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Herculaneum

Herculaneum is an exceptionally well-preserved Roman town located near modern Naples, Italy. The site offers a unique wi...

Italy Urban Volcanic Roman

9.0 Excellent

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Palmyra

Palmyra is an archaeological site located in Syria, once a vital desert caravan city. Flourishing under Roman influence...

Desert Caravan Roman Syria

8.8 Great

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Baalbek

Baalbek is a significant archaeological site in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. It features remarkably preserved Roman temples,...

Monumental Roman Lebanon Temple

8.7 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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Madain Saleh (Al-Hijr)

A Nabataean archaeological site in the AlUla region of northwestern Saudi Arabia, featuring more than 100 rock-cut tomb...

Rock Cut Saudi Arabia Nabataean Tombs

8.4 Great

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Orange Roman Theatre

The Roman Theatre of Orange is an ancient Roman theater located in Orange, Provence, France, constructed during the 1st...

Theater France Roman Provence

8.2 Great

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Las Medulas

Las Médulas is a historic gold-mining landscape located in the León province of Spain. During the 1st to 3rd centuries A...

Spain Roman 1ST Century Leon

8.0 Great

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Hatra

Hatra is an ancient ruined city in northern Iraq that served as a fortified caravan and trading center during the Parthi...

Desert Caravan Iraq 1ST Century

7.8 Good

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Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima is an archaeological site on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, constructed by Herod the Great between...

Israel Coastal Harbor 1ST Century

7.8 Good

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Varna Necropolis

The Varna Necropolis is a significant Copper Age burial site located in present-day Bulgaria, dating to approximately 45...

Gold Bulgaria Funerary Chalcolithic

7.8 Good

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Huaca del Sol y de la Luna

Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna are two massive adobe pyramid complexes built by the Moche civilization near the city...

Coastal Peru Pyramid Moche

7.8 Good

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Naqa

Naqa is an archaeological site in Sudan consisting of the ruins of an ancient city in the Kingdom of Kush. It flourished...

Temple Nubian Meroitic Sudan

7.7 Good

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Carnuntum

Carnuntum was a major Roman military and civilian settlement located on the Danube River in present-day Lower Austria, e...

Austria Roman Legion Danube

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

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Pyu Ancient Cities

Three ancient cities in Myanmar—Halin, Beikthano, and Sri Ksetra—representing the Pyu civilization that flourished from...

Myanmar Walled Buddhist 1ST Century

7.0 Good

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Ai Khanoum

Ai Khanoum was a Hellenistic city in ancient Bactria, located near the confluence of the Oxus and Kokcha rivers in what...

Greek Afghanistan Hellenistic 3RD Century Bce

6.3 Fair

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Oc Eo

An ancient port city in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, associated with the Funan kingdom and active from the 1st to 7th cent...

Vietnam Mekong 1ST Century Funan

5.5 Mediocre