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The Great Pyramid of Giza

Constructed during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom around 2560 BCE, the Great Pyramid of Giza served as the to...

Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Egypt

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Giza Pyramid Complex

The Giza Pyramid Complex is a monumental archaeological site in Egypt containing three primary pyramids built during the...

Egyptian Monument Funerary Old Kingdom

9.7 Brilliant

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Thebes (Luxor)

Thebes was a prominent ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile River in Upper Egypt, now encompassing the modern to...

Egyptian Ancient City Egypt Temple

9.7 Brilliant

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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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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

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Callanish Standing Stones

The Callanish Standing Stones, also known as Calanais, are a Late Neolithic megalithic monument located on the Isle of L...

Scotland Neolithic Lewis Megalithic

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Wari (Huari)

Wari (also known as Huari) is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region of Peru that served as the capital of the Wa...

Andean Capital Peru 7TH Century

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Jericho (Tell es-Sultan)

Tell es-Sultan near Jericho in the West Bank is widely considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the...

Neolithic Palestine Levant 9000BCE

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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

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Selinunte

Selinunte is an ancient Greek archaeological site on the southwestern coast of Sicily, founded by colonists from Megara...

Coastal Greek Temples Sicily

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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

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Sechin Bajo

Sechin Bajo is an archaeological site located in the Casma Valley on the north coast of Peru. Excavations have revealed...

Andean Ceremonial Peru Oldest Peru

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Byblos

Byblos on the Lebanese coast is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, a major Phoenician port wh...

Coastal Trading Bronze Age Lebanon

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Chavin de Huantar

Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site in the Andean highlands of Peru that served as a major ceremonial and pilgri...

Andean Ceremonial Peru Chavin

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Eridu

Eridu is an archaeological site in southern Iraq, traditionally regarded in Sumerian mythology as the world's first city...

Mesopotamia Iraq Sumerian Earliest City

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Tipasa

Tipasa is an ancient archaeological site on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, originally founded as a Phoenician trading po...

Coastal North Africa Roman Algeria

7.5 Good

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El Paraiso

El Paraíso is a large preceramic archaeological complex located in the Chillón Valley near Lima, Peru. Dating back to ap...

Complex Andean Peru 3RD Millennium Bc

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Huaca Rajada

Huaca Rajada is an archaeological complex located in the Lambayeque region of northern Peru, near the modern town of Sip...

Coastal Peru Moche 3RD Century

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Pachacamac

A major religious and pilgrimage center on the Peruvian coast near Lima, active from the early centuries CE through the...

Oracle Coastal Andean Peru

7.4 Good

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Pikimachay Cave

Pikimachay is a cave and archaeological site near Ayacucho in the central highlands of Peru. Excavations produced stone...

Ancient Peru Cave Paleo Indian

6.9 Fair