UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Which Contain Earthworks or Monumental Architecture*

"The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity."

"Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on

 to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both 

irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration."

UNESCO World Heritage Site:
Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza, Mexico.
Image Courtesy of M & G Therin-Weise
and UNESCO World Heritage.

Americas

• San Agustín Archaeological Park, Colombia
• Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila, Mexico
• Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico
• El Takin, Pre-Hispanic City, Mexico
• Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán, Mexico
• Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Mexico
• Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza, Mexico
• Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan, Mexico
• Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal, Mexico
• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, United States of America
• Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point, United States of America
• Chaco Culture, United States of America
• Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana, Peru
• Río Abiseo National Park, Peru
• Sacred City of Caral-Supe, Peru

UNESCO World Heritage Site:

Complex of Koguryo Tombs, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Image Courtesy of Geoff Steven and UNESCO World Heritage.

Asia

• Complex of Koguryo Tombs, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Baekje Historic Areas, Republic of Korea
• Gyeongju Historic Areas, Republic of Korea
• Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Republic of Korea
• Site of Xanadu, China

UNESCO World Heritage Site:

Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly, Kazakhstan.

Image Courtesy of Ron Van Oers and UNESCO World Heritage.

Middle East

• Biblical Tels- Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba, Israel
• Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly, Kazakhstan
• Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük, Turkey

UNESCO World Heritage Site:

 Stone Circles of Senegambia, Gambia.

Image Courtesy of UNESCO World Heritage.

Africa

• Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur, Egypt
• Stone Circles of Senegambia, Gambia
• Tomb of Askia, Mali
• Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region, Sudan

UNESCO World Heritage Site:
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Image Courtesy of Megumi Takimoto and UNESCO World Heritage.

Europe

• Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari, Bulgaria
• Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church, Denmark
• Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina), Greece
• Hortobáy National Park-the Puszta, Hungary
• Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne, Ireland
• Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, Italy
• Schokland and Surroundings, Netherlands
• Heart of Neolithic Orkney, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Ironbridge Gorge, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

*This list is not comprehensive and does not include any tentative nominations.