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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Preclassic to Late Classic (800 BCE–950 CE) · Maya — Pasión trading port
Strategic junction town where Salinas + Pasión = Usumacinta, defining southern Maya lowlands trading hub, excavated by Harvard 1958–63 after Morley identification, revealing 12 stelae dated 455–849…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (400–800 CE) · Recuay (Pashash)–Wari
High puna fortified town (400–800 CE) of Recuay then Wari, built as terraced pyramidal platform town with 4+ stone masonry pyramids (8–12 m high, 20–30 m per side) capped by elite halls and…
🇱🇹 Lithuania · Ancient city
Mesolithic to Medieval (c.7000 BCE–1390 CE) · Baltic (Lithuanian)
UNESCO World Heritage ensemble in the Neris valley 35 km NW of Vilnius, with five hillforts (Aukuro, Mindaugo, Lizdeikos, Pilies and Kriveikiškis), unfortified settlements, burial fields and medieval…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Predynastic to Ptolemaic to Late Antique · Egyptian (Lower Egyptian Delta)
Delta metropolis and cult centre of ram god Banebdjedet (Greek Mendes), capital of 16th Nome and briefly capital of 29th Dynasty (Nepherites I, c.399–380 BCE) under Persian-period independence.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Luxor Necropolis East — Luxor, Thebes (53-45) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Gallinazo to Late Intermediate (500 BCE–1470 CE) · Moche–Lambayeque–Chimú palimpsest
Huge coastal Moche–Lambayeque pyramid and fortress city perched on bluff above Jequetepeque delta (500 BCE–1370 CE continuous).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Medieval (4000 BCE–1400 CE) · North Syrian → Hittite → Neo-Assyrian → Islamic
Oylum Höyük Lower Town is the 30-ha extra-mural city wrapping the 20-m citadel on the Kilis plain.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Incipient Jomon (15000–10000 BCE) → Initial Jomon (10000–6000 BCE) · Incipient–Initial Jomon (Tsugaru)
Initial Jomon (Incipient) settlement (c.15000–13000 BCE) at Sotogahama, Tsugaru Peninsula — 0.7 ha terrace with earliest pottery in Japan (Odai Yamamoto I pottery, 16500 cal BP via AMS), ground…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa (2600–1760 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Me-Turan / Simurrum)
Twin-mound Late Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa city (Me-Turan) on Diyala-Adhaim confluence engulfed by Hamrin reservoir fringe.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic (c.3500–3000 BCE) · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic (Caithness)
Flow Country pair of vast Orkney-Cromarty cairns — 60 m long horned cairn with two chambers and intact round cairn.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · Amorite → Hittite–Egyptian frontier → Iron Age Aramaean
Qadesh/Kadesh Orontes city 33 ha (1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh battlefield, double walls) SW of Homs.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Yeha — South Altar Pre-Aksumite (Tigray, Ethiopia, Alt Sector) in Tigray, Yeha South, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple comple…
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Inner Delphi Settlement Central — Delphi (60-46) at Delphi, Greece is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Late Viking Age (with Iron Age grave field) · Late Viking Age Öland (Yngling / Danish sphere)
Öland's Öl 1 runestone (c.1000 CE) with full skaldic stanza standing among ship setting and mound — Viking megalithic transition.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Akko — Ancient Harbour Mole North (Acre) in Northern, Akko, Ancient Harbour, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attribute…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Predynastic Naqada to Early Dynastic to Old Kingdom · Naqada → Early Dynastic Egyptian
Predynastic to Old Kingdom village and cemetery cluster (c.4000–2686 BCE) behind Abydos, key to Abydos hinterland settlement pattern: massive Naqada II–III cemeteries (Mahasna cemetery, 400+ graves)…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Rock art
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Taş Tepeler PPN
Sayburc Reliefs Karahan Hills at Adıyaman, Sayburc, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic rock art of the Taş Tepeler PPN tradition, built c. 9000 BCE for bedrock narrative relief human/animal/leopard.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient village
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Central Siem Reap Terrace A — Siem Reap (54-11) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Iron Age (regional) ancient village of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Early Dynastic to Hellenistic (c.3000 BCE–100 BCE) · Sumerian → Akkadian → Babylonian → Hellenistic
Cutha (Tell Ibrahim, ancient Kutha/Gudua) is the Nergal cult centre on the Euphrates branch northeast of Babylon, famed in legend as 'Cutha of the Legend of Ner...
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Initial Period to Early Horizon (Kotosh–Chavín) · Kotosh / Chavín (highland)
Highland ceremonial mound at Huaricoto — 30 m Kotosh-Chavín temple c.2100–500 BCE with hearth chambers, earliest Callejón de Huaylas cult center.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Kondoa Irangi — Rock Paintings Ancillary Panel (Kolo) in Dodoma, Kondoa, Kolo, Tanzania is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art att…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Hattusa Fortress Outer — Hattusa (60-23) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Iron Age (regional) archaeological wonder of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Northern Luxor Reservoir Central — Luxor, Thebes (53-26) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) tell of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Yonaguni Necropolis I — Yonaguni (58-46) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
