🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Painted Rock Petroglyph Site
Archaic through Hohokam 7500 BCE–1400 CE · Hohokam and Archaic–Patayan
4,000-petroglyph basalt concentration, 7500 BCE–1400 CE.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chachapoya (Middle Horizon to Inca) · Chachapoya
Immense walled city on Andean ridge (500–1570 CE) of Chachapoya 'Warriors of the Clouds' with limestone dry-stone walls 19 m high, 3 entries tapering to 1 person, circular houses with zigzag friezes.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian 9th–7th c. BCE (Ashurnasirpal II to Sennacherib) · Assyrian
Nimrud (Kalhu) – Neo-Assyrian capital canalization by Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE): Upper Zab canal (7m wide) cutting conglomerate ridge with 10m tunnel (Negub Tunnel) and Khinu/Mejira dam…
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Archaic through Hohokam 7500 BCE–1400 CE · Hohokam and Archaic–Patayan
4,000-petroglyph basalt concentration, 7500 BCE–1400 CE.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Sea-Cliff Exposed Mound North in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Tumulus Cemetery Misc 7 — Peru Region 7 in Peru Region 7, Peru is a Bronze Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoyas
Secondary terraced annex of Yalape fortress-city perched above Utcubamba 15 km south of Chachapoyas town: 40 circular houses with trapezoidal niches on terraces stepping down 60 m vertical, defensive…
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Naviform Late Bronze Age (1700–1300 BCE naviform house 18 m × 12 m) · Naviform Late Bronze Mallorca pre-Talayotic houses (1700–1300)
Can Gaià naviform 18 m house 1700 BCE.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Gobero Cemetery Paleolake in Serengeti, Tanzania is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇳🇪 Niger · Ancient city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Ténéré, Niger is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Hillfort Rampart Asia 85 — China Region 1 in China Region 1, China is a Iron Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Moray Concentric Terrace South in Kimberley, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Quarry Gallery Mideast 57 — Turkey Region 9 in Turkey Region 9, Turkey is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 99 — China Region 3 in China Region 3, China is a Iron Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Roman · Roman / Egyptian / Greek
Instant Græco-Roman show-city founded by Hadrian Oct 130 CE for drowned Antinous. Hippodamian grid, tetrastyle gates, 3 km colonnaded cardo, circus and temple to Osiris-Antinous. Greek boule papyri.
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Atacama, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Geoglyph
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Ptolemaic to Roman (275 BCE–600 CE) · Ptolemaic Trogodytica trade port
Berenike Trogodytica Eastern Ridge — Red Sea Port Ridge in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman (275 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Ptolemaic Trogodytica trade port.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Quitu-Cara / Integration Period · Caranqui / Quitu
15 earthen truncated pyramids with ramps, 10–20 m high, built by Quitu-Cara (Caranqui) people astride equatorial line, aligning to volcanoes Cayambe and Cotacachi with solar/astronomical purpose.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Rock art
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Cup-Mark Boulder South in Cederberg, South Africa is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) rock art attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) · Seleucid / Olba priest-kings
Diocaesarea (Uzuncaburç) — Olba Zeus Temple in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–500 CE) temple-complex attributed to Seleucid / Olba priest-kings.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) · Nabataean then Roman (Petra–Gaza road)
En Hazeva — Nabataean–Roman Road Station Annex in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Nabataean then Roman (Petra–Gaza road).
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Period Medieval · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Hydraulic Reservoir Buried 66 — Italy Region 6 in Italy Region 6, Italy is a Bronze Age buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1050–1400 CE (Kincaid phase) · Mississippian (Caborn-Welborn)
19-mound Mississippian town on Ohio River, 1050–1400 CE.
