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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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Akrotiri (Santorini)

Akrotiri is an archaeological site on the island of Santorini, Greece, containing the remains of a Minoan Bronze Age set...

Settlement Volcanic Greece Bronze Age

9.2 Excellent

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Mogao Caves (Dunhuang)

The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes, are a network of 492 Buddhist cave temples located near Dun...

China Painting Buddhist Silk Road

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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Anyang (Yin Ruins)

The Yin Ruins at Anyang represent the remains of the last capital city of the Shang Dynasty, located in Henan Province,...

China Capital Bronze Age Shang

9.0 Excellent

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Longmen Grottoes

The Longmen Grottoes are a significant archaeological site in Henan Province, China. Carved primarily between the 5th an...

China Buddhist Cave Art Northern Wei

8.8 Great

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Neolithic Orkney

Neolithic Orkney refers to a group of prehistoric monuments located on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Dating from app...

Scotland UK Island Neolithic

8.8 Great

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Avebury

Avebury is a monumental Neolithic archaeological site located in Wiltshire, England. It features the world’s largest sto...

England Ceremonial Neolithic Megalithic

8.7 Great

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Yungang Grottoes

The Yungang Grottoes are a complex of ancient Buddhist temple caves excavated into the sandstone cliffs of Wuzhou Mounta...

China 5TH Century Buddhist Cave Art

8.6 Great

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Coppergate (Jorvik)

Coppergate is the York archaeological site associated with Jorvik, the Viking-Age name for the settlement that developed...

England Settlement City Viking

8.6 Great

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Carnac

Carnac is a commune in Brittany, France, containing the world's largest concentration of prehistoric megalithic monument...

France Neolithic Brittany Megalithic

8.5 Great

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Sanxingdui

Sanxingdui is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Sichuan, China, first excavated in 1986. It revealed a previously unkn...

China Ritual Bronze Age Sichuan

8.5 Great

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Ring of Brodgar

The Ring of Brodgar is a large Neolithic stone circle and henge monument situated on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. B...

Scotland Ceremonial Neolithic Orkney

8.5 Great

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Mehrgarh

Mehrgarh is a significant Neolithic archaeological site located on the Kachi Plain in Balochistan, Pakistan. Dating back...

Settlement Neolithic Pakistan Chalcolithic

8.5 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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Callanish Standing Stones

The Callanish Standing Stones, also known as Calanais, are a Late Neolithic megalithic monument located on the Isle of L...

Scotland Neolithic Lewis Megalithic

8.2 Great

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Liangzhu

Liangzhu is a late Neolithic archaeological site near Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China, associated with a culture th...

China Urban Neolithic Jade

7.5 Good

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Jiahu

Jiahu was a Neolithic settlement in the Yellow River basin of Henan Province, central China, occupied from about 7000 to...

China Neolithic 7000BCE Flutes

7.3 Good

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Butmir

Butmir is a significant Neolithic archaeological site located near Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, dating from appro...

Settlement Neolithic Bosnia Pottery

6.9 Fair

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Ain Ghazal

Ain Ghazal is a Neolithic settlement on the outskirts of modern Amman, Jordan, occupied from about 7250 to 5000 BCE. It...

Settlement Neolithic Jordan Statues

6.8 Fair