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🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Northern Dynasties (Northern Qi imperial) · Northern Qi Imperial Buddhist (Ye capital Gao clan)
Qi royal 9-cave north cluster 550–577 North Cave Buddha with 1909 Freer looting and 3D reunion.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Qujialing → Shijiahe 2600–2300 BCE (Jianghan Late Neolithic) → Meishan · Shijiahe culture (Middle Yangzi walled city)
Jianghan Plain walled mega-town (c.3000–2300 BCE, Shijiahe culture 2600–2300 BCE climax) northwest of Tianmen — 120 ha walled enclosure (1.2 km wall of rammed earth, moat) with inner palace 7 ha,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
British colonial (Anglo-Egyptian) · Anglo-Egyptian, French engineers
1902 610-m gravity masonry 180-sluice Low Dam north spur 6 km above High Dam, world's largest masonry then.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
The Faik Pasha Mosque (Greek: Τζαμί Φαΐκ Πασά, Albanian: Xhamia e Faik Pashës, from Turkish: Faik Paşa Camii), also known locally as the Imaret of Arta (Greek: Ιμαρέτ της Άρτας), is a former mosque…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
The Ilha Solteira Dam is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Ilha Solteira in São Paulo, Brazil.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (580 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Southern ashlar harbour of Kepoi — 40 m ashlar quay at 2–4 m in Taman Gulf with warehouse behind.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Early Nomadic · Saka, Wusun, Kangju
Upper second terrace 500 m inland with Saka animal style settlement context.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Classical to Genoese (5th c. BCE – 1400 CE) · Herakleian / Byzantine / Genoese
Western anchorage of Chersonesos — open roadstead anchor field at 5–8 m in Pesochnaya Bay with jetty.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Submerged site
Archaic Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE – 6th c. CE) · Milesian Greek / Colchian / Roman
Milesian colony 6th c. BCE now –5 to –9 m under Sukhumi Bay — 400-m Hellenistic mole and Roman fortress half under sea promenade.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك), in English sources often simply Karak, is a city in Jordan known for its medieval Kerak Castle, which is one of the three largest in the region, the other two being in Syria.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Bronze to Middle Iron Age (2200 BCE–200 CE) · Hebridean Bronze–Iron (Machair Beaker to Atlantic wheelhouse)
13-machair roundhouses (2200 BCE–200 CE) with 4 curated composite mummies (1100–800 BCE) — Europe's only mummy curation.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Darband Cave is a Lower Paleolithic site in the Gilan Province in northern Iran, located on the north side of a deep tributary canyon of the Siahrud River, a tributary of the Sefīd-Rūd River that…
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Kafr Lam (Arabic: كفر لام) was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic (800-500 BCE) · Archaic Greek
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Northern Annex in Corinthia, Perachora, Greece is a Archaic (800-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Archaic Greek.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic (800-500 BCE) · Archaic Greek
Perachora Heraion Cistern Ridge Terrace — Western Terrace in Corinthia, Perachora, Greece is a Archaic (800-500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Archaic Greek.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) · Vinca Culture
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace in Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia is a Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) tell attributed to Vinca Culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid to present (520 BCE–ongoing) · Achaemenid Gonabad oasis (Khorasan piedmont)
South Gonabad gallery 4.1 km with 62 shafts 42 m mother well: Achaemenid 520 BCE saruj, 12 L/s to Ghasemabad saffron.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Uruk Buried Eanna Precinct Limestone Temple Foundation in Muthanna, Uruk, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) · Helmand Culture
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex — Northern Annex in Sistan, Zabul, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Helmand Culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Northern Annex in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D in Dordogne, Cussac, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Eastern Outlier in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Cave
Middle Paleolithic 70k → Hoabinhian 18k–3000 BP → Neolithic 6400 BCE pottery · Hoabinhian Cardamom — Laang Spean cave foragers (Battambang)
Laang Spean Cave Battambang — Hoabinhian masterpiece cave (70,000–550 BP, Hoabinhian main 18,000–3000 BP) at Phnom Laang Spean limestone hill 45 km NW Battambang, excavated 1964–75 by R. & C.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Mohenjo-daro Great Bath Western Drain Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sindh, Larkana, Pakistan is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
