Built in the 3rd Millennium BC
WHS whose OUV derives entirely or significantly from 3rd millennium BC constructions. Where construction straddles the centuries the date of conception/commencement is used i.e which millennium does the site really "belong" to in spirit.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Aasivissuit - Nipisat | from 2150 BC to present day | |
Al Ain | "The Cultural Sites of Al Ain trace the evolution of society in that part of the world from mobile hunter-gatherer groups of the Neolithic period (6th millennium to 4th millennium BC in Al Ain) with remains discovered alongside the eastern ridge of Jebel Hafit, to small- scale farming communities (3rd millennium BC Bronze Age communities)" | |
Antequera Dolmens Site | The oldest two dolmens (Menga and Viera) date from the 3rd millennium BCE. | |
Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn | ||
Byblos | Beginnings of the Phoenician civilization - "During the 3rd millennium BC, the first signs of a town can be observed, with the remains of well-built houses of uniform size. This was the period when the Phoenician civilization began to develop." (AB ev) | |
Caral-Supe | Radiocarbon analysis carried out ... at the Caral site confirms that the development of the site can be located in time between the years 3000 to 1800 B.C. (AB ev) | |
Dilmun Burial Mounds | Built between 2050 and 1750 BCE | |
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum | ||
Megalithic Temples of Malta | ||
Moenjodaro | Built around 2600 BC and abandoned around 1800 | |
Neolithic Orkney | ||
Pyramids (Memphis) | Great Pyramids of Giza: ca. 2560 BC (wiki); the Sphinx is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558-2532 BC) (wiki) | |
Sarazm | ||
Stonehenge | ||
Uluru | beginning of the Anangu culture |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Built in the 3rd Millennium BC?
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- Not be "self evident"
- Link at least 3 different sites
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- Add some knowledge or insight (whether significant or trivial!) about WHS for the users of this site
- Be explained, with reference to a source