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1200 BCE – 500 CE

Landmarks of antiquity

343 landmarks whose span overlaps this band, grouped by region and listed in order.

Europe · 67

Nineveh 6000 BCE – 612 BCE Carnac Stones 3300 BCE – still standing Akrotiri 3000 BCE – still standing Aurora Borealis 3000 BCE – still standing Białowieża Forest 3000 BCE – still standing Cappadocia Fairy Chimneys 3000 BCE – still standing Caucasus Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Cliffs of Moher 3000 BCE – still standing Curonian Spit 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta 3000 BCE – still standing Delos 3000 BCE – 69 BCE Dolomites 3000 BCE – still standing Geysir Geothermal Area 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway 3000 BCE – still standing Göbekli Tepe 3000 BCE – still standing Lapland Wilderness 3000 BCE – still standing Lofoten Islands 3000 BCE – still standing Matterhorn 3000 BCE – still standing Meteora 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Ararat 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Etna 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Olympus 3000 BCE – still standing Newgrange 3000 BCE – still standing Norwegian Fjords 3000 BCE – still standing Ordesa y Monte Perdido 3000 BCE – still standing Pamukkale 3000 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes 3000 BCE – still standing Postojna Cave 3000 BCE – still standing Santorini Caldera 3000 BCE – still standing Scottish Highlands 3000 BCE – still standing Stonehenge 3000 BCE – still standing Tabernas Desert 3000 BCE – still standing Troy 3000 BCE – still standing Vatnajökull Glacier 3000 BCE – still standing Verdon Gorge 3000 BCE – still standing Wadden Sea 3000 BCE – still standing Knossos 2000 BCE – still standing Hattusa 1600 BCE – still standing Mycenae 1600 BCE – still standing Cádiz 1100 BCE – still standing Ephesus 1000 BCE – still standing Carthage 814 BCE – still standing Butrint 800 BCE – 1800 CE Delphi 800 BCE – still standing Derinkuyu Underground City 800 BCE – 1923 CE Olympia 776 BCE – 393 CE Biskupin 750 BCE – 400 BCE Epidaurus 600 BCE – still standing Herculaneum 600 BCE – 79 CE Marseille 600 BCE – still standing Pompeii 600 BCE – still standing Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BCE – 262 CE Roman Forum 500 BCE – 608 CE Parthenon 447 BCE – still standing Statue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BCE – 426 CE Ostia Antica 400 BCE – 500 CE Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 350 BCE – 1404 CE Antioch 300 BCE – 1268 CE Pergamon 300 BCE – 200 CE Colossus of Rhodes 282 BCE – 226 BCE Mérida (Augusta Emerita) 25 BCE – still standing Colosseum 80 CE – still standing Timgad 100 CE – 700 CE Hadrian's Wall 122 CE – still standing Pantheon 125 CE – still standing Gamla Uppsala 300 CE – 1100 CE Constantinople 330 CE – still standing

Middle East · 52

Jericho (Tell es-Sultan) 9000 BCE – still standing Abydos 5000 BCE – 30 BCE Ur 3800 BCE – still standing Al Wahbah Crater 3000 BCE – still standing Asir Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Badab-e Surt 3000 BCE – still standing Bayuda Desert 3000 BCE – still standing Bozzhira Valley 3000 BCE – still standing Byblos 3000 BCE – 300 BCE Danakil Depression 3000 BCE – still standing Dasht-e Lut 3000 BCE – still standing Dead Sea 3000 BCE – still standing Edge of the World (Jebel Fihrayn) 3000 BCE – still standing Jebel Shams 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Damavand 3000 BCE – still standing Musandam Peninsula 3000 BCE – still standing Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) 3000 BCE – still standing Socotra Island 3000 BCE – still standing Wadi Hadramaut 3000 BCE – still standing Wadi Rum 3000 BCE – still standing Wadi Shab 3000 BCE – still standing Wahiba Sands 3000 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Giza 2560 BCE – still standing Great Sphinx of Giza 2500 BCE – still standing Merv 2500 BCE – 1221 CE Babylon 2300 BCE – 275 BCE Ziggurat of Ur 2100 BCE – 500 BCE Baalbek 2000 BCE – still standing Temple of Karnak 2000 BCE – still standing Valley of the Kings 1539 BCE – still standing Mount Nebo 1400 BCE – still standing Temple of Luxor 1400 BCE – still standing Abu Simbel 1264 BCE – still standing Temple of Solomon 957 BCE – 586 BCE Meroe 750 BCE – still standing Adulis 600 BCE – 700 CE Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BCE – 320 BCE Pasargadae 546 BCE – 330 BCE Persepolis 515 BCE – still standing Aden 500 BCE – still standing Axum 400 BCE – still standing Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion 400 BCE – still standing Alexandria 331 BCE – still standing Petra 300 BCE – still standing Lighthouse of Alexandria 280 BCE – 1323 CE Jerash 200 BCE – 749 CE Palmyra 200 BCE – still standing Hegra (Mada'in Salih) 100 BCE – 106 CE Western Wall 19 BCE – still standing Church of the Nativity 326 CE – still standing Church of the Holy Sepulchre 335 CE – still standing Yazd Atash Behram 470 CE – still standing

South Asia · 22

K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Everest 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Kailash 3000 BCE – still standing Sundarbans 3000 BCE – still standing Thar Desert 3000 BCE – still standing Western Ghats 3000 BCE – still standing Mohenjo-daro 2500 BCE – still standing Taxila 600 BCE – 500 CE Lumbini 563 BCE – still standing Bodh Gaya (Mahabodhi Temple) 528 BCE – still standing Sarnath 528 BCE – still standing Anuradhapura 500 BCE – 1017 CE Ai-Khanoum 300 BCE – 145 BCE Sanchi Stupa 300 BCE – still standing Sanchi Stupas 300 BCE – 1200 CE Somnath Temple 300 BCE – still standing Ajanta Caves 200 BCE – still standing Temple of the Tooth 300 CE – still standing Tirumala Venkateswara Temple 300 CE – still standing Pashupatinath Temple 400 CE – still standing Sigiriya 477 CE – still standing Kashi Vishwanath Temple 490 CE – still standing

East Asia · 30

Chocolate Hills 3000 BCE – still standing Gobi Desert 3000 BCE – still standing Guilin Karst Landscape 3000 BCE – still standing Ha Long Bay 3000 BCE – still standing Huangshan (Yellow Mountains) 3000 BCE – still standing Inle Lake 3000 BCE – still standing Jeju Island 3000 BCE – still standing Jiuzhaigou Valley 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Baikal 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Khövsgöl 3000 BCE – still standing Lena Pillars 3000 BCE – still standing Mekong Delta 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Fuji 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Kinabalu 3000 BCE – still standing Phang Nga Bay 3000 BCE – still standing Puerto Princesa Underground River 3000 BCE – still standing Taman Negara 3000 BCE – still standing Yakushima 3000 BCE – still standing Zhangjiajie Pillars 3000 BCE – still standing Great Wall of China 700 BCE – still standing Temple of Confucius, Qufu 478 BCE – still standing Yoshinogari 400 BCE – 300 CE Terracotta Army 210 BCE – still standing Guangzhou 200 BCE – still standing Gyeongju Historic Areas 57 BCE – 935 CE Ise Grand Shrine 4 BCE – still standing White Horse Temple 68 CE – still standing Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary 400 CE – 1400 CE Longmen Grottoes 493 CE – still standing Shaolin Temple 495 CE – still standing

Africa · 39

Atlas Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Bandiagara Escarpment 3000 BCE – still standing Bazaruto Archipelago 3000 BCE – still standing Blyde River Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Congo Rainforest 3000 BCE – still standing Drakensberg Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Ennedi Plateau 3000 BCE – still standing Fish River Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Jebel Marra 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Chad 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Malawi 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Nakuru 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Retba (Lac Rose) 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Kenya 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Kilimanjaro 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Nimba 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Teide 3000 BCE – still standing Ngorongoro Crater 3000 BCE – still standing Niger Inner Delta 3000 BCE – still standing Okavango Delta 3000 BCE – still standing Rwenzori Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Sahara Desert 3000 BCE – still standing Serengeti National Park 3000 BCE – still standing Skeleton Coast 3000 BCE – still standing Sossusvlei 3000 BCE – still standing Sudd Wetlands 3000 BCE – still standing Table Mountain 3000 BCE – still standing Taï National Park 3000 BCE – still standing Tibesti Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Tsingy de Bemaraha 3000 BCE – still standing Victoria Falls 3000 BCE – still standing Virunga Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Wli Waterfalls 3000 BCE – still standing Thimlich Ohinga 1400 BCE – 1900 CE Leptis Magna 1000 BCE – still standing Volubilis 300 BCE – 1200 CE Djenné-Djenno 250 BCE – 1400 CE Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove 200 BCE – still standing Ile-Ife 500 CE – still standing

Americas · 83

Ischigualasto (Valley of the Moon) 9000 BCE – still standing Quebrada de Humahuaca 9000 BCE – still standing Cueva de las Manos 7300 BCE – still standing Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3700 BCE – 1850 CE Aconcagua 3000 BCE – still standing Amazon Rainforest 3000 BCE – still standing Angel Falls 3000 BCE – still standing Antelope Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Arenal Volcano 3000 BCE – still standing Atacama Desert 3000 BCE – still standing Badlands 3000 BCE – still standing Bay of Fundy 3000 BCE – still standing Bora Bora 3000 BCE – still standing Bryce Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Canadian Rockies 3000 BCE – still standing Carlsbad Caverns 3000 BCE – still standing Cenotes of Yucatán 3000 BCE – still standing Colca Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Copper Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Crater Lake 3000 BCE – still standing Denali 3000 BCE – still standing Everglades 3000 BCE – still standing Fernando de Noronha 3000 BCE – still standing Galápagos Islands 3000 BCE – still standing Giant Sequoia Groves 3000 BCE – still standing Grand Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Great Blue Hole 3000 BCE – still standing Greenland Ice Sheet 3000 BCE – still standing Guanabara Bay 3000 BCE – still standing Hawaii Volcanoes 3000 BCE – still standing Iguazu Falls 3000 BCE – still standing Ilulissat Icefjord 3000 BCE – still standing Laguna Colorada 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Titicaca 3000 BCE – still standing Lençóis Maranhenses 3000 BCE – still standing Mammoth Cave 3000 BCE – still standing Monument Valley 3000 BCE – still standing Na Pali Coast 3000 BCE – still standing Nahanni National Park 3000 BCE – still standing Niagara Falls 3000 BCE – still standing Pantanal 3000 BCE – still standing Perito Moreno Glacier 3000 BCE – still standing Salar de Uyuni 3000 BCE – still standing Sugarloaf Mountain 3000 BCE – still standing Tepui Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing The Pitons 3000 BCE – still standing Tierra del Fuego 3000 BCE – still standing To Sua Ocean Trench 3000 BCE – still standing Torres del Paine 3000 BCE – still standing Valdés Peninsula 3000 BCE – still standing Yellowstone 3000 BCE – still standing Yosemite Valley 3000 BCE – still standing Zion Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Isla del Sol 2000 BCE – still standing Poverty Point 1700 BCE – 1100 BCE Ha'amonga 'a Maui 1200 BCE – still standing Pulemelei Mound 1100 BCE – still standing Chavín de Huántar 900 BCE – 200 BCE Mulifanua Lapita Site 800 BCE – 700 BCE Tak’alik Ab’aj 800 BCE – 900 CE Calakmul 600 BCE – 900 CE Caracol 600 BCE – 900 CE El Tajín 600 BCE – 1230 CE San Agustín Archaeological Park 600 BCE – 1350 CE Tierradentro 600 BCE – 900 CE Tikal 600 BCE – still standing Crystal River Mounds 500 BCE – still standing Monte Albán 500 BCE – 750 CE Nazca Lines 500 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Cholula 300 BCE – still standing Great Serpent Mound 300 BCE – 1070 CE Copán 200 BCE – still standing Teotihuacan 200 BCE – still standing Tiwanaku 200 BCE – still standing Newark Earthworks 100 BCE – 400 CE Huaca de la Luna 100 CE – 800 CE Mitla 100 CE – still standing Huaca Pucllana 200 CE – 700 CE Pachacamac 200 CE – 1533 CE Palenque 226 CE – still standing Moʻokini Heiau 480 CE – still standing Kuelap 500 CE – 1570 CE Uxmal 500 CE – 1000 CE

Oceania · 28

Wurdi Youang 9000 BCE – still standing Kuk Early Agricultural Site 8000 BCE – still standing Budj Bim Cultural Landscape 6600 BCE – still standing Aoraki / Mount Cook 3000 BCE – still standing Blue Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Bungle Bungle Range 3000 BCE – still standing Cradle Mountain 3000 BCE – still standing Daintree Rainforest 3000 BCE – still standing Franz Josef Glacier 3000 BCE – still standing Gosses Bluff 3000 BCE – still standing Great Barrier Reef 3000 BCE – still standing Great Sea Reef of Fiji 3000 BCE – still standing Kakadu National Park 3000 BCE – still standing Karijini National Park 3000 BCE – still standing Komodo Island 3000 BCE – still standing Lord Howe Island 3000 BCE – still standing Milford Sound 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Augustus 3000 BCE – still standing Mount Bromo 3000 BCE – still standing Ningaloo Reef 3000 BCE – still standing Raja Ampat 3000 BCE – still standing Rotorua Geothermal Area 3000 BCE – still standing Shark Bay 3000 BCE – still standing Tongariro Alpine Crossing 3000 BCE – still standing Twelve Apostles 3000 BCE – still standing Uluru (Ayers Rock) 3000 BCE – still standing Waitomo Glowworm Caves 3000 BCE – still standing Teouma Lapita Cemetery 1000 BCE – 800 BCE

Elsewhere · 22

Altai Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Altyn-Emel Singing Dunes 3000 BCE – still standing Aral Sea 3000 BCE – still standing Charyn Canyon 3000 BCE – still standing Kamchatka Peninsula 3000 BCE – still standing Kolsai Lakes 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Elton 3000 BCE – still standing Lake Issyk-Kul 3000 BCE – still standing Maldives Atolls 3000 BCE – still standing Pamir Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Scoresby Sound 3000 BCE – still standing Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain 3000 BCE – still standing Svalbard 3000 BCE – still standing Ural Mountains 3000 BCE – still standing Valley of Geysers 3000 BCE – still standing Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand) 500 BCE – 1220 CE Bukhara 500 BCE – still standing Samarkand 300 BCE – still standing Dunhuang 200 BCE – still standing Jiaohe Ruins 200 BCE – 1400 CE Kashgar 200 BCE – still standing Mogao Caves 366 CE – still standing