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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

9.2 Excellent

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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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Mogao Caves

The Mogao Caves represent a significant archaeological site in northwestern China. Constructed between the 4th and 14th...

China Buddhist Silk Road Cave Art

9.1 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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Saqqara

Saqqara in Egypt is a vast necropolis serving the ancient capital Memphis and contains the Step Pyramid of Djoser (c. 26...

Egyptian Memphis Funerary Old Kingdom

8.8 Great

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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

8.3 Great

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Ciudad Perdida

An ancient Tairona city built around 800 CE in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, rediscovered by outsiders in...

Colombia Jungle Terraced Tairona

8.2 Great

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Abydos

Abydos in Upper Egypt was one of the most sacred sites in ancient Egypt, serving as a royal burial ground for early dyna...

Egyptian Temple Funerary Early Dynastic

8.0 Great

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Cahokia Mounds

Largest known pre-Columbian city north of Mexico, near modern Collinsville, Illinois, peaking around 1100 CE and dominat...

USA Urban Pre Columbian Mound

8.0 Great

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San Agustin

A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Huila department of Colombia containing the largest concentration of pre-Columbian f...

Andean Pre Columbian Colombia Statues

8.0 Great

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Tiwanaku

Pre-Columbian ceremonial and urban center near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, capital of a major Andean state that flourished...

Andean Monumental Bolivia Pre Inca

7.8 Good

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Varna Necropolis

The Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria, dating to roughly 4560 BC, is a key Copper Age cemetery famous for containing the worl...

Gold Bulgaria Funerary Chalcolithic

7.8 Good

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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

7.8 Good

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Chavin de Huantar

Andean ceremonial center in Peru occupied c. 900–200 BCE and the religious heartland of the Chavin culture, one of South...

Andean Ceremonial Peru Chavin

7.5 Good

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Pachacamac

A major religious and pilgrimage center on the Peruvian coast near Lima, active from the early centuries CE through the...

Oracle Coastal Andean Peru

7.4 Good

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Kerma

Kerma, located in Sudan, was the capital of the ancient Kerma culture and a major Nubian power around 2500 BC, notable f...

African Funerary Nubian Sudan

7.0 Good

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El Fuerte de Samaipata

A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolivia comprising a large pre-Columbian carved sandstone outcrop with ceremonial channe...

Andean Bolivia 14TH Century Pre Inca

7.0 Good