🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Birkha Bawari
The Birkha Bawari is a stepwell located in Jodhpur, India. The structure is to designed to conserve water for use by the city of Jodhpur, and is built in the style traditional Indian stepwells.
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🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) · Judahite then Nabataean–Roman
Hazeva Fort — Arava Fortress Line in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Judahite then Nabataean–Roman.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Classic · Maya/Andean
La Blanca — Mopán River vaulted acropolis.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
The Birkha Bawari is a stepwell located in Jodhpur, India. The structure is to designed to conserve water for use by the city of Jodhpur, and is built in the style traditional Indian stepwells.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Early–Late Classic 250–600 CE · Maya (Kaanul Snake Dynasty)
Snake Dynasty capital 60 ha corridor, 250–600 CE.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman I)
Phimeanakas North Terrace — Royal Palace Annex in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (10th–11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman I).
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged · Morbihan
Er Lannic Double Cromlech in Brittany, Morbihan, Gulf of Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged megalithic attributed to Morbihan culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) intensive · Harappan
Rohri Hills Flint Quarry Mound — Wadi Reach in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) intensive hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Dinwoody (8000 BCE–1000 CE) to En-Toto Pecked to historic · Plains Archaic Dinwoody / Shoshone
Thermopolis Legend Rock state park, Dinwoody style intermontane archaic unique to Wyoming.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient city
Iron Age to Roman (25 BCE–450 CE) · Atrebates / Roman
Silchester Roman Town in Hampshire, South East England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age to Roman (25 BCE–450 CE) ancient city attributed to Atrebates / Roman culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) · Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic
Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic in Konya Plain, Çumra, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) tell attributed to Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic culture.
🇦🇱 Albania · Temple complex
The Gjuricaj Basilica (Albanian: Kisha e fshatit Gjuricë or Bazilika e Gjuricajt) is a Cultural Monument of Albania, located in the village Gjuricaj, Durrës municipality.
🇮🇳 India · Tomb
Delhi Sultanate (1231 CE Iltutmish) · Delhi Sultanate (Islamic)
Sultan Garhi — Qutb Outskirts Tomb in Delhi, India is a Delhi Sultanate (1231 CE Iltutmish) tomb attributed to Delhi Sultanate (Islamic).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
Tell Kurdu — buried eba-iron tell/village at Hatay Province.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Early Chalukya, 6th–7th century CE · Hindu and Jain under Early Chalukya dynasty
Four 6th-c. Chalukya sandstone cave temples at Vatapi with Nataraja and Vishnu iconography.
Panama · Hydraulic works
The Bayano Dam is a dam on the Bayano River in Darién Province, Panama. The dam was built in 1976; its construction flooded approximately 350 square kilometers of rainforest, displacing thousands of…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Ottoman (c.5000 BCE–1500 CE; Kurgan elite 2600–2300 BCE) · Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Kurgan → Hittite → Urartian → Byzantine
Altınova mound with Early Bronze Maikop-affine kurgan elite tombs (2600 BCE) at Elazığ.
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Ancient city
Pre-Aksumite to Aksumite (500 BCE–600 CE) · Aksumite
Matara — Eritrea–Tigray Aksumite Town in Debub Region, Eritrea is a Pre-Aksumite to Aksumite (500 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Aksumite.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Hephthalite–Early Islamic (500–700 CE) · Bactrian Hephthalite (Balalyk)
Balalyk Tepe — Bactrian Mural Mountain Hall in Surkhandarya Province, Uzbekistan is a Hephthalite–Early Islamic (500–700 CE) temple-complex attributed to Bactrian Hephthalite (Balalyk).
🇮🇱 Israel · Rock-cut
The Cave of the Ramban is located in the southern cliff of the Upper Kidron Valley, on a slope descending into the Arab neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz, Jerusalem.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Chaman-i Hazouri (Dari: چمن حضوری) or Hazoori Chaman (Pashto: حضوري چمن) is a park in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
The Engineer Sérgio Motta Dam, formerly known as the Porto Primavera Dam, is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Rosana in São Paulo, Brazil.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Adana (Turkish: Adana Ulu Camii), also known as the Ramazanoglu Mosque (Turkish: Ramazanoğlu Camii), is a 16th century mosque in Adana, Turkey.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chaneti Buddhist Stupa is a 3rd century BC monument protected by the Government of India. The stupa is located in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, three kilometers east of Jagadhri, and about…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Anastasian Roman (505–530 CE) · Eastern Roman (Anastasius Justinian)
Tur-Abdin Roman city built to block Persian Nisibis, excavated by Keser 1986–, Procopius De Aedificiis description intact.
