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🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c.7000–800 BCE (massif c.3200 BCE) · Halaf / Ubaid / Uruk / Kura-Araxes
Central high mound at Chogha Gavaneh (7th–6th millennium BCE Neolithic to Bronze Age high platform, 15 m high, 80 m diameter).
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Garamantian (500 BCE–600 CE) capital; foggara peak 200 BCE · Garamantian (Berber Saharan state)
Germa excavated by Daniels 1970s and Mattingly 1990s, foggaras 5th c. BCE, 100k tumuli field nearby.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Earthwork
Konso · Konso people
UNESCO 2011 masterpiece of intensive hillside drystone terraces 60 km2 by Konso since 17th c (tradition 400 yr), stonewalled towns (paletas) with generation pa poles and waka anthropomorphic grave…
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city
El Argar Bronze Age (2200–1550 BCE) · El Argar
Totana hill city excavated by Lull & Micó since 2009, type-site of Argaric urbanism, with fortified acropolis and extramural cemeteries.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Rock art
Viking Age (c.700–800 CE) · Gotlandic Viking
Cemetery at Stora Hammars farm near Lärbro with four of Gotland's most famous picture stones (Bunge Museum originals, copies in situ) — 3 m high slabs with detailed ship, warrior, Valhalla and…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Rio Bec 550–800 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Mid-size Rio Bec forest palace 7 km S of Okolhuitz on Becán–Hormiguero track. Structure II combines Chenes monster mask lower register with Rio Bec twin towers upper, indicating stylistic hybridity.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Late Iron Age to Medieval (900–1200 CE) · Livonian / Latgalian
Important Daugava port and hillfort at Daugmale (Daugava island) 12 km SE of Riga, with 3 ha hillfort (rampart 8 m high) plus 1st millennium trading place yielding 37,000 finds: Scandinavian…
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Archaeological wonder
Built in 1888, Folly Lighthouse is a brick tower with lantern and gallery. It flashes a white light every 10 seconds that is visible for 13 miles (21 km). The light is solar powered.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Neolithic (3700–3500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Papa's famous early houses excavated by Traill & Kirkness 1929–30, dated 3700 BCE, older than Skara Brae, preserved under machair dunes.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Third millennium BCE (3500–1300 BCE) · Hurrian
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Outer Town in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur headwaters, Syria is a Third millennium BCE (3500–1300 BCE) tell attributed to Hurrian culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer (Udayadityavarman II)
West Mebon — West Baray Island Temple in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Udayadityavarman II).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1000–1250 CE · Mississippian (Cahokian)
Northernmost Mississippian walled town 1000–1250 CE.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Darra-e Kūr or Bābā Darwīsh, is an archaeological site in Badakhshan province in Afghanistan.
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Archaeological wonder
The Grassalkovich Palace (Slovak: Grasalkovičov palác, Hungarian: Grassalkovich-palota) is a palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, and the residence of the President of Slovakia.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Pallava Dynasty 580–728 CE (Mamalla and Rajasimha phases) · Tamil / Pallava Hindu (Shaiva/Vaishnava)
Pallava (7th–8th c CE) coastal temple town with 40 rock-cut shrines: Shore Temple granite seaside, Five Rathas monolithic chariot-temples cut from single boulders, Arjuna's Penance 27 m bas-relief,…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Kushan (2nd c CE) · Gandhara Buddhist
Jaulian Monastery Northern Courtyard Extension in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan (2nd c CE) temple-complex attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) · PPNB Halula
Tell Halula — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB Halula.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Machu Pitumarka (hispanicized spelling Machu Pitumarca, Machupitumarca) is an archaeological site with ruins of walls in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman I)
Phimeanakas North Terrace — Royal Palace Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman I).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Seleucid to Roman (280 BCE–200 CE) · Hellenistic Olba kingdom, later Roman
Cilicia Tracheia priest-state excavated by Machatschek 1900s and recent Turkish, Olba inscriptions of Teukrid kings.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged · Morbihan
Er Lannic Double Cromlech in Brittany, Morbihan, Gulf of Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged megalithic attributed to Morbihan culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Swahili (11th–16th c. CE) · Swahili
Mtambwe Mkuu — Pemba Island Swahili Town in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (11th–16th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan frontier port
Sutkagen Dor — Makran Harappan Fort/Port in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan frontier port.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Late Iron Age (16th–19th c. CE) · Luo (Kabuoch)
Thimlich Ohinga — Kakuku Enclosure in Migori County, Kenya is a Late Iron Age (16th–19th c. CE) ancient-village attributed to Luo (Kabuoch).
