swap_horiz Aquincum Alternatives

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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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Palmyra

Palmyra is an archaeological site located in Syria, once a vital desert caravan city. Flourishing under Roman influence...

Desert Caravan Roman Syria

8.8 Great

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Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana)

Hadrian’s Villa, located near Rome in Tivoli, Italy, represents the sprawling residence and retreat of Emperor Hadrian....

Italy Roman Imperial 2ND Century

8.8 Great

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Baalbek

Baalbek in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley contains some of the largest and most elaborately decorated Roman temples ever built,...

Monumental Roman Lebanon Temple

8.7 Great

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Templo Mayor

The central Aztec temple of Tenochtitlan, now beneath Mexico City, dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc; excavated fr...

Urban Sacred Mexico 15TH Century

8.7 Great

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Roman Baths of Bath

The Roman Baths of Bath in Somerset, England, are a remarkably preserved 1st-century CE bathing complex built around a n...

England Thermal Sacred Roman

8.5 Great

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Jerash

Jerash in northern Jordan is one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman provincial cities in the Near East, featuring a colon...

Urban Roman Jordan Decapolis

8.2 Great

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Catalhoyuk

Çatalhöyük in south-central Turkey is one of the world's earliest and largest Neolithic settlements, occupied from appro...

Turkey Urban Settlement Neolithic

8.2 Great

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Harappa

Major urban center of the Indus Valley Civilization in present-day Pakistan, flourishing c. 2600–1900 BCE and notable fo...

Urban Bronze Age Pakistan Indus Valley

8.2 Great

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Timgad

Roman colonial city in modern Algeria founded by Emperor Trajan in 100 CE, notable for its strict orthogonal grid plan,...

Urban North Africa Roman Algeria

8.2 Great

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Volubilis

Largest Roman archaeological site in Morocco (1st–3rd centuries CE), noted for well-preserved floor mosaics, a triumphal...

North Africa Roman Morocco 3RD Century

8.2 Great

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Cahokia Mounds

Largest known pre-Columbian city north of Mexico, near modern Collinsville, Illinois, peaking around 1100 CE and dominat...

USA Urban Pre Columbian Mound

8.0 Great

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Djemila

Roman city in northeastern Algeria (ancient Cuicul), founded in the 1st century CE, preserving temples, a theater, and a...

Urban North Africa Roman Algeria

8.0 Great

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Dougga

Best-preserved Roman town in North Africa, located in northern Tunisia, featuring a 2nd-century CE Capitol temple, a the...

Urban North Africa Tunisia 3RD Century

8.0 Great

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Vindolanda

Vindolanda is a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, internationally significant for p...

Military England Roman Frontier

7.5 Good

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Liangzhu

Late Neolithic site near Hangzhou, China (c. 3300–2300 BCE), noted for sophisticated jade bi discs and cong tubes; inscr...

China Urban Neolithic Jade

7.5 Good

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Tipasa

Ancient site on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, initially a Phoenician trading post and later a Roman colony, featuring e...

Coastal North Africa Roman Algeria

7.5 Good

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Carnuntum

Carnuntum was an important Roman army camp and provincial capital in modern-day Austria that reached its peak around 200...

Austria Roman Legion Danube

7.5 Good