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🇧🇷 Brazil · Pyramid
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Mound-Down Pyramid in Piauí, Brazil is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) pyramid attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Earthwork
Aboriginal estimated 40,000 BP to historical (continuous); documented >3,000 years · Ngemba / Murrawarri / Ualkay Aboriginal
Estimated 40,000-year-old stone weir complex on Barwon River comprising four traps across 500 m with crescent stone walls 2.5 m high guiding fish into pens, attributed to ancestral creation being…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (c.2500–1800 BCE) · Harappan colony (Indus diaspora on Oxus)
Northernmost Harappan colony on Oxus (Darqad) — lapis procurement hub 250 km from Badakhshan mines.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Early Marae 1000–1500 CE classical Polynesian (peak 1350–1773) · Polynesian / Ra'iātean (Ma'ohi)
Polynesia's most sacred marae center (1000–1773 CE) on 31 ha lagoon peninsula tip Taputapuatea, with 60×45 m marae Taputapuatea (stone national marae) and 16 other marae including Hauviri and Opoa,…
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Megalith
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Dolmen de Glen Spur in Petén, Guatemala is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Roman culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Karak (also Kerak, Karak Nuh or Karak Noah) (Arabic: كرك, romanized: Karak) is a village in the municipality of Zahlé in the Zahle District of the Beqaa Governorate in eastern Lebanon.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic Greco-Bactrian (c.3rd–2nd cent BCE) · Greco-Bactrian
Greco-Bactrian hilltop watch-post visually linked to Uzundara — frontier limes above Kugitang valley.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Middle Quarry in River Nile State, Sudan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) · Ubaid
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) Ubaid tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – ubaid village with grain storages (dims 1.1 ha).
North Macedonia · Ancient city
Bylazora or Vilazora (Greek: Βιλαζόρα Macedonian: Вилазора) was a Paeonian city from the period of early classic antiquity.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Intini Uyu Pata or Inti Uyu (Aymara inti sun, uyu pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery) is an archaeological site in Peru.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Period Classical · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 in Mexico Region 8, Mexico is a Neolithic earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (1st–7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine (Numidia)
Southernmost Numidian walled town 32 ha facing Hodna chott, Thubunae dominates Sahara margin with 1.8 km circuit and Donatist basilica; 411 Conference bishop list.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Iron Age to Viking Age · Late Germanic Iron Age / Viking Age Svear
Sweden's largest burial mound — 14 m high with five stone ships and runestone, Iron Age to Viking royal cemetery.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman (Augustan to Byzantine, 27 BCE–7th c. CE) · Mauretanian / Roman
Sulphur spa city with 8-pool bath complex and mansio hotel.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Late Iron Age (with Neolithic antecedent landscape) · Late Iron Age Bohuslän
41 m stone ship of 49 granite blocks near Strömstad, one of Scandinavia's largest, among 26 graves.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Ishiyama-dera (石山寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the Ishiyamadera neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Nabataean–Byzantine (100 BCE–636 CE) papyri archive · Nabataean then Byzantine (Nessana)
Nessana — Byzantine Church Annex Papyri in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Byzantine (100 BCE–636 CE) papyri archive ancient-city attributed to Nabataean then Byzantine (Nessana).
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura (Arabic: بئر المكسور; Hebrew: בִּיר אל-מַכְּסוּר) is an Arab Bedouin local council in the Northern District of Israel located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-west of…
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Cirebon (Indonesian: Masjid Agung Cirebon), officially known as Masjid Agung Sang Cipta Rasa, is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Period Medieval · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 50 — Peru Region 2 in Peru Region 2, Peru is a Neolithic earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Torana Gateway Relief North in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Early to Middle Neolithic · Atlantic Early Neolithic / Cerny
Necropolis of six tumuli A-F spanning 4800-3000 BCE, including oldest megalithic building in western France.
