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🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) · Helmand Culture
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sistan, Zabul, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Helmand Culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late Chalcolithic Bakun phase (c.4800–4000 BCE); Ubaid-related Bakun painted ware · Bakun (Fars Chalcolithic) with Ubaid–Susiana ties and early Elamite precursor
Bakun painted Chalcolithic capital (c.4800–4000 BCE) with 20-room admin complex and seals — Marvdasht chiefdom precursor (Persepolis 7 km).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Taversoe Tuick Two Storey Annex — Western Terrace in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Predynastic → Old Kingdom Delta-Sinai gateway (3500–2200 BCE) · Predynastic → Old Kingdom Delta-Sinai gateway (3500–2200 BCE)
Tell el-Murra in North Sinai / Eastern Delta, near Qantara East, Egypt is a Predynastic → Old Kingdom Delta-Sinai gateway (3500–2200 BCE) settlement attributed to Predynastic → Old Kingdom…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) · Hissar Culture
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Southern Extension in Semnan, Damghan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) tell attributed to Hissar Culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Medieval (1200-1500 CE) · Tiya Culture
Tiya Stele Field South Cluster — Southern Extension in Southern Nations, Gurage, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1200-1500 CE) megalithic attributed to Tiya Culture.
🇫🇷 France · Tumulus
Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Tumulus Saint-Michel Annex Cist South — Northern Annex in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Northern Wei (Northern Dynasties) · Northern Wei royal Buddhist (Toba Wei imperial atelier under Tanyao)
13.7-m open-fronted seated Buddha of Yungang's Five Tanyao west series — most iconic Wei colossus.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Alignment of Kerzerho Outlier Cell — Eastern Outlier in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3000-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇳🇴 Norway · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Alta Rock Art Bergbukten Panel II C in Finnmark, Alta, Norway is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Baalbek Temple of Bacchus South Colonnade Trilithon in Bekaa, Baalbek, Lebanon is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE) · Castro Culture
Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Eastern Outlier in Galicia, A Coruna, Spain is a Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE) ancient village attributed to Castro Culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE) · Castro Culture
Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Northern Annex in Galicia, A Coruna, Spain is a Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE) ancient village attributed to Castro Culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Bronze to Middle Iron Age (2200 BCE–200 CE) · Hebridean Bronze–Iron (Machair Beaker to Atlantic wheelhouse)
13-machair roundhouses (2200 BCE–200 CE) with 4 curated composite mummies (1100–800 BCE) — Europe's only mummy curation.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Cuween Hill Annex Chamber West — Northern Annex in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Cuween Hill Annex Chamber West — Western Terrace in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Phoenician to Ottoman (1100 BCE–16th c; peak 2nd–4th c) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Early Christian / Islamic
Phoenician-tradition colonia under Sousse medina with 5.5 km catacombs, Virgil mosaic and Byzantine kasbah.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age through Ummayad Abbasid (c.3000 BCE–750 CE); EBA, MBA, Assyrian, Roman, Islamic · EBA → Assyrian Bit-Adini → Aramaean → Hellenistic-Roman Carrhae → Ummayad Islamic
Bibliographic Harran tell — EBA to Ummayad capital of moon-god Sin (Haran) under medieval beehive city (c.3000 BCE–750 CE).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Southern Extension in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Katas Raj Temples North Courtyard Shiva Shrine in Punjab, Katas Raj, Pakistan is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (c. 300 BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Early Byzantine
Roman quay at –2 m beneath Kourion cliffs – anchorage with amphora piles at –8 m, Episkopi Bay.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Ceramic Neolithic IA (9000–7000) → Mesolithic-Neolithic IB–II (7000–3000) → Chalcolithic III (3000–1500 BCE) · Gangetic Ceramic Neolithic (Lahuradewa culture) → Sarayupar Chalcolithic
Earliest rice-cultivation site in South Asia (c.9000–2000 BCE) in the Sarayupar plain at Sant Kabir Nagar — 2.5 ha lakeside mound with 3.5 m deposit excavated 2001–06 by Rakesh Tewari (UP State…
