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Giza Pyramid Complex

The Giza Pyramid Complex is a monumental archaeological site in Egypt containing three primary pyramids built during the...

Egyptian Monument Funerary Old Kingdom

9.7 Brilliant

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Gobekli Tepe

Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site in southeastern Turkey representing a significant Neolithic discovery. Constructe...

Turkey Ritual Neolithic Pre Pottery

9.4 Excellent

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Lascaux Cave

The Lascaux Cave is an archaeological site located in southwestern France. It contains remarkably preserved Paleolithic...

France Paleolithic Paintings Cave Art

9.3 Excellent

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Karnak

Karnak stands as a monumental Egyptian temple complex near Luxor. Constructed over two millennia starting in the New Kin...

Monumental Egyptian Temple Luxor

9.2 Excellent

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is a Chilean island renowned for its monumental Moai statues. These large stone figures, car...

Medieval Polynesian Chile Monolithic

9.2 Excellent

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Mogao Caves

The Mogao Caves represent a significant archaeological site in northwestern China. Constructed between the 4th and 14th...

China Buddhist Silk Road Cave Art

9.1 Excellent

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Forum of Rome

The Forum of Rome was the central public space of ancient Rome. This expansive area hosted significant civic life for ov...

Italy Urban Ancient Roman

9.1 Excellent

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Ephesus

Ephesus is an exceptionally significant archaeological site located on Turkey’s coastal west. It flourished as a major G...

Classical Turkey Coastal Urban

9.0 Excellent

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Herculaneum

Herculaneum is an exceptionally well-preserved Roman town located near modern Naples, Italy. The site offers a unique wi...

Italy Urban Volcanic Roman

9.0 Excellent

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Sigiriya

Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress located in Sri Lanka. Constructed during the 5th century by King Kashyapa, it showc...

5TH Century Sri Lanka Frescoes Sinhala

9.0 Excellent

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Epidaurus

Epidaurus is an ancient Greek sanctuary and archaeological site located in Greece. It was renowned as a major healing ce...

Classical Greek Healing Greece

9.0 Excellent

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Agrigento (Valley of the Temples)

Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples preserves remarkably well-preserved remains of Akragas, a significant Greek city estab...

Greek Temples Sicily Doric

9.0 Excellent

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Lalibela

Lalibela is a remarkable archaeological site in northern Ethiopia featuring eleven medieval rock-hewn churches carved di...

Medieval Christian Ethiopia Churches

8.9 Great

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Hampi

Ruined capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in Karnataka, India, flourishing from 1336 CE until sacked in 1565, renowned f...

India Medieval Hindu Karnataka

8.8 Great

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Mesa Verde

Ancestral Puebloan site in Colorado, USA, built between the 7th and 13th centuries CE and best known for its Cliff Palac...

USA Colorado 13TH Century Cliff Dwellings

8.8 Great

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Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo in England is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating to the 6th and 7th centuries, famous for its A...

England Anglo Saxon 7TH Century Ship Burial

8.8 Great

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Akrotiri

Akrotiri is a highly preserved Bronze Age Minoan settlement located on the Greek island of Santorini, buried by a catast...

Volcanic Greece Bronze Age Santorini

8.8 Great

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Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana)

Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, is a vast Roman archaeological complex built by Emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd centu...

Italy Roman Imperial 2ND Century

8.8 Great

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Byblos

Byblos on the Lebanese coast is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, a major Phoenician port wh...

Coastal Trading Bronze Age Lebanon

7.5 Good

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Quirigua

Maya site in Guatemala famed for its exceptionally tall stone stelae carved in the 8th century CE, including Stela E, th...

Classic Maya Guatemala Stelae

7.3 Good