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🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age (c.900–600 BCE; Mannean–Median–Scythian 750–600) · Mannean → Median → Scythian (Ziwiyeh treasure)
Ziwiyeh is the looted but famous Iron citadel (fortified manor) above a Mannean deposit — 1947 treasure (gold pectoral with Winged genie, ivory plaques with Scy...
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Ancient City of Knowes Weston in Coquimbo, Chile is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Harappan culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ancient City of Ness-Rath in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) ancient city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic–Chalcolithic–Iron Age 2500 BCE–600 CE · Neolithic Gangetic / Narhan culture precursor
Lowland Neolithic–Chalcolithic mound (2500 BCE–140 CE) at Ganga–Ghaghara confluence, Saran, Bihar, with 42 ft cultural deposit and continuous sequence Neolithic → Chalcolithic → Iron Age →…
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Earthwork Ancient City in County Kerry, Ireland is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Fortress
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Shallow Fortress in County Kerry, Ireland is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) fortress attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hillfort
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Source Hillfort in Oruro, Bolivia is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hillfort attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
Danilov Monastery (also Svyato-Danilov Monastery or Holy Danilov Monastery; Russian: Данилов монастырь, Свято-Данилов монастырь, romanized: Danilov monastyr', Svyato-Danilov monastyr') is a walled…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Hōgon-ji (宝厳寺) is a Buddhist temple located on Chikubushima in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Trypillia BI–BII (c.4100–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia (Trypillia BI)
One of the classic Trypillia BI mega-sites near Lehedzyne (Legedzine), 90 ha with ~1100+ houses identified by magnetometry, excavated and famously reconstructed as a full-scale burning experiment in…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ridge Grotto Höyük in Petén, Guatemala is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Ancient city
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Cairn Newfield Ancient City in County Kerry, Ireland is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) ancient city attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Fortress
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Ghat-Mazar Ridge Fortress in Chiapas, Mexico is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) fortress attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE) · Thracian Bronze Age
Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE) Thracian Bronze Age tell at Edirne Province, Thrace – thracian bronze age mound on thracian plain (dims Mound 6 m high, Bronze deposits with Troy imports).
🇱🇾 Libya · Hillfort
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Red-Grey Hill Fort in Fezzan, Libya is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hillfort attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Bronze Age to early nomadic (~2000 BCE – 1000 CE) · Andronovo, Karasuk, Saka and Turkic nomadic
Arid gorge in the Chu-Ili massif preserving five major groups with over 5,000 petroglyphs, famed for anthropomorphic sun-headed figures up to 80 cm tall with rayed haloes.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient village
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Village of Wick Ford in Fezzan, Libya is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Seleucid to Byzantine Crusader · Seleucid → Roman → Byzantine
Seleucid garrison city and military elephant depot (Seleucus' 500 Indian elephants), later Roman Apamea with the grandest colonnaded cardo in the East — 1,850 m long, 37 m wide, 1,200 columns with…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze I to Middle Bronze (2900–2000 BCE) · Troy I maritime / EBA Northwest Anatolian
Troy I harbour hamlet 2900 BCE — coastal EBA tumulus with Troy Ib wares.
🇨🇦 Canada · Ancient city
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Edge Ancient City in British Columbia, Canada is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Ivuna is an administrative ward in Momba District, Songwe Region, Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 21,690.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (c.580 BCE – 10th c.) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
590 BCE neighbour to Phanagoria whose harbour quarter is now under Taman Bay.
🇬🇷 Greece · Rock-cut
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Moss Cairn Rock-Cut Complex in Thessaly, Greece is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Moche culture.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Pyramid
Yarumela also known as El Chircal, is one of the archeological sites located in Honduras and based around the Middle Formative era in Mesoamerican history, occupied between 1000 BC and AD 250 by the…