swap_horiz Blombos Cave Alternatives

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The Great Pyramid of Giza

Built during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom around 2560 BCE, the Great Pyramid of Giza served as the tomb of...

Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Egypt

9.85 Brilliant

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Thebes (Luxor)

Ancient Thebes occupied the Nile valley in Upper Egypt around the modern city of Luxor. It served as an important capita...

Egyptian Ancient City Egypt Temple

9.72 Brilliant

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Tassili n'Ajjer Rock Art

On the sandstone plateau of Tassili n'Ajjer in southeastern Algeria, more than 15,000 prehistoric drawings and engraving...

Africa Unesco Algeria Sahara

9.70 Brilliant

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Terracotta Army (Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang)

The Terracotta Army forms part of the funerary complex of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor, near Xi'an. Local farmer...

Burial Ceramic Chinese Qin Dynasty

9.55 Brilliant

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Río Pinturas Rock Art

In the Pinturas River canyon of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, prehistoric painted panels preserve traces of hunter-gat...

South America Patagonia Argentina Cave Paintings

9.52 Brilliant

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Alta Rock Carvings

Around the head of Alta Fjord in northern Norway, the Rock Art of Alta comprises prehistoric carvings and paintings dist...

Europe Norway Unesco Bronze Age

9.48 Excellent

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Little Petroglyph Canyon

Within the Coso Range at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California, Little Petroglyph Canyon preserves an exten...

California North America Petroglyph Coso

9.43 Excellent

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Akakus Rock Art

Across the Tadrart Acacus mountains of southwestern Libya, painted and engraved rock surfaces record successive ways of...

Africa Prehistoric Libya Sahara

9.34 Excellent

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Uruk (Warka)

Known today as Warka, Uruk was a major early city in southern Mesopotamia, within modern Iraq. It flourished from around...

Mesopotamia Ancient City Iraq Sumerian

9.32 Excellent

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Tadrart Acacus Rock Art

The mountains of southwestern Libya contain a large concentration of paintings and engravings collectively known as the...

Africa Unesco Libya Sahara

9.31 Excellent

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Moenjodaro

Moenjodaro, also commonly spelled Mohenjo-daro, preserves one of the largest urban settlements of the Indus Valley Civil...

Urban Bronze Age Pakistan Indus Valley

9.27 Excellent

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Chauvet Cave

Discovered in 1994 by Jean-Marie Chauvet and his colleagues, Chauvet Cave lies in the Ardèche gorge of southern France....

France Prehistoric Paleolithic Cave Art

9.24 Excellent

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Mogao Caves (Dunhuang)

Near Dunhuang in China's Gansu Province, the Mogao Caves preserve a group of Buddhist cave temples also known as the Tho...

China Painting Buddhist Silk Road

9.23 Excellent

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Akrotiri (Santorini)

Buried beneath volcanic deposits on Santorini, Greece, Akrotiri preserves a Bronze Age settlement with strong connection...

Settlement Volcanic Greece Bronze Age

9.21 Excellent

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Grotte de Cosquer

Prehistoric paintings and engravings survive inside Grotte de Cosquer near Marseille, France, despite its entrance now l...

France Mediterranean Marseille Submerged

9.20 Excellent

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Franchthi Cave

Overlooking the Argolic Gulf in Greece, Franchthi Cave preserves a long record of prehistoric occupation from the Upper...

Archaeology Greece Aegean Mesolithic

9.10 Excellent

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Pinnacle Point Caves

Coastal caves and rockshelters at Pinnacle Point, near Mossel Bay on South Africa's southern Cape, preserve evidence of...

South Africa Archaeology Prehistoric Indian Ocean

9.05 Excellent

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Klasies River Caves

Klasies River Caves are a group of coastal archaeological sites in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Excavations have do...

South Africa Paleolithic Cave Hominin

8.88 Great

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Thulamela

Thulamela is a Late Iron Age stone-walled settlement in the northern part of Kruger National Park, South Africa. It was...

South Africa Medieval Venda Stone Walls

6.83 Fair

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Mapungubwe

Mapungubwe is an Iron Age archaeological site and cultural landscape in Limpopo, South Africa, occupied roughly from AD...

South Africa Medieval Gold Iron Age

6.72 Fair