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🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site

Patrai — Achilleion Cape Anchorage off Taman

Archaic to Late Antiquity (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan

Western Achilles-shrine anchorage of Patrai — jetty and votive platform at 5–8 m off Achilleion Cape.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village

Höyücek Höyük

Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic · Burdur-Antalya (Hacilar-associated)

Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic lakeside shrine-village (c.6500–5500 BCE) in Burdur Lake District, famous for 'Martyrium' burnt shrine phase with mother-goddess and leopard reliefs, and hoard of…

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph

Jibal al-Khashabiya Desert Kites & Shrine Complex (SE Jordan Desert)

PPNB to Late Neolithic (Ghassanian) · Southeastern Badia foragers

Eight kites with engraved kite petroglyph pillar and twin shrines on chert pavement southeast of Amman.