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🇹🇭 Thailand · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Wat Phra Si Sanphet Chedi East Ayutthaya in Ayutthaya, Thailand is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Pre-Aksumite Ethio-Sabaean (D'MT) Early South Arabian to Aksumite (800 BCE–500 CE) · Ethio-Sabaean (D'MT; South Arabian migrants + Tigrayan)
Africa's oldest standing building – 14 m high 700 BCE Sabaean Almaqah temple intact with dry-jointed ashlar sandstone.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Çatalhöyük South Area Terrace House 89 in Konya, Çatalhöyük South, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Middle Bronze Age · Pennine Bronze Age (Stanwick-related)
Upland blanket-peat trackway (295 m asl, 54°48′36″N 02°26′24″W 54.81,-2.44 Alston Moor) on Cross Fell mire, North Pennines 890 m dome, rare high Pennine example at 295 m (not wetland fen but…
🇧🇸 Bahamas · Lost civilisation
Pleistocene beachrock geology misread as Bronze Age Atlantic lost continent pseudo-culture pseudo-projected Late Bronze hypothetical equivalence at 25.75N -79.26W · Natural beachrock Pleistocene tabular joints (2500 BCE intertidal) + Plato literary city projection (modern fringe)
Atlantis Bimini Road second terrace beachrock myth — 550 m natural beachrock joints 2500 BCE claimed as Atlantis harbour wall tier with Azores block.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Early Neolithic (4000-3000 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cluster K — Southern Extension in County Sligo, Ireland is a Early Neolithic (4000-3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Comalcalco Brick Pyramid Temple III North in Tabasco, Comalcalco, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age transition (1800–300 BCE) Pre-Ghana · Soninke ancestors / Tichitt Culture (agropastoralists)
250 km cuesta with 200+ Neolithic villages (1800 BCE) and earliest domesticated pearl millet 1900 BCE – West Africa's first sedentism.
🇬🇷 Greece · Tumulus
Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) · Mycenaean
Dimini Mycenaean Tholos North Dromos — Southern Extension in Thessaly, Volos, Greece is a Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) tumulus attributed to Mycenaean.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Temple complex
Vendel Period → Early Viking Age 500–1100 (Swedish pre-Christian) · Vendel Period Svear (Yngling dynasty) — Swedish pagan royal
Gamla Uppsala — Vendel Period royal cult centre (c.500–800 CE pagan temple and 6th c King's Mounds Kungshögarna: three 45–60 m diameter burial mounds 9–11 m high, Thing Mound flat-top) on Uppsala…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Medieval (1100-1500 CE) · Zimbabwe Culture
Great Zimbabwe Hill Complex Terrace Annex South — Eastern Outlier in Masvingo, Zimbabwe is a Medieval (1100-1500 CE) ancient city attributed to Zimbabwe Culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Hattusa Great Temple Storage Magazine 12 in Çorum, Boğazköy, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇫🇷 France · Rock-cut
Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier in Provence, Vaucluse, France is a Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Chalcolithic.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) · Igbo-Ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex — Northern Annex in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Igbo-Ukwu.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
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.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Koh Ker Pyramid Prang East Stair in Preah Vihear, Koh Ker, Cambodia is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Liangzhu Mojiaoshan Platform West Slope in Zhejiang, Liangzhu, China is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Byzantine (Justinianic) · Byzantine Palestina Prima
Byzantine 6.5-ha reservoir (c.530 CE) on Nahal Taninim — Caesarea hinterland water buffer.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Medinet Habu Mortuary Temple Pylon II in Luxor, Medinet Habu, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh Culture
Mehrgarh Period I Courtyard Complex North in Balochistan, Kachi, Pakistan is a Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mehrgarh Culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Phantom island
Cartographic 1524–1640 (Verrazano Allefonsce era) · Franco-Portuguese cartography + Abenaki Penobscot real village kernel
Penobscot's silver city on 1540 maps – Allefonsce's report became New England Atlantis for 100 years.
🇮🇹 Italy · Megalith
Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) · Nuragic Culture
Nuraghe Losa Annex Courtyard East — Northern Annex in Sardinia, Oristano, Italy is a Bronze Age (1800-800 BCE) megalithic attributed to Nuragic Culture.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Pala Period (730–1161 CE) · Pala Mahayana/Vajrayana (Magadha)
First Pala mahavihara (730–1200 CE)—180×150 m hillock quadrangle, model for Samye (Tibet).