🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Madara Rider
The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman (Bulgarian: Мадарски конник, Madarski konnik) is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the…
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🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Reservoir of Broch Fen in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Thornby Grove Earthwork in Henan, China is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Earthworks of Mine Hermitage in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) earthwork attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Tumulus
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Estuary West Burial Mound in County Kerry, Ireland is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman (Bulgarian: Мадарски конник, Madarski konnik) is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Necropolis of Priory Pit in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Quay Jala Höyük in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Earthwork
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Earthworks of Hill in Fars Province, Iran is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Inka Raqay (Quechua Inka Inca, raqay ruin, a demolished building; shed, storehouse or dormitory for the laborers of a farm; a generally old building without roof, only with walls) hispanicized…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Neolithic to Islamic (6000 BCE–1400 CE) · Canaanite / Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis / Islamic
Pella of the Decapolis — Tabaqat Fahl in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Neolithic to Islamic (6000 BCE–1400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Canaanite / Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis / Islamic.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Rock Art of Stone Norton in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock art attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇳🇴 Norway · Megalith
Neolithic–Iron Age (4000 BCE–600 CE) · Nordic TRB to Iron Age — Veien cultural landscape
Major cultural landscape on the Ringerike glacial ridge near Hønefoss, with over 100 monuments from Neolithic to Iron Age.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
Fore Abbey (Irish: Mainistir Fhobhair) is the ruins of a Benedictine and Early Gaelic 7th century Abbey with associated Mill, Anchorite's Cell, Holy Wells and a structure associated with St.
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Lowfield Kurgan Aqueduct in British Columbia, Canada is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic Maya Late Classic 300–900 CE · Maya (Lakamtuun polity)
Island Maya city on karst lakes: 30 islands linked by causeways with temple islets and raised fields.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EB IV to Persian (3000 BCE–330 BCE; peak LBA 1500–1200 BCE) · EB Amorite → Middle Bronze Amorite → Hittite Egyptian contested → Neo-Assyrian → Persian
Qadesh outer town 1274 BCE — Hittite–Egyptian battle plain south tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Arbel (Hebrew: אַרְבֵּל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located beside Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Cave
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Workshop Earthwork Cave in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) cave attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Kriemhildenstuhl, more rarely Krimhildenstuhl (short i), in the forests around the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is an old Roman quarry, which…
🇱🇾 Libya · Hillfort
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Park Hillfort in Fezzan, Libya is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hillfort attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Step Pyramid of Village-Playa in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) · Ubaid – Uruk
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) Ubaid – Uruk tell at Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur tributary – ubaid–uruk village on khabur tributary (dims Mound 2 ha, 6 m Ubaid–Uruk).
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Early Holocene (~9500–7000 BCE) · Andean high-desert hunter-gatherer (Toquepala tradition)
Shallow Andean quebrada cave where Roger Ravines documented polychrome paintings of camelids, deer and corpulent hunters brandishing bows, one of the earliest figurative traditions on the Pacific…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Taza (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, romanized: jama'a al-kabir) is the most important religious building in the historic medina of Taza, Morocco.
