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🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic
Dolmen de Lamalou Grandmont II — Northern Annex in Occitanie, Herault, France is a Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hacilar Buried Village Level VI House Complex in Burdur, Hacılar, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇫🇷 France · Rock-cut
Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Southern Extension in Provence, Vaucluse, France is a Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Chalcolithic.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8500 BCE) · Natufian-PPN
Jericho Pre-Pottery Tower Annex North in Jericho Governorate, Palestine is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9600-8500 BCE) tell attributed to Natufian-PPN.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Kaman-Kalehöyük Buried Early Bronze Cistern in Kırşehir, Kaman, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Minoan Protopalatial to Neopalatial (c. 1900 – 1450 BCE) · Minoan Palatial (Cretan)
Minoan slipway harbour – two rock-cut slipways at –1 m and boulder mole 25 m at –1.5 m in Kymassa bay.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Neolithic to Medieval Chinese (Majiayao to Western Xia) · Northern Neolithic, Ordos Bronze, Xiongnu and Tangut
Ningxia southern Helan fringe cliffs with 1200 images Neolithic to Xixia, Ordos interface.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Sixteen Kingdoms to Song · Later Qin, Northern Wei, Western Wei, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song
Sheer west face 80 m with 72 hanging grottoes on plank balconies — Maijishan postcard cliff.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) · Kindah
Qaryat al-Faw Market Street East Annex in Riyadh, Wadi al-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia is a Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) ancient city attributed to Kindah.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Byzantine to Umayyad (580–728 CE) Palmyra steppe · Byzantine–Umayyad steppe palace (Hisham)
East Harbaqa canal 8.2 km rock-cut 2.2×1.4 m with 12 evaporation covers 180 m to Hayr East hayr 2.8 km wall.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Southern Extension in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Shuruppak Buried Tablet Archive Room 12 in Qadissiya, Shuruppak, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Sneferu Bent Pyramid Satellite East Chapel in Giza, Dahshur Bent Satellite, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) · Temple Period
Tarxien Central Temple Outlier Court in Malta, Tarxien, Malta is a Late Neolithic Temple Period (3600-2500 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tegdaoust Aoudaghost Stone Town House C15 in Hodh El Gharbi, Aoudaghost, Mauritania is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE–150 CE) · Lydian heritage, Seleucid, Attalid and Roman (Sardian polis)
Lydian capital's colossal Ionic Artemision 48×112 m, Hellenistic to Roman pseudodipteral.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Tepe Gawra Buried White Room North Terrace in Nineveh, Tepe Gawra, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇧🇻 Norway (Bouvet phantom) · Phantom island
Phantom cartographic (1825–1967) · British sealing / Norwegian Bouvet annexation / German Valdivia
Bouvet satellite phantom island undiscovered 1965 – Norris's double sighting of Bouvet in fog.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Northern Dynasties to Tang (550 – 907 CE) · Northern Qi, Sui, Tang (central Shanxi Buddhist)
Taiyuan 25 caves with Northern Qi wet-drape bodhisattvas 550–907 CE.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Late Republican to Medieval (46 BCE – 1200 CE) · Roman / Vandal / Byzantine
Caesar's Sardinian colony harbour – 200 m pozzolana eastern mole at –1 to –2.5 m under Porto Torres.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Ugarit Buried House of Yabninu Tablet Archive in Latakia, Ugarit, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE) · Camunian
Val Camonica Rock Art Dos Sotto Panel 44 — Northern Annex in Lombardy, Brescia, Italy is a Bronze-Iron Age (2000-500 BCE) rock art attributed to Camunian.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Megalith
Chalcolithic (4600-4200 BCE) · Varna Culture
Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis Sector 3 — Southern Extension in Varna Oblast, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic (4600-4200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Varna Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I (Timnian to EB I) · Timnian–Ghassulian to EB I plateau pastoralists
28 Wadi al-Hasa plateau kites (4500–3000 BCE) with 15 meadow lures — Edom rim hunting province.
