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🇿🇦 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…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Meroe Ridge A — Meroe (53-31) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Koh Ker — Prasat Thom Ancillary Causeway North in Preah Vihear, Koh Ker, Cambodia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old King…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
New Meroe Mound Central — Meroe (53-46) at Meroe, Sudan is a Medieval (regional) pyramid of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Hatshepsut — Mortuary Temple North Colonnade (Deir el-Bahari) in Luxor, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex att…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Akkadian, Eshnunna, Babylonian
Provincial capital of Hamrin–Diyala corridor identified as Me-Turan, twin to Tell Haddad and Tell al-Sib excavated 1977–87 by Iraqi State Board before Hamrin Dam, yielding 3000 cuneiform tablets of…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic terminal · Maya Petexbatun
Chasm-ringed Petexbatun fortress Aguateca (c.770–810 CE): Palace Barranca palace-pyramid complex, burned and abandoned leaving Pompeii-like elite workshops intact.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Inca
Intipunku Sun Gate — North Approach (Machu Picchu) in Cusco, Machu Picchu, Intipunku, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Philae — Trajan's Kiosk Ancillary Pavement in Aswan, Philae Island, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New K…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Late Chalcolithic Trypillia C1–C2 (3600–3300 BCE) Podolia Dniester · Cucuteni-Trypillia C1–C2 Podolia (Yampil variant, Usatovo contact)
Yampil (Yampol) — Trypillia C1–C2 settlement cluster (c.3600–3300 BCE, 15 ha, ~200 houses) on Dniester left bank at Yampil bend, Vinnytsia–Moldova border.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Phrygian (c.4500–700 BCE; peak EB III and Hittite Empire) · Hattian → Hittite (Nesite) → Phrygian
Hattian–Hittite fortified city with Sphinx Gate and Early Bronze royal tombs rich in solar-disk bronzes.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative (400 BCE–650 CE) · Alto Ramírez
Steep 18° north-facing hillside on Cerro Tatara promontory at km 55, commanding 6 km Lluta floodplain view.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid to Early Dynastic I (c.5000–2900 BCE; mural is Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr c.3200 BCE) · Ubaid → Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Early Dynastic
Painted Temple mound with 3200 BCE leopard mural — first mural art in Mesopotamia.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Casas Grandes (Paquimé) — Unit 12 North Room Block in Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, Paquimé, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city…
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Leptis Magna — Severan Basilica North Apse in Al-Murgub, Leptis Magna, Libya is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bron…
🇵🇸 Palestine · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE; Sultanien) · Sultanian PPNA (Levant)
PPNA type-village in lower Jordan Valley with oval pisé houses and wild barley economy.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Predynastic to Roman (3000 BCE–400 CE) · Egyptian Pharaonic → Roman
Wadi Hammamat is the 80 km Nile–Red Sea desert wadi with sole greywacke (bekhen-stone) quarries for Egyptian sarcophagi since 3000 BCE and 2,500 rock inscriptions from Naqada III to Roman: Qadesh,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, c.2400 BCE (Menkauhor or ephemeral king) · Ancient Egyptian
Small pyramid Lepsius XXIX (Headless Pyramid) 200 m northeast of Khendjer complex, Saqqara south: 52 m base, now 20 m headless rubble mound, Tura limestone casing entirely robbed.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1800 BCE (Amenemhat IV) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom, Amenemhat IV)
Northern of two Mazghuna mudbrick pyramids 4 km south of Dahshur: 50 m base, now 20 m vegetated mound. Excavated by Ernest Mackay 1910-11.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (5200 BCE–1200 CE; peak Hittite and Phrygian) · Central Anatolian Chalcolithic → Hattian → Hittite → Phrygian → Roman
Yozgat tell with 5200 BCE-to-Byzantine sequence bridging central plateau and Hittite north.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient port
Late Bronze to Phoenician (13th c. BCE Kition 1400 BCE Achaean; Phoenician 800 BCE Astarte temple 700 BCE; Bamboula war harbour 5th c. BCE ship sheds) · Phoenician Kition (Astarte 800 BCE Sargon II 709 steward of Kition) and later Greek
Kition Karageorghis 1970s Bamboula ship sheds.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Esna — Khnum Temple Hypostyle North Column (Esna) in Luxor, Esna, Khnum Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed …
🇩🇿 Algeria · Tumulus
Numidian Late Iron Age (300–100 BCE) · Berber Numidian / Masseayli
Medracen (Madghacen) is the 19 m high bazina royal mausoleum of Numidian Berber kings (c.300 BCE), largest pre-Roman bazina in North Africa, 59 m diameter drum with 60 Doric half-columns and cornice,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Iron Age IIB (single-period) · Kingdom of Israel/Judah (Israelite)
Desert Israelite fortress (c.800 BCE) with 'YHWH and his Asherah' inscriptions and Bes frescoes.
