Search places, or jump to a section
The catalogue
1,732 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Et-Tell (Arabic: التل, lit. 'the ruin-heap') or Khirbet et-Tell (also meaning "heap of ruins") is an archaeological site in the West Bank in Palestine. The site is commonly identified with the biblical city of Ai.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Kanamarka or Kanamarca (possibly from Quechua k'ana glowing, K'ana a Peruvian people, marka village) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Espinar Province, Alto Pichigua District.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
El Gour, or Bazina du Gour, is an ancient archeological site located in the Fès-Meknès region of northern Morocco. Estimates date the site at being constructed some time between the 4th and 2nd centuries BCE.
🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
The Kamenica Tumulus (Albanian: Tuma e Kamenicës) is an archaeological site in Kamenicë, Korçë County, Albania. The site includes a museum dedicated to the prehistory of Albania and of the surrounding region.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Cochapata or Qochapata (possibly from Quechua qucha lake, pata elevated place, riverbank, shore) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the district of Huayopata, La Convención Province, Cusco.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Archaeological wonder
Kale-Krševica is an archaeological site in Serbia, dating back mainly to the late classical and early Hellenistic periods. It holds the remains of the northernmost Ancient Macedonian city so far discovered.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Fakhreddine II Palace is a 17th-century palace in Deir el Qamar, Chouf District, Lebanon. It was built by Emir Fakhr-al-Din II in the early 17th century. It houses the Marie Baz Museum, a wax work museum.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Khosrow parviz hunting ground (Persian:شکارگاه خسرو پرویز) or Tape-ye-moradhasel or Morad-Hassel Tepe (Persian:تپه مرادحاصل) is an ancient Sasanid complex in the north of Kermanshah city in western Iran.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Eski Mosul (Arabic: أسكي موصل) is a village in Mosul District, in present-day northern Iraq. Located just downstream from the Mosul Dam, Eski Mosul is the site of the ancient and medieval city of Balad.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Archaeological wonder
Los Toldos is an archaeological site in Santa Cruz, Argentina,. Evidence has been found there of human activity dating back to nearly 13,000 years ago. It is the namesake of the Toldense culture group.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Aptuca (Africa) or Henchir Oudeka, also known as Aptucca/Aptuca, Henchir-Oudeka/Henchir-Semmech. or Udeka is a village and archaeological site in Tunisia, North Africa located at 36.409344, 8.940301.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Archaeological wonder
Les Landes is an area of coastal heathland in the north-west of Jersey. It has been designated as a Site of Special Interest (SSI) since 1996. The site is the largest of its kind in Jersey at 160 ha.
🇧🇿 Belize · Archaeological wonder
Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave in Belize, known as both an archaeological site and as a tourist destination. It is located in the upper Barton Creek area near San Ignacio in the Cayo District.
🇳🇴 Norway · Archaeological wonder
The Kulisteinen, also known as the Kuli stone and listed as N 449 in the Rundata catalog, is a stone with a runic inscription that was originally located at Kuløy in Smøla Municipality, Norway.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Abraham's Well (Hebrew: באר אברהם) is a historical water well in Beersheba, Israel, associated with the biblical narrative of Abraham. Its structure houses the archaeology museum of Beersheba.
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Harireh is an ancient 8th century city located in what is now Kish, Iran. It is situated in the center of the northern coast of the island. Its area is about 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Bassetki (Kurdish: باستکێ, romanized: Bassetkî) is a small village in Iraq, in Dohuk Governorate of autonomous Kurdistan Region. The village is associated with several archaeological finds.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Auzia was a Roman-Berber colonia in present-day Sour El-Ghozlane, Algeria. The area was located around 150 km south-east of Algiers, in the ancient province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
🇳🇴 Norway · Archaeological wonder
Hamarhus at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway was originally the fortified palace of the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar. It is now the site of Storhamarlåven, an exhibit of Anno Museum.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Al-Akhdhar is an archaeological site in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman. It is a cemetery containing remains dating from the Umm al-Nar, Wadi Suq, Late Iron Age (Samad), and Islamic periods.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Caleta Vítor is a village in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile. Archaeological research discovered that the Caleta Vitor area was already inhabited about 10,000 years ago.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Archaeological wonder
Garghabazar caravanserai (Azerbaijani: Qarğabazar karvansarayı) is a historic monument of XVII century. It is located in Garghabazar village, of Fuzuli District, in Azerbaijan.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Archaeological wonder
Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.
🇵🇱 Poland · Archaeological wonder
Białężyce Palace (Polish: Pałac w Białężycach) is eclecticism palace in Białężyce, built in the early 20th century. Currently it is the property of Gmina Września.
