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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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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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Callanish Standing Stones

The Callanish Standing Stones are a Late Neolithic stone circle situated on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, constructed a...

Scotland Neolithic Lewis Megalithic

8.2 Great

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Jericho (Tell es-Sultan)

Tell es-Sultan near Jericho in the West Bank is widely considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the...

Neolithic Palestine Levant 9000BCE

7.8 Good

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Caesarea Maritima

Roman coastal city in Israel constructed by Herod the Great between approximately 22 and 10 BCE, featuring an artificial...

Israel Coastal Harbor 1ST Century

7.8 Good

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Selinunte

Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site on the southern coast of Sicily, founded in 628 BC, and is notable for...

Coastal Greek Temples Sicily

7.8 Good

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Huaca del Sol y de la Luna

Two massive adobe pyramids near Trujillo, Peru, built by the Moche civilization between approximately 100 and 800 CE; Hu...

Coastal Peru Pyramid Moche

7.8 Good

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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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Chavin de Huantar

Andean ceremonial center in Peru occupied c. 900–200 BCE and the religious heartland of the Chavin culture, one of South...

Andean Ceremonial Peru Chavin

7.5 Good

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Eridu

Ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq considered one of the earliest urban settlements in Mesopotamia, with occupation...

Mesopotamia Iraq Sumerian Earliest City

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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Huaca Rajada

A site in northern Peru where archaeologist Walter Alva discovered the unlooted tomb of the Lord of Sipán in 1987, yield...

Coastal Peru Moche 3RD Century

7.4 Good

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Pachacamac

A major religious and pilgrimage center on the Peruvian coast near Lima, active from the early centuries CE through the...

Oracle Coastal Andean Peru

7.4 Good