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🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Sothi / Pre-Harappan to Mature Harappan 3500–1900 BCE · Indus Valley (Harappan) with Sothi antecedent
Major provincial capital of the Indus Valley Civilization on the southern Ghaggar bank in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, occupied from c.3500 BCE.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Swahili to Omani and British (Swahili settlement 16th c; Omani capital 1832–1964) · Swahili / Omani Arab / Persian / Indian (Bohra) / British colonial
Swahili stone town capital of Omani Zanzibar sultanate (1832–1964), Stone Town preserves coral-stone labyrinth: House of Wonders (Beit al-Ajaib 1883 Persian-slave-built), Old Fort (Portuguese 1710),…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Archaeological wonder
Gripsholm Castle (Swedish: Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Katsuō-ji (勝尾寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Aomatani neighborhood of the city of Minoh, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Ai Khanoum — Buried Palace North (Kunduz, Afghanistan) in Takhar, Ai Khanoum, Afghanistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribut…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Bronze Age to Medieval · Votadini
Traprain Law Hillfort at East Lothian, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age to Medieval earthwork of the Votadini tradition, built c. 1000 BCE for phonolite plug hillfort with roman hoard.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Early Iron Age (Hallstatt La Tène A) · Early Celtic (Hallstatt/Latenian) — Glauberg horizon
Early Celtic princely oppidum with 350 m avenue, statue-menhir of leaf-crowned warrior and 50 m gold-burial mound, c.450 BCE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
K'allapayuq Urqu (Quechua k'allapa stretcher, yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, urqu mountain, "the mountain with a stretcher", also spelled Callapayoc Orqo, Kallapayuq Orqo) is an archaeological…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Bronze Age · Dartmoor Bronze Age
Merrivale Stone Rows Dartmoor at Devon, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age megalithic of the Dartmoor Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2000 BCE for double rows 180 m and 150 m with cairn.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic through Byzantine; Hittite–Syro-Hittite peak · Cilician EBA → Hittite Empire (Kizzuwatna/Que) → Syro-Hittite Que
Cilician bend tell with Hittite imperial rock relief of Muwatalli II opposite mound — Chalcolithic to Syro-Hittite harbour town on Ceyhan.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Urartian Kingdom late 8th century BCE · Urartian (Biainili)
Twin-ridge Urartian palatial city of Sarduri II with Haldi temple and 5 km Urartian canal.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Fortress
Samanid 9th c → Ghaznavid–Karakhanid 10th–12th c · Banijurid–Ghaznavid Islamic (Khatlon)
Hulbuk (Qalai Hulbuk) — Islamic palace-fortress (9th–12th c CE) 26 km west Kulob, Khatlon Yakhsu plain, excavated 1953–2010s Yakubov and Akhunov (Tajik Academy).
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Iron Age IIA · Judahite / Early Israel
Khirbet Qeiyafa Shaaraim at Judean Lowlands, Israel is a Iron Age IIA ancient city of the Judahite / Early Israel tradition, built c. 1020 BCE for two-gated casemate city shaaraim.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian
Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana) — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Nineveh Governorate.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Alentejo Neolithic
Almendre Cromlech Evora at Alentejo, Évora, Portugal is a Early to Middle Neolithic megalithic of the Alentejo Neolithic tradition, built c. 6000 BCE for 95-stone double cromlech.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic · Orkney Neolithic
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn Rousay at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Orkney Neolithic tradition, built c. 3200 BCE for 13 m stalled cairn 7 compartments.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Archaeological wonder
Dizə (also, Diza and Dize) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kushite Napatan to Meroitic (500 BCE–350 CE; peak 250 BCE–100 CE) · Kushite (Napatan → Meroitic)
Largest Kushite pyramid cemetery west of Nile near Second Cataract: ~80 pyramids (densest Meroitic cemetery) and 200+ tombs, discovered by Lepsius 1844 and re-excavated by Vincent Francigny…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Stoney Littleton Long Barrow at Somerset, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic of the Cotswold-Severn tradition, built c. 3750 BCE for 30 m long barrow 7 side chambers.
🇲🇹 Malta · Cave
Latnija Cave (Maltese: Għar tal-Latnija), also known as Għar Tuta, is a cave in Mellieħa, Malta.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic · Orkney Neolithic
Midhowe Chambered Cairn Rousay at Orkney, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Orkney Neolithic tradition, built c. 3500 BCE for 23 m stalled cairn longest in orkney.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic · Welsh Neolithic
Pentre Ifan Dolmen Pembrokeshire at Wales, United Kingdom is a Neolithic megalithic of the Welsh Neolithic tradition, built c. 3500 BCE for 16 tonne capstone 3 slender uprights.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Late Natufian–PPNA (c.12000–10300 BCE) · Natufian-related → PPNA northern Fertile Crescent
Late Natufian–PPNA mound (45 m diameter, 2 m deep deposits) on the Batman River, excavated by Michael Rosenberg 1990s be...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Sagalassos — Antonine Nymphaeum Ancillary Basin in Burdur, Ağlasun, Sagalassos, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attribute…
