swap_horiz Mapungubwe Alternatives

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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

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Chaco Canyon

Chaco Canyon, located in New Mexico, USA, was a major center of the Ancestral Puebloan culture between roughly AD 850 an...

USA Medieval New Mexico Ancestral Puebloan

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Ohrid

Ohrid is a historic city in North Macedonia, known in antiquity as Lychnidos and for archaeological remains from the Rom...

Medieval City North Macedonia Churches

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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

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Khajuraho

A group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh, India, built by the Chandela dynasty between approximately...

India Medieval Temple Chandela

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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

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Kilwa Kisiwani

Kilwa Kisiwani is a medieval Swahili port city situated on an island off the southern coast of Tanzania. Flourishing fro...

Medieval Islamic Tanzania Swahili

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Lalibela

Lalibela is a remarkable archaeological site in northern Ethiopia featuring eleven medieval rock-hewn churches carved di...

Medieval Christian Ethiopia Churches

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Hampi

Hampi represents the remains of Vijayanagara, a significant medieval Hindu empire centered in Karnataka, India. The site...

India Medieval Hindu Karnataka

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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

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Xochicalco

Xochicalco is a fortified pre-Columbian archaeological site in Morelos, Mexico, that flourished from approximately 700 t...

Mexico Hilltop Mesoamerican Pyramids

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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

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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

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Krakow Wawel Hill

Wawel Hill is a fortified limestone outcrop on the Vistula River in Kraków, Poland, containing significant archaeologica...

Poland Medieval Royal Fortified

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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

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Gyeongju Historic Areas

The Gyeongju Historic Areas encompass the ruins and monuments of Gyeongju, which served as the capital of the ancient Si...

Medieval Capital South Korea Silla

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Polonnaruwa

Polonnaruwa is a major archaeological site in Sri Lanka that served as the island nation's second capital from the 11th...

Medieval Capital Sri Lanka Buddhist

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Gedi Ruins

The Gedi Ruins are the remains of a medieval Swahili town situated in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest along the Kenyan coast....

Medieval Islamic Kenya Swahili

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Thulamela

Thulamela is a Late Iron Age stone-walled settlement in the northern part of Kruger National Park, South Africa. It was...

South Africa Medieval Venda Stone Walls

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Khami

Khami is an archaeological site in western Zimbabwe near Bulawayo and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It served as the cap...

Medieval Zimbabwe Iron Age Stone Walled

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