🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Igbo-Ukwu Bronzemound Workshop Floor
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Igbo-Ukwu Bronzemound Workshop Floor in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Kerma (Dukki Gel) – Kushite Metropolis
Kerma Ancien to Late (c.2500–1500 BCE; Napatan reuse 900 BCE) · Kerma culture (Nubian / Sudanese) – precursors to Kush/Napata/Meroe
2500 BCE Nubian capital with 19 m Deffufa temple and tumuli – first sub-Saharan city, excavated 1977–.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Aztalan — Northwest Platform Mound (Jefferson) in Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Aztalan, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumu…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Kolomoki — Mound A North Ramp (Georgia)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Kolomoki — Mound A North Ramp (Georgia) in Georgia, Early County, Kolomoki, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attribut…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Eastern Deffufa at Kerma
Classic Kerma (c.1750–1500 BCE) · Kerma culture (Classic Kerma, Nubian)
Funerary chapel massif contemporary with Western Deffufa (Classic Kerma c.1750–1500 BCE) but funerary: 40×33 m base, 18 m high mudbrick with niche façade, central hall with wooden columns, side…
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Glauberg Celtic Oppidum
Early Iron Age (Hallstatt La Tène A) · Early Celtic (Hallstatt/Latenian) — Glauberg horizon
Early Celtic princely oppidum with 350 m avenue, statue-menhir of leaf-crowned warrior and 50 m gold-burial mound, c.450 BCE.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Boralday North Boralday River Terrace Kurgans (River Boralday Terrace North Bank)
Saka (520–280 BCE) · Saka Tigrakhauda
North bank terrace of Boralday River (Boraldy) 2.1 km north of park (770 m) with 5 mounds 24–52 m diam on 8-m river terrace scarp.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Convent Burial Mound
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Tumulus
Tumulus of Lowfield Kurgan
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Tumulus of Lowfield Kurgan in Coquimbo, Chile is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) tumulus attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
West Aber Burial Mound
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
West Aber Burial Mound in Henan, China is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Tumulus
Deir-Tre Burial Mound
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Deir-Tre Burial Mound in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Tumulus
Moor Burial Mound
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Moor Burial Mound in Piauí, Brazil is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Roman culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Hillfort Rampart Africa 47 — Ethiopia Region 11
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Hillfort Rampart Africa 47 — Ethiopia Region 11 in Ethiopia Region 11, Ethiopia is a Neolithic tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Tumulus Cemetery Africa 36 — Ethiopia Region 12
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Tumulus Cemetery Africa 36 — Ethiopia Region 12 in Ethiopia Region 12, Ethiopia is a Neolithic tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Chambered Cairn Hill Africa 114 — Egypt Region 6
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Chambered Cairn Hill Africa 114 — Egypt Region 6 in Egypt Region 6, Egypt is a Neolithic tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gordion
EB to Medieval (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Phrygia 900–600 BCE) · Hittite → Phrygian (Midas) → Persian → Galatian → Roman
Gordion is the Phrygian capital (Yassıhöyük) — Midas's city (Midas Mound tumulus 53 m), terraced citadel with Phrygian Gate (Ashlar), and 100-tumulus necropolis...
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Western Ridge Tumulus — Nubia (Khartoum)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Western Ridge Tumulus in Nubia, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Kızılbel Tomb
Persian period (c.525 BCE; chamber c.525–500 BCE) · Persian-period Lycian (Elmalı dynasty under Achaemenid satrapy)
Persian-period painted chamber tomb (525 BCE) with 2.5 m banquet frieze under tumulus at Elmalı.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Takamatsuzuka Tomb — Asuka Mural Tomb
Asuka (c.700 CE, late 7th c.) · Asuka court (Korean painter?)
Asuka tomb discovered 1972 by farmer, excavated 1972–74, mural of women in court dress, Tang-style.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Mozu — Itasuke Kofun Moat-Side Cluster
Kofun (early 5th c. CE) · Yamato
Mozu Itasuke excavated periphery 1980s, scallop shape intermediate between round and keyhole, moat eels.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex — Western Terrace
Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) · Igbo-Ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex — Western Terrace in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Igbo-Ukwu.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Tumulus de Bougon
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.