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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Inca Late Horizon to Colonial legend (1532–1600s) · Inca / Spanish colonial
Inca refuge city east of Andes — Spanish 1600s to modern satellite hunt found no grid Recorded context — Period: Inca Late Horizon to Colonial legend (1532–1600s); Culture: Inca / Spanish colonial;…
🇫🇷 France · Ancient village
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Early Bronze Euphrates
Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell in Aleppo Governorate, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Euphrates.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ubaid to Uruk (c.5500–3200 BCE; Uruk station c.3700–3200 BCE) · Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic Uruk expansion
Northernmost Uruk station (3700–3200 BCE) on Upper Euphrates with tripartite compound north of Raqqa.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Songhai-Kebbi to Sokoto (1515–1831) · Kebbi / Songhai / Fulani
Kebbi Empire capital (1515) with 9 km walls and Kanta palace mound.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4700-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Tumulus of Bougon F0 Sector 142 in Deux-Sèvres, France is a Neolithic (4700-3500 BCE) megalithic.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4700-3500 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Tumulus of Bougon F0 Sector 331 in Deux-Sèvres, France is a Neolithic (4700-3500 BCE) megalithic.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 319 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 364 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) · Casma-Sechin
Cerro Sechin Temple Sector 905 in Ancash, Peru is a Initial Period (1800-800 BCE) temple-complex.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Dolmen de Menga Annex Sector 719 in Andalusia, Spain is a Neolithic (3800-2500 BCE) megalithic.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman (Cirtan)
Cirtan confederation castellum with 14-towered walls and oil presses.
🇫🇷 France · Geoglyph
Iron Age · Iron Age
Iron Age geoglyph at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Formative to Tiwanaku Period 300–1000 CE (flourishing 500–950) · Tiwanaku Empire
Capital of Tiwanaku Empire (300–1000 CE) on Altiplano near Lake Titicaca at 3,850 m, featuring Akapana pyramid, Kalasasaya enclosure, and Gateway of the Sun carved from single andesite blocks…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon ancient-village at Central Anatolia.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 258 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 584 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 841 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 963 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 14 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) · Tiwanaku
Puma Punku South Platform Sector 277 in Tiwanaku, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) megalithic.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) · Tiwanaku
Puma Punku South Platform Sector 464 in Tiwanaku, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku (300-1000 CE) megalithic.