Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Chronology of the oldest sites, ruins, structures in the world (to be continued)

Here's a list I made myself, unable as I was to find one on the web.

Feel free to leave your comments and/or to point out any errors, any omissions I have made.

There's a whole bunch of sites I haven't had time yet to file in this grid...will do asap.


Vredefort Dome 120 km SW of Johannesburg 2,021,000 BC astrobleme
Chichibu Tokyo, Japan 500,000 BC Ten post holes
Terra Amata Nice, France 400,000 BC Human habitation
Brewarrina New South Wales, Australia 38,000 BC Fish traps
Yonaguni Ryukyu, Japan 10,000 BC Pyramidal structure
Damascus Syria 10,000 BC Oldest city
Djade al-Mughara Aleppo, Syria 9,000 BC Wall painting
Byblos Lebanon 7,000 BC Oldest city
Mesolithic house Isle of Man 7,000 BC Hunter-gatherer's house
Jericho West Bank 6,800 BC Fortifications
Cairn de Barnenez Plouezoch, France 4,850 BC Cairn
Ggantija Gozo, Malta 3,600 BC South temple
Céide Fields Co. Mayo, Ireland 3,500 BC Oldest field system
Carrowkeel Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo, Ireland 3,400 BC Cemetery
Hal Saflieni Hal Saflieni, Malta 3,300 BC Hypogeum
Dowth / Knowth / Newgrange Bru Na Boinne, Ireland 3,100 – 3,000 BC Passage tomb
Stonehenge Amesbury, England 3,100 – 3,000 BC Circular stone enclosure
Kheops Kheops, Egypt 2,650 BC Pyramid
Djéser Saqqarah, Egypt 2,600 BC Mortuary complex

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