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🇬🇷 Greece · Tumulus
Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) · Mycenaean
Dimini Mycenaean Tholos North Dromos — Eastern Outlier in Thessaly, Volos, Greece is a Late Bronze Age (1600-1100 BCE) tumulus attributed to Mycenaean.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (270 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman / Roman military Fayum
Lake Moeris west cohort fort Dionysias 1–2 m buried at Qasr Qarun — castellum 80×60 m with towers and canal quay 60 m at –2 m.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Herodian to Byzantine (22 BCE – 640 CE) · Herodian Jewish-Roman and Roman Imperial
Herodian-Hadrianic 10-km dune arcade twin aqueducts feeding Sebastos harbour 7 km.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith
Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) · Irish Neolithic
Loughcrew Cairn L West Chamber — Eastern Outlier in County Meath, Ireland is a Middle Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Neolithic.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian (Ashurnasirpal II) · Assyrian Imperial (Kalhu capital phase)
Kalhu's Tigris diversion rubble dam 40-m with 27-km Patti-hegalli canal 883 BCE.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes
Shengavit Settlement Quarter South Trench — Eastern Outlier in Yerevan, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kura-Araxes.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Orcadian Neolithic.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate (Cabuza-Maytas-Chiribaya / Arica) · Arica cultural complex
Hill figures and extensive pre-Hispanic village on Cerro Sombrero (Hat Hill) in mid-Azapa Valley, 12 km inland from Arica.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) · Temple Period
Ggantija North Temple Forecourt — Southern Extension in Malta, Gozo, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-3200 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Great Zimbabwe Hill Complex West Enclosure Wall in Masvingo, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Gunongan Historical Park (Jawi: ڬونوڠن) is located in the Aceh Province of Sumatra, Indonesia.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Harappa Mound F Granary Annex — Northern Annex in Punjab, Sahiwal, Pakistan is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Jemdet Nasr Buried Painted Pottery Kiln 4 in Wasit, Jemdet Nasr, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Late c.3000 BCE → Yayoi Early–Middle 500 BCE–100 CE → Edo overburden · Jomon → Yayoi (Tokyo Hongō branch)
Tokyo's Yayoi name-bearer extended — Yayoi 2-chome Oishi precinct on Hongō (1884 Yagi, Yayoi type).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Persepolis Buried Treasury Archive Room East in Fars, Persepolis, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Burial field
Vendel Period → Viking Age 550–1100 (Iron Age boat burial) · Vendel Period Svear → Viking Swedish (Fyris royal corridor)
Valsgärde (Vallsgärde) — boat-grave cemetery (Vendal Period 6th c → Viking Age 11th c, 15 boat graves + 80+ graves) on Fyris River hill 3 km north Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala RAÄ 209. Excavated 1928– G.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
El Tajin Pyramid of Niches Upper Tier in Veracruz, El Tajín, Mexico is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) · Temple Period
Hagar Qim Terrace Wall South — Southern Extension in Malta, Qrendi, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇲🇹 Malta · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) · Temple Period
Hagar Qim Terrace Wall South — Western Terrace in Malta, Qrendi, Malta is a Late Neolithic (3600-3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Temple Period.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Jebel Aruda Buried Uruk Enclave House C in Raqqa, Jebel Aruda, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Neopalatial (1700-1450 BCE) · Minoan
Knossos Caravanserai South Annex — Southern Extension in Crete, Heraklion, Greece is a Neopalatial (1700-1450 BCE) ancient city attributed to Minoan.
🇬🇾 Guyana · Hypothetical site
Holocene sandstone tepui weathering geology + colonial cartographic error, no cultural horizon Holocene geology onto Phantom City projection · Natural Kanuku sandstone fins and taponi iron-crust misread as coursed Manoa wall (no culture)
El Dorado Kanuku ridge phantom — jointed sandstone 2 km 'walls' on Kanuku south inselberg, Tepui weathering misread as Manoa citadel terrace.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Saite to Byzantine (664 BCE – 640 CE) · Saite / Persian / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Open sea roadstead of Pelusium – rubble breakwater and anchor field 2–4 m off east beach.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Tiryns Cyclopean Gallery North in Peloponnese, Tiryns, Greece is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.