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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Pushkalavati · Gandhara capital of Gandhara before Peshawar shift
Charsadda — Pushkalavati Bala Hisar Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Achaemenid to Hindu Shahi (600 BCE–1000 CE) Pushkalavati ancient-city attributed to Gandhara capital of Gandhara…
🇱🇾 Libya · Geoglyph
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Forge Geoglyph in Fezzan, Libya is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Zapotec (Monte Albán I–V 500 BCE–850 CE) · Zapotec → Mixtec influence late
Zapotec capital on flattened ridge 2 km mountain leveled 500 BCE: Grand Plaza 300 × 200 m with North Platform (pyramid 7 m + temple) and South Platform 15 m pyramid; Building J arrow-shaped 6 m…
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock-cut
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Rock-Cut Tombs of Henge Nara Ditch in Sicily, Italy is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Harappan culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hillfort
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Salina Hillfort in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hillfort attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tell
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Tell el-Stan Knoll in Alentejo, Portugal is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Orcadian Neolithic
Maeshowe-type hilltop cairn on Eday with four side cells, c.3200 BCE.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Blankenhagen Castle (German: Burg Blankenhagen) was a lowland castle (Niederungsburg), whose ruins are located by the River Aller near Grethem in Lower Saxony, Germany.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Buried city
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Buried City of Hunstanton Plateau in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) buried city attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Echelidae or Echelidai (Ἐχελίδαι) was a deme of ancient Attica. It was so called from the hero Echelus, and lay between Peiraeeus and the Heracleium, in or near a marshy district, and possessed a…
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Pyramid
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Step Pyramid of Farm in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Buried city
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Zara Wold Fan Buried Settlement in Andalusia, Spain is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Roman culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Fortress
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Fortress of Long Kala in Petén, Guatemala is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) fortress attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
EBA II–III (2600–2000 BCE) · North-Central Anatolian EBA (Alaca-Horoztepe horizon)
EBA elite shaft-cemetery 2500 BCE — gold diadems & stag stands (Özgüç).
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Chachapoya Late Intermediate 1100–1480 CE · Chachapoya
2.5-m anthropomorphic sarcophagi on 2600-m cliff, 1100–1480 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Classic Teotihuacan (150–250 CE core; 250–600 CE modifications) · Teotihuacano (Central Mexican)
Feathered Serpent Pyramid (c.150–250 CE) at Teotihuacan's Ciudadela – talud-tablero façade encrusted with alternating feathered serpent and fire-serpent (Xiuhcoatl) heads with war-serpent headdresses.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Late Bronze to Islamic (c.1600 BCE–1400 CE; peak Iron 1200–760 BCE, Balaam c.800) · LB Canaanite → Iron Ammon/Gilead → Persian → Hellenistic
Deir Alla in Jordan Valley is famed for 1967 Balaam inscription — plaster wall with earliest Aramaic/Hebrew prophetic text 'Balaam son of Beor, seer of the gods...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Iron Age (c.800–600 BCE; Moabite 800–600) · Moabite ( contemporary with Dibon, ruler Mesha? )
Khirbat al-Mudayna al-Aliya is a one-period enclosed Iron Age Moabite town (30 ha with 900-m casemate wall, 40 houses, sanctuary and reservoirs) — best-preserve...
🇨🇱 Chile · Hillfort
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Tre-Fell Hillfort in Coquimbo, Chile is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hillfort attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Maya Late Classic 350–900 CE · Maya (Pa'Chan dynasty, Tikal–Teotihuacan linked)
Hilltop city with Diablos Pyramid sun-god masks, 300 BCE–900 CE.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Euroea or Euroia (Ancient Greek: Εὔροια; also transcribed as Eurœa) was a city in Epirus, in western Greece, during late antiquity. It was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic invasions.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · Hurrian → Mittanian → Neo-Assyrian
Nusaybin palatial tell 13 m high (Mitanni–Assyrian palace, Nuzi ware, tablets) on Tigris watershed.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tumulus
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Highfield-Narrow Wadi Burial Mound in Sicily, Italy is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) tumulus attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (7090–4950 BCE) early agriculture · Zagros early farming (Jarmo culture)
Jarmo — Zagros Early Farming Village in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (7090–4950 BCE) early agriculture ancient-village attributed to Zagros early farming…
