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🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder

Tierradentro National Archaeological Park (Cauca – Tierradentro (eastern Cauca Andes, Paéz valley))

Regional Classic 600–900 CE (Tierradentro phase; pre-Tierradentro contexts 300 BCE–600 CE in shafts) · Tierradentro (Nasa Páez region, distinct from San Agustín, Cauca Andes)

World-unique Andean hypogea mountain cemetery: 162 known rock-cut underground chamber tombs (5–8 m deep via vertical winding stair duct, oval 12 m chambers with radial pillars, domed ceilings…

🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site

Caulonia – Achaean Harbour at Monasterace

Archaic to Hellenistic (c. 700–200 BCE) · Achaean Greek / Bruttian

Achaean colony harbour drowned at Punta Stilo – mole blocks at –1.5 m off Monasterace Marina.

🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith

Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East

Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) · Iberian Neolithic

Dolmen de Soto Trench Annex East in Andalusia, Huelva, Spain is a Middle Neolithic (3800-3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iberian Neolithic.

🇧🇴 Bolivia · Lost city

Llanos de Mojos — Casarabe Eastern Forest Island (Laguna San José)

Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate (c.500 – 1400 CE) · Casarabe culture

Casarabe eastern forest island at Laguna San José — polygonal ditch, 6 m platform and 1 km causeway under forest, 500–1400 CE.

🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city

Ptolemais of Cyrenaica (Tolmeita)

Archaic Greek to Early Islamic (7th c BCE–7th c CE; Hellenistic–Roman peak) · Greek / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine

Hellenistic Pentapolis capital with 45×38 m grid, Villa of Columns 55 m peristyle and Diocletian circuit wall.

🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid

Tepe Sialk Ziggurat South Mound Platform

Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom

Tepe Sialk Ziggurat South Mound Platform in Isfahan, Sialk, Iran is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Tombos

New Kingdom (Egyptian colonial) to Napatan/Third Intermediate (1300–750 BCE) · Egyptian colonial and indigenous Nubian (Kerma–Napatan)

Third Cataract Egyptian colonial and Nubian tumulus cemetery (1450–750 BCE), granite quarry island, pyramid chapels.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Hassuna Buried Level I Pit House 3

Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA

Hassuna Buried Level I Pit House 3 in Nineveh, Hassuna, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.

🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art

Kalbak-Tash II Yaloman North Terrace

Neolithic to Turkic Khaganate · Afanasievo, Okunev, Andronovo, Saka-Pazyryk, Turkic

North bank Yaloman terrace 1.8 km upstream of main Kalbak-Tash with elk-boat panels.

🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works

Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex

Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan

Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Meroe North Pyramid Field N12 Annex — Northern Annex

Meroitic (300 BCE-350 CE) · Meroitic

Meroe North Pyramid Field N12 Annex — Northern Annex in River Nile, Meroe, Sudan is a Meroitic (300 BCE-350 CE) pyramid attributed to Meroitic.

🇮🇳 India · Ancient city

Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South

Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) · Harappan

Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South in Haryana, Hisar, India is a Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan.

🇪🇨 Ecuador · Fortress

Rumicucho

Late Horizon Inca (c.1480–1534 CE) – Yumbo anterior occupation · Inca – Yumbo (pre-Inca)

Rumicucho (Kichwa rumi stone + cucho corner/hill) is the northernmost Inca fortress-temple of Pichincha, 13 km north of Quito at Mitad del Mundo (Equator monument zone) at 2,420 m.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Samarra Buried Abbasid Palace Dar al-Khilafa

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Samarra Buried Abbasid Palace Dar al-Khilafa in Salah ad-Din, Samarra, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇺🇸 United States · Mound

Trempealeau Mounds

Early Mississippian (Stirling antecedent) · Cahokia Mississippian with Oneota interaction

Northernmost Cahokia-affiliated platform mounds (1050–1100 CE) on Mississippi bluffs — 500-km colony.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Amyzon Temple of Artemis — Mazınkale Acropolis

Hellenistic · Carian, Chrysaoric League

450-m Mazınkale Artemis mountain sanctuary with 200+ votives and Chrysaoric League epigraphy wall, 3rd BCE.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Dolmen de Lamalou Grandmont II

Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) · Late Neolithic

Dolmen de Lamalou Grandmont II in Occitanie, Herault, France is a Late Neolithic (3500-2600 BCE) megalithic attributed to Late Neolithic.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village

El Cedral Cozumel

Late Preclassic – Postclassic (c.300 BCE–1518 CE) Cozumel Maya – Spanish contact · Maya (Coastal East Coast)

El Cedral is Cozumel island's oldest pueblo (Preclassic village Oycib) 17 km south of San Miguel, Quintana Roo, at 10 m.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Hemudu Rice Field Wooden Piles

Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic

Hemudu Rice Field Wooden Piles in Zhejiang, Yuyao, China is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Marcahuamachuco Castillo North Wall

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Marcahuamachuco Castillo North Wall in La Libertad, Marcahuamachuco, Peru is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith

Ockelbo Runestone — Gästrikland

Viking Age (Late, Christian, c.1050–1080 CE) · Swedish Viking (Christian transition, Gästrikland)

The Ockelbo runestone (Gs 19, c.1050–1080 CE, Late Viking Age) was a 2.2-m sandstone memorial at Ockelbo Church in Gästrikland, famed for intertwined Urnes-style beasts and a rider-and-cross motif,…

🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph

Salar de Huasco West Bajada Geoglyphs (Western Alluvial Bajada)

Late Archaic to Formative (1100 BCE–650 CE) · Tarapacá caravan / Alto Ramírez

Western bajada geoglyphs 1.7 km west of Salar de Huasco on gently sloping (2.5°) fossil alluvial fan with dark-auburn varnished ignimbrite pavement.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Afis Buried Iron Age House B