Sweden featuring carvings and paintings on exposed bedrock dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–1000 BCE).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Cave
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Harbor Grimston Grotto in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) cave attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early to Middle Mississippian 1000–1350 CE · Mississippian (Shiloh phase)
Palisaded 8-mound Mississippi River town on Tennessee River, 1000–1350 CE.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Barrow-Garh Aqueduct in Oruro, Bolivia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan culture.
