🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Gao – Tomb of Askia
Medieval Songhai (9th–17th c; peak Imperial 1464–1591) · Songhai / Tuareg (Songhai Empire)
Songhai Empire capital's 17 m pyramidal earthen tomb of Askia Mohammad I (1495) east-bank Niger assembly ground.
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🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Medieval Songhai (9th–17th c; peak Imperial 1464–1591) · Songhai / Tuareg (Songhai Empire)
Songhai Empire capital's 17 m pyramidal earthen tomb of Askia Mohammad I (1495) east-bank Niger assembly ground.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Bronze Age to Eastern Han (Warring States 400 BCE – Han) · Luoyue (proto-Zhuang Baiyue)
Guangxi karst cliffs 38 panels 1900 frog-shaman figures 5th c. BCE–2nd c. CE, UNESCO 1508.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age · Gobustan hunters, Kura-Araxes, Classical (Roman contact)
South slope of Kichikdash with 1100 boat and aurochs hunt cupule petroglyphs.
🇩🇪 Germany · Earthwork
Migration → Viking Age → Medieval 500–1160 (Godfred 808 → Valdemar I brick) · Danish Iron Age → Viking Age (Danevirke Danish border wall, Godfred–Bluetooth)
Danevirke (Danewerk) — Iron Age → Viking Age linear fortification (5th–12th c, 30 km wall system between North Sea Treene marsh and Baltic Schlei fjord) 7 km west Schleswig town, Schleswig isthmus…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 in Central Anatolia, Konya, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Anuradhapura Abhayagiri North Dagoba Base in North Central, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8500 BCE) · Natufian-PPN
Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North — Western Terrace in Jericho Governorate, Palestine is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8500 BCE) tell attributed to Natufian-PPN.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Tarxien Central Temple Outlier Court — Western Terrace in Malta, Tarxien, Malta is a Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Western Terrace in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Sui to Song (605–1080) · Sui–Tang Imperial (Yang Guang–Li Shimin)
Sui Grand Canal western 40-m prism 605 CE with Tongji wharf and Huiluo Barn harbour, Grand Canal type section.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Tarxien Central Temple Outlier Court — Northern Annex in Malta, Tarxien, Malta is a Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) · Iberian Chalcolithic
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Southern Extension in Andalusia, Malaga, Spain is a Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Chalcolithic.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) · Iberian Chalcolithic
Tholos de El Romeral Peripheral Dromos — Northern Annex in Andalusia, Malaga, Spain is a Chalcolithic (3200-2300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Chalcolithic.
🇹🇳 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.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Medieval (1075-1220 CE) · Mapungubwe
Mapungubwe Hill Summit Enclosure South Annex — Western Terrace in Limpopo, Musina, South Africa is a Medieval (1075-1220 CE) ancient city attributed to Mapungubwe.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Sassanid Early (Shapur I, 241–270 CE) built by Roman captives · Sassanid Persian with Roman engineering corps (Legio)
500-m Roman-Sassanid arch bridge/dam (260 CE) raising Karun for Shushtar's 10-km Gargar canal — easternmost Roman dam.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean
Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Southern Extension in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Chimú (Chan Chan culture) · Chimú (Chimor kingdom)
Chimú rainbow-dragon relief pyramid Huaca del Dragón (800–1400 CE) north of Chan Chan: 7.5 m double platform with vault niches and coiled two-headed dragon friezes.
🇲🇹 Malta · Rock-cut
Late Neolithic (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Hal Tarxien Hypogeum Extension North — Southern Extension in Malta, Paola, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-2500 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Temple Period.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical (High Classical, Age of Pericles) · Classical Greek (Athenian)
449–415 BCE Doric 6×13 temple atop Agora Kolonos, best-preserved Greek temple, Hephaestus–Athena Ergane.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) · Atlantic Neolithic
Cairn de Barnenez Chamber D Annex in Brittany, Finistere, France is a Early Neolithic (4500-3800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Vergina Tomb III Philip Arrhidaeus in Macedonia, Vergina, Greece is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Moche Huaca de la Luna North Facade in La Libertad, Moche, Peru is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Medieval (1200-1500 CE) · Tiya Culture
Tiya Stele Field South Cluster in Southern Nations, Gurage, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1200-1500 CE) megalithic attributed to Tiya Culture.