swap_horiz Sigiriya Alternatives

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The Great Pyramid of Giza

Built during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom around 2560 BCE, the Great Pyramid of Giza served as the tomb of...

Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Egypt

9.85 Brilliant

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Thebes (Luxor)

Ancient Thebes occupied the Nile valley in Upper Egypt around the modern city of Luxor. It served as an important capita...

Egyptian Ancient City Egypt Temple

9.72 Brilliant

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Terracotta Army (Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang)

The Terracotta Army forms part of the funerary complex of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor, near Xi'an. Local farmer...

Burial Ceramic Chinese Qin Dynasty

9.55 Brilliant

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Uruk (Warka)

Known today as Warka, Uruk was a major early city in southern Mesopotamia, within modern Iraq. It flourished from around...

Mesopotamia Ancient City Iraq Sumerian

9.32 Excellent

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Moenjodaro

Moenjodaro, also commonly spelled Mohenjo-daro, preserves one of the largest urban settlements of the Indus Valley Civil...

Urban Bronze Age Pakistan Indus Valley

9.27 Excellent

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Chauvet Cave

Discovered in 1994 by Jean-Marie Chauvet and his colleagues, Chauvet Cave lies in the Ardèche gorge of southern France....

France Prehistoric Paleolithic Cave Art

9.24 Excellent

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Mogao Caves (Dunhuang)

Near Dunhuang in China's Gansu Province, the Mogao Caves preserve a group of Buddhist cave temples also known as the Tho...

China Painting Buddhist Silk Road

9.23 Excellent

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Akrotiri (Santorini)

Buried beneath volcanic deposits on Santorini, Greece, Akrotiri preserves a Bronze Age settlement with strong connection...

Settlement Volcanic Greece Bronze Age

9.21 Excellent

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Mohenjo Daro Stupa Mound

The Stupa Mound forms part of the elevated western area of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan, commonly called the citadel....

Urban Archaeological Pakistan Indus Valley

9.20 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

9.18 Excellent

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Tarquinia

Tarquinia was an important Etruscan city in central Italy, and its principal archaeological remains include the Monteroz...

Italy Tomb Necropolis Etruscan

9.14 Excellent

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Cerveteri

Cerveteri was an ancient Etruscan settlement in central Italy, known in archaeology for the Banditaccia necropolis. The...

Italy Tomb Necropolis Etruscan

9.08 Excellent

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Butrint

Butrint is an archaeological site in southern Albania on a peninsula beside the Vivari Channel and the Butrint lagoon. T...

City Greek Roman Albania

9.07 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

9.05 Excellent

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Syracuse

Syracuse is an ancient city on the southeastern coast of Sicily, founded by Greek settlers from Corinth in the eighth ce...

Italy City Greek Roman

9.05 Excellent

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Anyang (Yin Ruins)

The Yin Ruins at Anyang represent the remains of the last capital city of the Shang Dynasty, located in Henan Province,...

China Capital Bronze Age Shang

9.03 Excellent

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Su Nuraxi

Su Nuraxi is a Nuragic archaeological complex at Barumini in Sardinia, Italy, centered on a stone tower known as a nurag...

Italy Tower Bronze Age Nuragic

9.03 Excellent

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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

7.91 Good

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Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura is an ancient city in Sri Lanka that served as the island's first established capital from the 4th century...

Capital Sri Lanka Buddhist Stupa

7.36 Good

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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

7.36 Good