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🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Imperial Chinese (Ming-Qing) on Han antecedent · Turpan Uyghur / Han frontier
Eastern extension (30 m asl, 42°57′04″N 89°11′22″E Turpan municipal 42.9512,89.1895; Flaming Mountains 100 km E-W 42.98,89.20 500-850 m) of Turpan-Hami Silk Road karez water system UNESCO 1442 Silk…
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Early Bronze to Crusader (c. 3500 BCE – 1270 CE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader
Philistine pentapolis roadsteads – anchor fields and rubble dog-leg breakwater 2–4 m offshore of Ashkelon tell.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Northern Annex in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) · PPN Culture
Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier in Haifa District, Atlit, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) submerged city attributed to PPN Culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE → Early Historic 500 BCE–300 CE · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic → Northern Black Polished Ware Historic
Key Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic village-town (c.3000–1500 BCE) near Vallabhnagar northeast of Udaipur — under 2 ha mound with 7 seasons excavation 1993–2000 by V.N. Misra et al. (Deccan College).
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) · Butmir Culture
Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Eastern Outlier in Sarajevo, Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Butmir Culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex in Southeastern Anatolia, Diyarbakir, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Heracleion Central Temple Amun-Gereb Statue Base in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age · Late Chalcolithic pastoral proto-urban
Wadi Rajil north 80-m ×5-m basalt rubble with 10 ha reservoir, oldest dam-system part 3000 BCE Jawa desert town.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic to Hellenistic · Dorian Rhodian
NW Rhodes hilltop Doric Athena Polias above Hellenistic fountain agora with 200-m aqueduct, 6th BCE–408 synoecism.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
King's Harbour Submerged Plane Wreck Dorset in Dorset, King's Harbour, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tumulus
Iron Age, Scythian–Bosporan hybrid (4th c. BCE) · Crimean Scythian elite under Bosporan Greek suzerainty
4th-c. BCE 19-m Crimean Scythian–Greek royal tomb—vaulted ashlar under steppe mound.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Neolithic through Early Bronze III (6200–2300 BCE) · Burdur Lakes Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic → EBA (Kuruçay)
Kuruçay Höyük (Burdur Lakes District) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Burdur District, Burdur Lake plain, Turkey — Lakes District type-site for Early Bronze fortified…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA, Hittite, Iron) · Hattian → Hittite (Tapikka) → Phrygian/Kaska contact
Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Tokat Province, Zile District, Yeşilırmak headwaters, Turkey — Hittite northeastern frontier archive town controlling Kaska…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Epiclassic (c.300–900 CE) Bajío – El Bajío Tradition · Bajío (Tierra Blanca) tradition
Peralta (Tierra Blanca) dominates the Bajío wetlands of southern Guanajuato at 1,710 m as the largest Epiclassic city of the Bajío (300–900 CE).
🇳🇨 France (Coral Sea phantom alias) · Phantom island
Phantom cartographic alias (1876 Velocity line → 1999 Times Sable vs 2008 Google Sandy) · French hydrography → English translation → WDBII → Times Atlas
Times Atlas phantom alias revealing database translation duplication – Sandy Island's English ghost twin.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Tanum Vitlycke Rock Carving Panel Bride in Västra Götaland, Tanum, Sweden is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇦🇹 Austria · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Willendorf Lower Terrace Venus Layer 9 in Lower Austria, Willendorf, Austria is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Western Terrace in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Baelo Claudia Submerged Fish-Salting Factory 4 in Andalusia, Baelo Claudia, Spain is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Early Iron Age, Scythian period · Scythian-agrarian (Budini, possibly Geloni Greeks per Herodotus)
4,400-ha 7th-c. BCE Scythian mega-hillfort—largest in Europe, Herodotus's wooden Gelonus candidate.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical (Hekatomnid Carian) · Carian-Hellenic dynastic
Podium terrace of Aristotle's pupil Satrap Mausolus' wonder-tomb 353 BCE in Bodrum, 45-m wonder with 36 Ionic columns.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Port Royal Submerged 1692 Earthquake Fort James Wall in Surrey, Port Royal, Jamaica is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector — Southern Extension in Sardinia, Medio Campidano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Nuragic Culture.
