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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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Chauvet Cave

Located in the Ardèche gorge of southern France, Chauvet Cave is a Paleolithic site discovered in 1994 by Jean-Marie Cha...

France Prehistoric Paleolithic Cave Art

9.2 Excellent

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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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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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Font-de-Gaume

A Paleolithic decorated cave near Les Eyzies in the Dordogne region of France, containing over 200 polychrome paintings...

France Painting Prehistoric Paleolithic

8.4 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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Orange Roman Theatre

The Roman Theatre of Orange is an ancient Roman theater located in Orange, Provence, France, constructed during the 1st...

Theater France Roman Provence

8.2 Great

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Maeshowe

Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave located on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, dating to around...

Scotland Neolithic Orkney Passage Tomb

8.0 Great

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Cro-Magnon Rock Shelter

The Cro-Magnon Rock Shelter is an archaeological and paleontological site located in Les Eyzies, within the Dordogne reg...

France Prehistoric Paleolithic Dordogne

7.9 Good

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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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Alesia

Alesia is an archaeological hilltop site in Burgundy, France, identified as the location of the decisive Battle of Alesi...

France Battle Site 1ST Century Bc Celtic Roman

7.8 Good

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Bibracte

Bibracte was an Iron Age Gaulish oppidum located on Mont Beuvray in the Burgundy region of France. Serving as the capita...

France Celtic Iron Age Oppidum

7.8 Good

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Vinca

Vinča is a large prehistoric settlement located on the right bank of the Danube river, near Belgrade, Serbia. Occupied d...

Serbia Prehistoric Neolithic Tell

7.8 Good

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Vix (Mont Lassois)

Mont Lassois is a fortified Late Hallstatt Celtic hillfort located in Burgundy, France, that dominated the upper Seine v...

France Burial Celtic Iron Age

7.7 Good

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Glanum

Glanum is an ancient Roman and Hellenistic archaeological site situated just south of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern...

France City Ancient Roman

7.6 Good

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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