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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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Mohenjo Daro Stupa Mound

The Mohenjo Daro Stupa Mound refers to the prominent elevated citadel area of the ancient Indus Valley city of Mohenjo-d...

Urban Archaeological Pakistan Indus Valley

9.2 Excellent

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Forum of Rome

The Forum of Rome was the central public space of ancient Rome. This expansive area hosted significant civic life for ov...

Italy Urban Ancient Roman

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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Herculaneum

Herculaneum is an exceptionally well-preserved Roman town located near modern Naples, Italy. The site offers a unique wi...

Italy Urban Volcanic Roman

9.0 Excellent

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Templo Mayor

The Templo Mayor was the principal Aztec temple complex within Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire. Constructe...

Urban Sacred Mexico 15TH Century

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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Jerash

Jerash in northern Jordan is one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman provincial cities in the Near East, featuring a colon...

Urban Roman Jordan Decapolis

8.2 Great

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Catalhoyuk

Çatalhöyük in south-central Turkey is one of the world's earliest and largest Neolithic settlements, occupied from appro...

Turkey Urban Settlement Neolithic

8.2 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

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Timgad

Timgad is a ruined Roman colonial town located in the Aurès Mountains of modern-day Algeria. Founded by Emperor Trajan a...

Urban North Africa Roman Algeria

8.2 Great

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Volubilis

Volubilis is a partly excavated Roman city in modern-day Morocco that served as the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania...

North Africa Roman Morocco 3RD Century

8.2 Great

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Cahokia Mounds

Cahokia Mounds is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city located near present-day Collinsville, Illinois, acro...

USA Urban Pre Columbian Mound

8.0 Great

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Djemila

Djemila, formerly known as Cuicul, is an ancient Roman archaeological site located in the mountains of northeastern Alge...

Urban North Africa Roman Algeria

8.0 Great

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Old City of Sana'a

The Old City of Sana'a is a historic walled settlement in Yemen that has been inhabited for over 2,500 years. It is dist...

Urban Ancient Yemen Multi Period

8.0 Great

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Hoi An Ancient Town

Hoi An Ancient Town is a historical urban area located in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam, recognized as a well-preserved So...

Urban Vietnam 15TH Century Trading Port

7.9 Good

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Liangzhu

Liangzhu is a late Neolithic archaeological site near Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China, associated with a culture th...

China Urban Neolithic Jade

7.5 Good

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Dura-Europos

Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman frontier city founded around 300 BCE on a plateau overlooking the Eu...

Multicultural Syria Hellenistic Euphrates

7.5 Good

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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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Carthage

Carthage was a Phoenician-founded city on the coast of modern Tunisia that developed into the political center of the Pu...

Urban North Africa Tunisia Phoenician

7.2 Good