swap_horiz Carnuntum 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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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 in central Syria was a prosperous caravan city that flourished under Roman rule in the 1st–3rd centuries CE, ren...

Desert Caravan Roman Syria

8.8 Great

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Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana)

Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, is a vast Roman archaeological complex built by Emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd centu...

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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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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Hallstatt

Hallstatt in Austria is an ancient salt mining village dating back to 800 BC that gave its name to the widespread Hallst...

Austria Celtic Iron Age Funerary

8.3 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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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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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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Hatra

Parthian-era fortified city in northern Iraq (1st–3rd centuries CE) blending Hellenistic and Eastern architectural style...

Desert Caravan Iraq 1ST Century

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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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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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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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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Aquincum

Aquincum was an ancient Roman city located in modern Budapest, Hungary, serving as the capital of Pannonia Inferior and...

Urban Roman Hungary Danube

7.3 Good

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Pyu Ancient Cities

Three ancient cities in Myanmar—Halin, Beikthano, and Sri Ksetra—representing the Pyu civilization that flourished from...

Myanmar Walled Buddhist 1ST Century

7.0 Good

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Tillya Tepe

A northern Afghan burial site excavated in 1978 by Viktor Sarianidi, yielding over 20,000 gold objects from six nomadic...

Gold Nomadic Afghanistan 1ST Century

5.8 Mediocre

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Oc Eo

An ancient port city in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, associated with the Funan kingdom and active from the 1st to 7th cent...

Vietnam Mekong 1ST Century Funan

5.5 Mediocre