🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Q'umarkaj (Utatlán) Twin Pyramids
Maya Postclassic Late · Maya K'iche' Quiché
K'iche' empire capital Q'umarkaj (Utatlán) 1400–1524 CE: hilltop plaza with Temple of Tohil 12 m pyramid and 23 palaces, Popol Vuh city burned 1524.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Iron Age (c.100 BCE–400 CE) · Atlantic Iron Age (Orcadian) / possible Roman contact
Iron Age underground sanctuary in Tankerness with 29-step stair descending 7.5 m to a corbelled chamber.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Postclassic Late · Maya K'iche' Quiché
K'iche' empire capital Q'umarkaj (Utatlán) 1400–1524 CE: hilltop plaza with Temple of Tohil 12 m pyramid and 23 palaces, Popol Vuh city burned 1524.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1440–1532 CE, ushnu 1450–1480) · Inca (Pachacuti / Topa Inca – Vilcas province)
Imperial Inca stepped pyramid-ushnu (1450–1530, Pachacuti foundation) at center of Inca provincial capital Vilcashuamán (Vilcas, 22 sq km Inca city, 700+ buildings): Ushnu 30×30 m base 12 m high…
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Al-Qastal ("Kastel", Arabic: القسطل) was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle once standing on the hilltop.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Preclassic to Postclassic 300 BCE–1450 CE (peak Classic 600–800, Terminal 800–1100) · Maya (eastern Lowlands, Sian Ka'an sphere)
Vast lowland Maya city of ~80 km² with ~6,500 structures linked by 16 white-road sacbeob (raised plaster causeways totalling 70 km, longest Sacbe 1 100 km to Yaxuná near Chichén Itzá, 10 m wide),…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Old Kingdom to Islamic (2600 BCE–8th c CE; peak Middle and New Kingdom) · Ancient Egyptian / Greek
Thoth metropolis 15 ha with twin pylon-city and baboon colossi of Thutmose III in quartzite.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze · Cappadocia Chalcolithic
Kosk Hoyuk Bor Plain at Niğde, Bor Plain, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze ancient village of the Cappadocia Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson) in Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Aztalan, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumu…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Chalcolithic to Neolithic · Central Anatolian
Can Hasan Neolithic Mounds at Karaman, Can Hasan, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Neolithic ancient village of the Central Anatolian tradition, built c.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Grand Mosque of Lyon (French: Grande mosquée de Lyon), also called the Great Mosque of Lyon, is a mosque in the city of Lyon, France.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Moche
Huaca del Sol — Ancillary Platform North (Moche) in La Libertad, Moche, Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, Peru is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyrami…
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Djenné-Jeno Village West — Djenné-Jeno (57-01) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Late Archaic (Stallings phase, 3410–2730 BCE) · Stallings culture (Late Archaic, Southeastern US)
Type site of Stallings fiber pottery (3410–2730 BCE) — earliest ceramics in North America on Savannah River island.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Early Neolithic · Konya Plain PPN
Boncuklu Hoyuk Konya Plain Village at Konya Plain, Karaman, Turkey is a Early Neolithic ancient village of the Konya Plain PPN tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Inner Chaco Canyon Citadel North — Chaco Canyon (55-11) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Medieval (regional) earthwork of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Bawbawgyi Pagoda (Burmese: ဘောဘောကြီး စေတီ) is a Buddhist stupa and one of the oldest Buddhist structures in the history of ancient edifices in Myanmar, located in the Sri Ksetra Archaeological Zone…
🇲🇩 Moldova · Hydraulic works
The Dubăsari Dam (also HPP Dubasari, Romanian: Hidroelectrocentrala de la Dubăsari) is a hydroelectric dam at the Dniester river near Dubăsari in Transnistria, Moldova. It was built in 1951–1954.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Henan Terrace South — Henan, Erlitou (54-45) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Classical (regional) ancient village of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Katsina-Ala is a city and local government area (LGA) of Benue State, Nigeria where the A344 highway starts.
🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Djenné-Jeno Village Central — Djenné-Jeno (57-32) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Medieval; EBA III, MBA II, Hittite, Neo-Hittite, Assyrian · Syro-Anatolian; EBA Islahiye cluster → Hittite sphere → Neo-Hittite/Assyrian
37-m high Kilis plain tell (460×370 m) with EBA–Hittite–Neo-Hittite town and 30 ha buried lower town — frontier type-site.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Savda–Malwa–Jorwe 1900–1000 BCE → Early Historic 300 BCE–300 CE · Savda-Chalcolithic → Malwa–Jorwe → Satavahana
Tapti Chalcolithic–Early Historic sequence (1900 BCE–300 CE) with Indo-Roman amphorae at Dhule ford.
🇪🇸 Spain · Submerged site
Portolan phantom (1424–1448) · Venetian–Portuguese cartography
Canaries Royllo phantom 1424 – 30 km islet at 29°N 18°W west of Ferro, abyssal.
🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex
PPNA to Early Bronze · Middle Euphrates PPN
Tell el-Qaramel Horned Building at Hama, Qaramel, Syria is a PPNA to Early Bronze temple complex of the Middle Euphrates PPN tradition, built c.
