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Moenjodaro

Moenjodaro is an archaeological site in Sindh, Pakistan, representing one of the largest urban settlements of the ancien...

Urban Bronze Age Pakistan Indus Valley

9.3 Excellent

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Akrotiri (Santorini)

Akrotiri is an archaeological site on the island of Santorini, Greece, containing the remains of a Minoan Bronze Age set...

Settlement Volcanic Greece Bronze Age

9.2 Excellent

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Troy (Hisarlik)

Located in northwestern Anatolia in modern-day Turkey, the archaeological site of Hisarlik is widely identified as the a...

Turkey City Ancient Bronze Age

9.1 Excellent

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Ephesus

Ephesus is an exceptionally significant archaeological site located on Turkey’s coastal west. It flourished as a major G...

Classical Turkey Coastal Urban

9.0 Excellent

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Anyang (Yin Ruins)

The Yin Ruins at Anyang represent the remains of the last capital city of the Shang Dynasty, located in Henan Province,...

China Capital Bronze Age Shang

9.0 Excellent

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Su Nuraxi

Su Nuraxi is a Nuragic archaeological complex at Barumini in Sardinia, Italy, centered on a stone tower known as a nurag...

Italy Tower Bronze Age Nuragic

9.0 Excellent

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Akrotiri

Akrotiri represents an exceptionally well-preserved Bronze Age settlement on Santorini. The site offers invaluable insig...

Volcanic Greece Bronze Age Santorini

8.8 Great

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Hattusa

Hattusa was the capital city of the Hittite Empire, situated in central Anatolia near modern-day Boğazköy, Turkey. The s...

Turkey Capital Bronze Age Hittite

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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Dholavira

Dholavira is an archaeological site representing a major city of the Indus Valley Civilization, located in the Kutch dis...

India Urban Bronze Age Indus Valley

8.7 Great

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Megiddo (Armageddon)

Megiddo is an ancient tell in northern Israel overlooking the strategic Jezreel Valley pass. The site contains approxima...

Israel Bronze Age Multi Period Canaanite Israelite

8.6 Great

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Pantalica

Pantalica is an ancient necropolis in southeastern Sicily, Italy, located on a limestone plateau between the Anapo and C...

Italy Rock Cut Bronze Age Necropolis

8.6 Great

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Motya

Motya was a Phoenician settlement on San Pantaleo, a small island in the Stagnone lagoon off the western coast of Sicily...

Italy City Island Phoenician

8.6 Great

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Mycenae

Mycenae is a Bronze Age citadel in the northeastern Peloponnese, Greece, which gave its name to the Mycenaean civilizati...

Fortified Greece Bronze Age Mycenaean

8.5 Great

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Sanxingdui

Sanxingdui is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Sichuan, China, first excavated in 1986. It revealed a previously unkn...

China Ritual Bronze Age Sichuan

8.5 Great

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Ebla

Ebla was an ancient Syrian city-state located at modern Tell Mardikh, flourishing primarily during the mid-3rd millenniu...

City Bronze Age Syria Syrian

8.5 Great

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Mari

Mari was a prominent ancient Semitic city-state situated along the Euphrates River in modern-day Syria. Systematic archa...

Mesopotamia Palace Bronze Age Syria

8.5 Great

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Knossos

Knossos is a Bronze Age archaeological site located near the modern city of Heraklion on the island of Crete. It is cons...

Labyrinth Bronze Age Crete Minoan

8.3 Great

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Mahabalipuram

A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984 on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, India, comprising 7th- and 8th-century mo...

India Coastal Rock Cut 7TH Century

8.3 Great

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Harappa

Harappa is a major archaeological site of the Indus Valley Civilization, located in the Punjab province of modern-day Pa...

Urban Bronze Age Pakistan Indus Valley

8.2 Great