swap_horiz Chauvet Cave Alternatives

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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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Altamira

The Cave of Altamira is an archaeological site located near Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. Discovered in 1879 b...

Spain Prehistoric Paleolithic Cantabria

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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Atapuerca

The Sierra de Atapuerca is an archaeological and paleontological complex located in the province of Burgos, Spain. Excav...

Spain Prehistoric Paleolithic Hominid

8.9 Great

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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

8.9 Great

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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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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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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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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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Zhoukoudian

Zhoukoudian is a cave system located southwest of Beijing, China, famous for the discovery of fossils belonging to Homo...

China Paleolithic Cave Homo Erectus

8.2 Great

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Clovis (Blackwater Draw)

Blackwater Draw is a significant archaeological site located near Clovis, New Mexico, that serves as the type-site for t...

USA Paleolithic New Mexico Paleo Indian

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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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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Ennedi Massif Rock Art

Located on the Ennedi Plateau in northeastern Chad, this archaeological site contains thousands of prehistoric rock art...

Ancient Prehistoric Rock Art Chad

7.9 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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Karanovo Tell

The Karanovo Tell is a large prehistoric settlement mound located in southeastern Bulgaria, formed by successive periods...

Prehistoric Neolithic Bulgaria Tell

7.4 Good