🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Choquequirao
Inca Imperial 1450–1530 Neo-Inca to 1572 · Inca (Pachacuti? Topa Yupanqui)
Inca cloud-city with white stone llamas paving terraces above Apurimac canyon.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Earthwork
Earthworks of Lake
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Earthworks of Lake in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hillfort
Roxby Dale Hill Fort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Roxby Dale Hill Fort in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Temple of Abad Howe
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Temple of Abad Howe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Geoglyph
Roxby Geoglyph
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Roxby Geoglyph in Sicily, Italy is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Stone Vale Geoglyph
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Stone Vale Geoglyph in Piauí, Brazil is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Hillfort Spring Shahr Mine
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Hillfort Spring Shahr Mine in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) quarry attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock-cut
Avenue-Tel Kistvaen Rock-Cut Complex
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Avenue-Tel Kistvaen Rock-Cut Complex in Petén, Guatemala is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Colossus of Rhodes site
Hellenistic 292–280 BCE; destroyed 226 BCE · Greek Rhodian (Hellenistic)
33-m bronze sun-god toppled by earthquake 54 years after raising.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tumulus
Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Kistvaen Heacham Burial Mound in Ancash, Peru is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) tumulus attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art
Rock Art of Bryn Thornby
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Rock Art of Bryn Thornby in Andalusia, Spain is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Hăbășești Cucuteni Settlement
Chalcolithic Cucuteni A (c.4500–4000 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia (Cucuteni A)
Type site for Cucuteni A excavated by Vl. Dumitrescu 1937–38, a 2 ha fortified village on a promontory with ditch and palisade enclosing ca.30–40 burned houses.
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Kimberley Gwion Gwion Rock Art
Late Pleistocene to Holocene (c.12,000–4000 BCE Gwion phase) · Aboriginal Australian (Kimberley)
Kimberley Gwion (Bradshaw) – elegant, tasselled dancing figures with elaborate headdresses and dillybag (c.12,000–4,000 BCE), 2,800+ sites on Kimberley Plateau.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Tell
Tell Combe Ness Spur
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Tell Combe Ness Spur in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Roman culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
El Ingenio Petroglyphs
Paracas to Early Nazca ~800 BCE–400 CE · Paracas–Nazca
Nazca-basin boulder petroglyphs bridging Paracas trophy-head art to Nazca geoglyphs.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Isaiia Precucuteni–Cucuteni Settlement
Precucuteni III – Cucuteni A (c.4800–4300 BCE) · Precucuteni–Cucuteni
Key transition tell at Isaiia–Balta Popii on a low terrace of the Jijia, with 6 m Precucuteni III → Cucuteni A sequence excavated by N. Ursulescu since 1996.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
East Kennet Long Barrow
Early Neolithic · Cotswold-Severn
Unexcavated long barrow southeast of Silbury Hill, 100 m longest in Avebury group, landmark within WHS.
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Wadi Shab Aflaj System
Iron Age to Islamic ~500 BCE–1000 CE · Omani (Sassanian overlay)
Emerald-pool wadi terraces fed by swim-through aflaj tunnels on Oman Gulf coast.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Xlapak
Maya Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE · Maya (Puuc Chenes)
Puuc mosaic palace with stacked Chaac masks, 600–900 CE.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Hillfort
Motronyn Hillfort
Scythian (7th–4th century BCE, peak 500 BCE) · Scythian Forest-Steppe
Massive Scythian hillfort (205 ha) deep in Kholodnyi Yar oak forest near Chyhyryn, with massive earthen ramparts 8 m high enclosing sacred settlement and cemetery. Excavated by M.
🇩🇰 Denmark · Hillfort
Nonnebakken Viking Ringfort (Odense)
Viking Age (c.980 CE) · Danish Viking Age
Viking ringfort beneath Odense's former castle at Nonnebakken (Nuns' Hill), 120 m diameter with 13 m wide turf rampart, discovered by C14 and magnetometry under Odinstårnet lot.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Sajama Lines
Formative to Imperial, 900 BCE–1500 CE active; origins possibly 1500 BCE · Aymara and pre-Aymara Andean; later Tiwanaku-Inca incorporation
Largest line network on Earth - 16,000 km of sacred Aymara pilgrimage lines.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Dilwara Temples Mount Abu
Chaulukya-Solanki 11th–13th c. · Jain Śvetāmbara (Solanki)
Dilwara – five Jain Śvetāmbara marble temples on Mount Abu plateau (1031–1582): Vimal Vasahi (Adinatha, 1031 Vimal Shah, Chalukya craftsmen) with lotus ceiling pendent dome carved as concentric lace;…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Hillfort
Grogarnsberget Hillfort
Iron Age (400 BCE–500 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age
Massive coastal hillfort on Grogarnsberget limestone plateau (65 m) above Katthammarsvik, with 1200 m stone wall 4 m high enclosing 45 ha, double walls at north.