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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Bronze Age · Bronze Age Food Vessel
Gravel-terrace cemetery cairn NW of Kilmartin village with seven Bronze Age cists.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Silla 802 CE; Joseon reconstruction 1488 · Korean Seon (Zen) Buddhist
Haeinsa – head Seon temple on Gayasan (founded 802) whose Janggyeong Panjeon (1488) depositories preserve the 81,258-block Tripitaka Koreana (UNESCO Memory of World) carved 1237–1248 against Mongols.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Lihyan to Nabataean to Roman Arabia Petraea · Nabataean Arab
Second capital of Nabataean kingdom after Petra (1st c. BCE–106 CE), with 131 rock-cut monumental tombs with decorated façades (Qasr al-Farid loner tomb iconic), Nabataean Aramaic inscriptions…
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Spring and Autumn to Western Xia (770 BCE – 1227 CE) · Northern nomadic to Dangxiang (Tangut Xi Xia)
North fork with 1200+ ibex and Xi Xia script at 1970 m opposite main park.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Archaeological wonder
Joseon Dynasty 1794–1796 CE · Joseon Korean (Jeongjo)
5.52 km bastioned city wall (1794–1796) built by King Jeongjo to honor father Prince Sado and establish new capital, combining Korean, Chinese and Western bastion design via Silhak scholar Jeong…
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Bronze Age to Dzungar to Kazakh (1500 BCE – 1900 CE) · Oirat Mongol (Buddhist) and earlier Andronovo/Kazakh nomad
North-bank Ili terrace with Bronze Age carts and Kazakh tamgas opposite Buddhist cliffs.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Geometric to Hellenistic (900–200 BCE) · Athenian
Brauron Northwest Spring Sanctuary — Erasinos Source in Attica, Greece is a Geometric to Hellenistic (900–200 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Athenian.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grey Mine in Oruro, Bolivia is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a fortified…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Quarry of Varna-Ring in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Valdivia to Manteño (3500 BCE–1532 CE) continuous · Valdivia–Manteño sequence
Salango — Manteño Port and Temple in Manabí Province, Ecuador is a Valdivia to Manteño (3500 BCE–1532 CE) continuous ancient-city attributed to Valdivia–Manteño sequence.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic to Sasanian (c.5000 BCE–600 CE) · Fars Chalcolithic → Elam → Persian
Mamasani multiperiod tell 8 m high (Neolithic–Sasanian 6k yr, Bakun–Banesh–Kaftari) west Fars.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Earthwork Enclosure Europe 89 — Greece Region 5 in Greece Region 5, Greece is a Neolithic temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Temple complex
Great Moravian (late 9th century, c.850–900) · Great Moravian Slavic
The oldest standing church in Slovakia (and possibly in Central Europe north of Danube) — small pre-Romanesque St. Margaret at Kopčany on the Morava floodplain opposite Mikulčice (5 km).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
La Jolla Submerged Midden South in Doggerland, United Kingdom is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Irish Portal Tomb tradition
Tripod portal tomb on drumlin near Castlewellan, County Down, massive capstone on three slender portals, c.3500 BCE.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Pyramid
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Mound-Down Pyramid in Piauí, Brazil is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Paquimé Casas Grandes Compound in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Satavahana early historic · Hinayana Buddhist
Twin-cave-cluster Buddhist refuge (100 BCE–100 CE) on forested Sahyadri spur between Bhaja and Karla, celebrated for best-preserved early rock-cut chaitya hall besides Karla — daylight-illuminated…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Chysauster Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Early Neolithic (3700–3500 BCE) · Irish Court Tomb builders
Glebe court tomb near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border, a classic western Severn-Cotswold variant with semi-circular court leading to segmented gallery, set in drumlin pasture now partly overgrown.
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village
Gorzyczki [ɡɔˈʐɨt͡ʂki] is a village in Gmina Gorzyce, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Neolithic (c.1500–1000 BCE, late)
Late Neolithic slope village (1500–1000 BCE) — forest-clearance pottery on Khao Wong fringe.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (c.2500–1800 BCE) · Harappan colony (Indus diaspora on Oxus)
Northernmost Harappan colony on Oxus (Darqad) — lapis procurement hub 250 km from Badakhshan mines.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
