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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

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UNESCO World Heritage only

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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

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ancient village554

submerged city253

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🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Q'asa Pata

archaeological site in Peru

🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder

Qalʿat ibn Salama

ancient fortress in Algeria

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Qurimarka, Cusco

archaeological site in Peru

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Shibaniba

archaeological site in Iraq

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Tell Begum

Halaf culture

archaeological site in Iraq

🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder

Tell Mureibit

human settlement in Lebanon

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Tinyaq

archaeological site in Peru

🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder

Tishreen Palace

building in Damascus, Syria

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Usqunta

archaeological site in Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Waqlamarka

archaeological site in Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Waraqu Urqu

archaeological site in Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Wayna Q'inti

archaeological site in Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Wichqana

archaeological site in Peru

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Wilca

archaeological site in Peru

🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder

Yanta, Lebanon

human settlement in Lebanon

🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village

Zbrojewsko

village in Silesian, Poland

Trinidad and Tobago · Hydraulic works

Navet Dam

dam in Trinidad and Tobago

🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder

Purunllacta (Cheto)

archeological site in Peru

🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder

Shanga, Pate Island

National Monument of Kenya

🇮🇳 India · Rock shelter

Khyad

place in Karnataka, India

🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

Riqqeh

human settlement in Egypt

🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder

Sarai Nurnagar

village in Bihar in India

🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder

Sarai Shishgaran

human settlement in India

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder

Gendebelo

Gendebelo (also called Gende Belo and Nora) was an ancient Muslim trading city in Ifat (present-day central Ethiopia). Its location was discovered in 2009 by a team of French archaeologists.

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