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Giza Pyramid Complex

The Giza Pyramid Complex is a monumental archaeological site in Egypt containing three primary pyramids built during the...

Egyptian Monument Funerary Old Kingdom

9.7 Brilliant

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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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Karnak

Karnak stands as a monumental Egyptian temple complex near Luxor. Constructed over two millennia starting in the New Kin...

Monumental Egyptian Temple Luxor

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is a Chilean island renowned for its monumental Moai statues. These large stone figures, car...

Medieval Polynesian Chile Monolithic

9.2 Excellent

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Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo in England is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating to the 6th and 7th centuries, famous for its A...

England Anglo Saxon 7TH Century Ship Burial

8.8 Great

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Avebury

Avebury in Wiltshire, England, contains the largest Neolithic stone circle in the world, constructed around 2500 BCE, an...

England Ceremonial Neolithic Megalithic

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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

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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

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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

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Pasargadae

First dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, built by Cyrus the Great in modern Iran around 550 BCE and home...

Persian Iran Achaemenid Cyrus

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Plain of Jars

A megalithic landscape in Xieng Khouang province, Laos, containing thousands of stone jars dating from about 500 BCE to...

Iron Age Laos Funerary Jar Megaliths

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Meroe

Meroe, along the Nile in modern Sudan, served as the capital of the Kushite kingdom from around 300 BCE to 350 CE and is...

Pyramid Iron Age Nubian Sudan

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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

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West Kennet Long Barrow

The West Kennet Long Barrow is a Neolithic chambered long barrow situated in Wiltshire, England, constructed around 3650...

England Wiltshire Neolithic Chambered Tomb

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Mapungubwe

Iron Age hilltop site in Limpopo, South Africa (c. 900–1300 CE), center of the region's first known kingdom, noted for g...

South Africa Medieval Gold Iron Age

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Star Carr

Star Carr is a prominent Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England, dating to roughly 9000 BC and famou...

England Hunter Gatherer Yorkshire Mesolithic

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Khami

A UNESCO World Heritage Site near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, that served as the 15th-century capital of the Torwa state after t...

Medieval Zimbabwe Iron Age Stone Walled

6.9 Fair

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Flag Fen

Flag Fen in England is a significant Bronze Age archaeological site near Peterborough, featuring a wooden causeway built...

England Wetland Bronze Age Cambridge

6.8 Fair

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Navan Fort (Emain Macha)

An Iron Age ceremonial site near Armagh, Northern Ireland, linked in mythology to the ancient Ulster kingdom, where exca...

Ireland Ceremonial Iron Age 4TH Century Bce

6.6 Fair