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Widely accepted places

3,677 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.

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Verified8,259 Widely accepted3,677 Contested74 Hypothetical1,151 Pseudoarchaeology66

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Archaeological wonders3,434 Ancient cities2,549 Temple complexes2,059 Megaliths1,646 Tells1,441

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🇵🇪Peru938 🇪🇬Egypt739 🇹🇷Turkey716 🇬🇧United Kingdom675 🇮🇳India581

Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage only

Excavation

Partially excavated5,248 Not applicable3,370 Excavated2,432 Excavation ongoing1,453 Unexcavated324

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wikidata researched2,171 archaeological wonder1,819 temple complex1,315 megalithic1,151 wikipedia sourced1,078 ancient city1,077 tell

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Ancient villages

1,325

Buried cities730

Rock art sites596

Submerged sites559

Hydraulic works517

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🇺🇸United States

484

🇮🇱Israel399

🇫🇷France381

🇲🇽Mexico373

🇸🇾Syria353

🇮🇷Iran346

🇪🇸Spain309

🇬🇷Greece305

🇮🇶Iraq281

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Submerged

216

926

ancient village554

submerged city253

Widely accepted

🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder

Palacio de San Carlos, Bogotá

national monument of Colombia

🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art

Pedra das Cabras

Neolithic

petroglyph in Ribeira (Spain)

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Pushpagiri Vihara

Budhist site in Odisha, India

🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder

Rab'-e Rashidi

historic site in Tabriz, Iran

🇵🇭 Philippines · Archaeological wonder

Sabtang Lighthouse

lighthouse in the Philippines

🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex

Sanaksar Monastery

monastery in Mordovia, Russia

🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village

Skrzydłowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

village in Pomeranian, Poland

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Tel Jezreel

archaeological site in Israel

🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder

Tel Zeton

Persian Palestine

Archaeological site in Israel

🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder

Tell Jemmeh

archaeological site in Israel

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Tell el-Hammam

Archaeological site in Jordan

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Vallée des merveilles

archaeological site in France

🇷🇸 Serbia · Fortress

Židovar

archaeological site in Serbia

🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder

Khan al-Umdan

caravanserai in Acre, Israel

🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex

Khutyn Monastery

Orthodox Christian monastery

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Malgium

ِArchaeological site in Iraq

🇮🇳 India · Temple complex

Peace Pagoda, Darjeeling

Buddhist stupa in Darjeeling

🇪🇪 Estonia · Archaeological wonder

Presidential Palace (Tallinn)

building in Tallinn, Estonia

🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress

Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi

history of Islam

archaeological site in Syria

🇪🇬 Egypt · Necropolis

Royal Wadi and tombs

Ancient Egypt

archaeological site in Egypt

🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

Tel Habuwa

Ancient Egypt

archaeological site in Egypt

🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder

Temple of Awwam

Archaeological site in Yemen

🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder

Tombs of the Kings (Paphos)

necropolis in Paphos, Cyprus

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Archaeological wonder

Việt Khê

3rd century BC · Dong Son culture

Coffin from Dong Son culture

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