🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill
Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) · Seleucid Hellenistic
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid Hellenistic.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Ulippira (Henchir el-Biar)
Roman (1st–5th c CE) · Roman
Olive press village with Roman counterweights and vats still visible among olive groves, typical of High Tell oleoculture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Zacuala Palace — Teotihuacan
Classic (300–600 CE) · Teotihuacan
Zacuala Palace — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (300–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Priestly palace south-west of Moon Pyramid with colonnaded patios and murals.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Djenné-Djeno (Mopti Region)
Djenné-Djeno culture · Djenné-Djeno (Niger Inland Delta)
Djenné-Djeno in Mopti Region, Mali is a Djenné-Djeno culture ancient city attributed to Djenné-Djeno (Niger Inland Delta) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 116).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Quiriguá
Late Classic Maya · Maya (K'ak' Tiliw satellite of Copán)
Quiriguá in Izabal, Guatemala is a Late Classic Maya ancient city attributed to Maya (K'ak' Tiliw satellite of Copán) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 149).
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Gede Primary Outer Wall — South Enclosure
Swahili (12th–17th c) · Swahili
Gede Primary Outer Wall — South Enclosure in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (12th–17th c) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Outer walled town extension 2 ha south of Gede main mosque with tombs.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu
Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) · Purépecha
Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha. Mesa-top fortified city Malpaís of Zacapu with 20 pyramids on lava badlands.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Labná Archaeological Zone
Maya Late Classic 700–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)
Labná Arch 3 m, 67-room Palace, Puuc 800–1000 CE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Q'umarkaj
Classic · Maya/Andean
Q'umarkaj — K'iche' capital with Temple of Tohil.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 560
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 560 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 67
Chimu (900-1470 CE) · Chimu
Chan Chan Citadel Uhle Sector 67 in La Libertad, Peru is a Chimu (900-1470 CE) ancient-city.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Daura Emirate – Hausa Foundation City
Hausa foundation (9th c CE – 1805 Fulani conquest; Bayajidda c. 900 CE) · Hausa (Bayajidda legend; Daurama matriarchal tradition)
Holiest Hausa city where Bayajidda legend says Daurama queen's serpent Sarki in Kusugu well was slain c. 900 CE founding Hausa Bakwai; 14th c mud walls 6.5 km with palace of Emir a...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
El Kab (Elythias) – Walled Town & Tombs
Predynastic to Ptolemaic (c. 3500 BCE – 30 BCE; peak 1550–1070 BCE) · Egyptian (Naqada – New Kingdom – Late)
Twin to Hierakonpolis, El Kab's double walls 12 m high enclose predynastic to New Kingdom town with rock tombs narrating Hyksos expulsion (Ahmose son of Ibana biography). Temple of...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
El Rey archaeological site
El Rey is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Mayan culture, located in the southeast of Mexico, in the tourist resort of Cancun, in the state of Quintana Roo.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Cajamarquilla
The Cajamarquilla archaeological site is located 25 km inland from the coastal city of Lima, Peru; in the Jicamarca Valley, 6 km north of the Rímac River.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Gran Saposoa
Gran Saposoa is the name given to a series of ruins in the Andean cloud forests of the Amazonas region of Peru by American explorer Gene Savoy.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Gaya, India
Gaya (IAST: Gayā) is a city, municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Gaya district and Magadh division of the Indian state of Bihar.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Cerro Pátapo ruins
The Cerro Pátapo ruins or Northern Wari ruins are the remains of a pre-Columbian city near the site of present-day Chiclayo, Peru.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ahichchhatra
Ahichchhatra or Ahikhet (Sanskrit: अहिच्छत्र, IAST: Ahicchatra) or Ahikshetra (Sanskrit: अहिक्षेत्र, IAST: Ahikṣetra), near the modern Ramnagar village in Aonla tehsil, Bareilly district in Uttar…
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Augusta Bagiennorum
Augusta Bagiennorum was the chief town of the Ligurian tribe of the Bagienni. It was located in what is now the commune of Bene Vagienna, in the province of Cuneo (northern Italy), on the upper…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Arzashkun
Iron Age Urartian (880–780 BCE) · Urartian Early Kingdom
Iron Age Urartian (880–780 BCE) ancient-city of Urartian Early Kingdom in Muș Province, Malazgirt (c.880 BCE).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hemamieh
Hemamieh (El-Hammamiya) is a village located in the Sohag Governorate in Middle Egypt on the east bank of the Nile.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Koumbi Saleh Market Enclosure East Wall Annex — Southern Extension
Medieval (800-1200 CE) · Ghana Empire
Koumbi Saleh Market Enclosure East Wall Annex — Southern Extension in Hodh Ech Chargui, Nema, Mauritania is a Medieval (800-1200 CE) ancient city attributed to Ghana Empire.