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🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Archaic to Historic (4000 BCE – 19th c.) · Archaic Desert (BCS), Fremont, Numic Ute
Book Cliffs triple-gallery BCS ghosts, Fremont and Ute horses in one wash.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Hydraulic works
Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) · Thracian
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Northern Annex in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is a Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Thracian.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Hydraulic works
Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) · Thracian
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Western Terrace in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is a Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Thracian.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) · Helmand Culture
Shahr-e Sukhteh Workshop Quarter East Annex — Northern Annex in Sistan, Zabul, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3200-1800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Helmand Culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Su Nuraxi Barumini Hut Village Sector in Sardinia, Medio Campidano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Nuragic Culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) · Proto-Elamite
Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Western Terrace in Isfahan, Kashan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) tell attributed to Proto-Elamite.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early–Middle Kofun c.450 CE (Asuka preceding) · Kofun (Kinai–Kanto diffusion)
Kanto scallop hotategai-kofun 67 m (c.450 CE) — double moat and box cist on Mibu Plateau (per Ushivika).
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) · Vinca Culture
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier in Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia is a Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) tell attributed to Vinca Culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Southern Extension in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500-2800 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic
Anta Grande do Zambujeiro Periphery — Western Terrace in Alentejo, Evora, Portugal is a Late Neolithic (3500-2800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Anuradhapura Jetavanaramaya South Brick Core in North Central, Sri Lanka is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Arbor Low Henge Northeast Entrance in Derbyshire, Monyash, United Kingdom is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Atapuerca Galería Lower Level in Castile and León, Atapuerca, Spain is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Sassanian (Shapur I) on Achaemenid · Sassanian Persian with Roman POW labour
Northern Shushtar (65 m, 32°03′N 48°51′E 32.05,48.85) hydraulic extension of UNESCO 1315 Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (1315): Band-e Gar (Gar Dam) and Dariun Great Weir interconnect canal…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn — Northern Annex in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D in Dordogne, Cussac, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Zimbabwe Culture Period V (Khami-Rozvi transition 1693–1830) · Rozvi (Karanga-Changamire) / Kalanga
Rozvi Changamire capital 1693–1830 with quartzite coursed walls 6 m and Portuguese majolica within 8 ha enclosure.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Eastern Outlier in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇲🇱 Mali · Tell
Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) · Djenne Culture
Djenne-Djeno Mound Urban Quarter North Annex — Southern Extension in Mopti, Djenne, Mali is a Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) tell attributed to Djenne Culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Konark Sun Temple Surya North Wall Chariot Wheel in Odisha, Konark, India is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Cave
Middle Paleolithic 70k → Hoabinhian 18k–3000 BP → Neolithic 6400 BCE pottery · Hoabinhian Cardamom — Laang Spean cave foragers (Battambang)
Laang Spean Cave Battambang — Hoabinhian masterpiece cave (70,000–550 BP, Hoabinhian main 18,000–3000 BP) at Phnom Laang Spean limestone hill 45 km NW Battambang, excavated 1964–75 by R. & C.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Locmariaquer Pierres Plates South Chamber in Brittany, Locmariaquer, France is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇷🇺 Russia · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Mal'ta Burial 14 Figurine Cache in Irkutsk, Mal'ta, Russia is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
