🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Grand Village of the Natchez
Plaquemine to Historic Natchez (1200–1730 CE) · Plaquemine / Natchez (Muskogean)
Natchez historic capital (1200–1730 CE) — 3 Plaquemine mounds and plaza where French witnessed 1725 sacrifice.
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🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Early Shang Erligang phase 1600–1300 BCE · Shang (Erligang) colonists over indigenous Yangtze
Earliest Shang walled town south of the Yellow River (c.1600–1300 BCE) at Panlong Lake north of Wuhan, proving Early Shang (Erligang phase) military–resource colonization 800 km south to control…
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Western Baiae Citadel Outer — Baiae (58-24) at Baiae, Italy is a Bronze Age (regional) submerged city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Choga Gan Mah? Ancient Terrace North (Iran) in Kermanshah, Choga Gan Mah North, Iran is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old K…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Plaquemine to Historic Natchez (1200–1730 CE) · Plaquemine / Natchez (Muskogean)
Natchez historic capital (1200–1730 CE) — 3 Plaquemine mounds and plaza where French witnessed 1725 sacrifice.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Zenata Berber medieval (1300–1600 CE) · Zenata Berber / Figuig Ksour
Eastern branch khettara line of Figuig oasis (890 m) distinct from main khettara-figuig-oasis already in DB (which covers central system).
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Delos — Apollo Temple North Altar (Cyclades, Greece) in South Aegean, Cyclades, Delos, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex…
🇨🇦 Canada · Ancient village
Viking Age 1000–1006 CE (Norse Vinland exploration) · Norse Greenlanders (Icelandic Norse under Leifr Eiríksson / Thorfinn Karlsefni saga context)
Only confirmed Norse village in North America and earliest European settlement (~1000–1006 CE): eight turf-and-timber sod houses (halls 25×5 m, iron smithy, carpentry shed, charcoal kilns) on Épaves…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Carthage — Baths of Antoninus Ancillary Cistern North (Tunisia) in Tunis, Carthage, Tunisia is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attr…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Postclassic Aztec (Mexica) · Mexica (Aztec) Triple Alliance
Dual shrine pyramid (Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, 1325–1519 CE) — heart of island city Tenochtitlan (population 200,000 in 1519, larger than most European capitals on Lake Texcoco), built in seven…
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Sacred Cuzco Citadel West — Cuzco (55-43) at Cuzco, Peru is a Bronze Age (regional) temple complex of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) in Şanlıurfa, Titriş Höyük, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to …
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Tiya — North Stele Field Sector 3 (Gurage) in SNNPR, Tiya, Gurage, Ethiopia is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megalithic attributed t…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Yeha — Great Temple Ancillary Altar (Tigray) in Tigray, Yeha, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-pe…
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Ozieri (San Michele) → Beaker → Bonnannaro → Nuragic
Largest Sardinian Domus de Janas necropolis — 38 rock-cut chamber tombs with bull-horn carvings, 4200-2600 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, very late 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Westernmost and smallest of Pepi II's three queen pyramids (base 23.5 m, height ~13 m), dedicated to Wedjebten, likely late wife of Pepi II.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel in Northern, El-Kurru, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / …
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Lower Axum Terrace B — Axum (57-43) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Mareotis — Qanat Ancillary Shaft North (Alexandria, Egypt) in Alexandria, Mareotis, Burg el-Arab, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hy…
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Late Chalcolithic → Early Bronze; Maikop period · Darkveti-Meshoko → Maikop (Kuban) → Late Maikop/Novosvobodnaya
Maikop Ostadniy elite kurgan (11 m high, 200 m diam., c.3500 BCE) with gold lions, Mesopotamian seals and Caucasus dolmen context — Uruk–Caucasus Early Bronze elite.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Byzantine (peak Classical Lycian 6th–4th c. BCE and Roman) · Lycian (Anatolian Indo-European) → Persian satrapy → Hellenistic → Roman
Lycian capital Xanthos and marsh sanctuary Letoon — trilingual stele solved Lycian.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Durankulak — North Niche (Great Mound) in Dobrich, Shabla, Durankulak, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcoli…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Old Dongola — Buried Church North (Nubia, Sudan) in Northern, Old Dongola, Sudan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bro…
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Olous (Olon) — Athenian Arsenal North Slipway (Crete) in Crete, Lasithi, Olous, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attrib…
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Mapungubwe — Hill Ancillary Midden Terrace (Limpopo) in Limpopo, Mapungubwe, South Africa is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attri…
