swap_horiz Maiden Castle Alternatives

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Sutton Hoo Ship Burial

Sutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval cemeteries from the 6th and 7th centuries located in Suffolk, England. Exca...

England UK Royal Burial Anglo Saxon

9.0 Excellent

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Sutton Hoo

The Sutton Hoo archaeological site in East Anglia, England represents a significant Anglo-Saxon burial ground active bet...

England Anglo Saxon 7TH Century Ship Burial

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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Coppergate (Jorvik)

Coppergate is the York archaeological site associated with Jorvik, the Viking-Age name for the settlement that developed...

England Settlement City Viking

8.6 Great

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Roman Baths of Bath

The Roman Baths complex in Bath, Somerset, England, is a remarkably preserved bathing and religious site dating to the 1...

England Thermal Sacred Roman

8.5 Great

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Bath (Aquae Sulis)

Bath, historically known to the Romans as Aquae Sulis, is an archaeological and historical city located in Somerset, Eng...

England UK Roman 1ST Century

8.5 Great

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Hallstatt

Hallstatt is an alpine village located in the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria, known for its historical salt produ...

Austria Celtic Iron Age Funerary

8.3 Great

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Hallstatt-Dachstein

The Hallstatt-Dachstein region in Austria's Salzkammergut is a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its continuous sa...

Austria Burial Celtic Iron Age

8.3 Great

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Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara is an archaeological and ceremonial site in Ireland that served as the traditional seat and coronation...

Ireland Ceremonial Iron Age Hillfort

8.1 Great

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Nineveh

Nineveh, near modern Mosul in Iraq, was the largest city in the world at its height and served as the capital of the Neo...

Mesopotamia Capital Iraq Iron Age

7.8 Good

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Pasargadae

Pasargadae is an archaeological site in Iran that served as the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire,...

Persian Iran Achaemenid Cyrus

7.8 Good

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Plain of Jars

The Plain of Jars is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Xieng Khouang province, Laos, containing thousands of carv...

Iron Age Laos Funerary Jar Megaliths

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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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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Meroe

Meroë is an ancient city located on the east bank of the Nile River in modern-day Sudan, which served as the southern ca...

Pyramid Iron Age Nubian Sudan

7.5 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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West Kennet Long Barrow

West Kennet Long Barrow is a Neolithic chambered long barrow located near Avebury in Wiltshire, England, constructed app...

England Wiltshire Neolithic Chambered Tomb

7.5 Good

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Verulamium (St Albans)

Verulamium is a major Roman archaeological site located beneath the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England....

England UK City Roman

7.5 Good

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Camulodunum (Colchester)

Camulodunum is an ancient archaeological site located beneath modern Colchester in Essex, England, recognized as Britain...

England UK City Roman

7.5 Good

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Mapungubwe

Mapungubwe is an Iron Age archaeological site and cultural landscape in Limpopo, South Africa, occupied roughly from AD...

South Africa Medieval Gold Iron Age

7.3 Good