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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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Moenjodaro

Moenjodaro is an archaeological site in Sindh, Pakistan, representing one of the largest urban settlements of the ancien...

Urban Bronze Age Pakistan Indus Valley

9.3 Excellent

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Mohenjo Daro Stupa Mound

The Mohenjo Daro Stupa Mound refers to the prominent elevated citadel area of the ancient Indus Valley city of Mohenjo-d...

Urban Archaeological Pakistan Indus Valley

9.2 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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Troy (Hisarlik)

Located in northwestern Anatolia in modern-day Turkey, the archaeological site of Hisarlik is widely identified as the a...

Turkey City Ancient Bronze Age

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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Epidaurus

Epidaurus is an ancient Greek sanctuary and archaeological site located in Greece. It was renowned as a major healing ce...

Classical Greek Healing Greece

9.0 Excellent

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Hattusa

Hattusa was the capital city of the Hittite Empire, situated in central Anatolia near modern-day Boğazköy, Turkey. The s...

Turkey Capital Bronze Age Hittite

8.8 Great

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Delphi

Delphi is an ancient Greek archaeological site located on Mount Parnassus in Greece. It was a significant religious sanc...

Classical Oracle Greek Greece

8.7 Great

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Templo Mayor

The Templo Mayor was the principal Aztec temple complex within Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire. Constructe...

Urban Sacred Mexico 15TH Century

8.7 Great

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Dholavira

Dholavira is an archaeological site representing a major city of the Indus Valley Civilization, located in the Kutch dis...

India Urban Bronze Age Indus Valley

8.7 Great

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Delos

Delos is a small, uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago that served as a major religious and commercial c...

Classical Greek Island Greece

8.5 Great

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Hierapolis-Pamukkale

An ancient Greco-Roman spa city in Denizli Province, southwestern Turkey, paired with the natural travertine terraces of...

Turkey Ancient Roman Necropolis

8.3 Great

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Mahabalipuram

A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984 on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, India, comprising 7th- and 8th-century mo...

India Coastal Rock Cut 7TH Century

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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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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Timgad

Timgad is a ruined Roman colonial town located in the Aurès Mountains of modern-day Algeria. Founded by Emperor Trajan a...

Urban North Africa Roman Algeria

8.2 Great

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Miletus

Miletus was an ancient Greek city located on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in mode...

Classical Turkey City Ancient

8.1 Great

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Xanthos-Letoon

Xanthos was the capital of ancient Lycia and Letoon was its primary religious sanctuary, located in modern-day southwest...

Classical Turkey City Ancient

7.8 Good

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Corinth

Corinth was an ancient Greek city-state situated on the Isthmus of Corinth, a strategic land bridge linking mainland Gre...

Classical Urban Greece Sanctuary

7.1 Good