Greece · 5th c. BCE
Acropolis of Athens
Temples built under Pericles that became a symbol of classical Greece.
Classical
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The Heritage Atlas
Every site, on one map.
31 sites — filter by era and region, then open a pin to read the archaeologist’s notes.
Cambodia · early 12th c. CE
Angkor Wat
The largest religious monument on Earth, built as a map of the Hindu cosmos.
Medieval
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Iraq · height in the 6th c. BCE
Babylon
One of the most famous cities of the ancient world, on the Euphrates south of Baghdad.
Iron Age
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Indonesia · 9th c. CE
Borobudur
Nine stacked platforms, 2,672 relief panels and hundreds of Buddha statues in Central Java.
Medieval
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Australia · at least 6,600 years old
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Gunditjmara channels, weirs and dams built to trap and farm eels in lava-flow wetlands.
Prehistoric
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Mexico · c. 9th–12th c. CE
Chichén Itzá
Home of El Castillo, the stepped pyramid where a serpent of shadow appears at the equinox.
Medieval
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Zimbabwe · c. 11th–15th c. CE
Great Zimbabwe
Massive mortar-free stone enclosures at the heart of a trading kingdom linked to the Indian Ocean.
Medieval
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Türkiye · c. 9500 BCE
Göbekli Tepe
Carved T-shaped pillars raised before farming, pottery or writing — and before Stonehenge by about 6,000 years.
Prehistoric
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India · 14th–16th c. CE
Hampi
Temples, bazaars and royal enclosures scattered across a landscape of giant boulders.
Medieval
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Pakistan · c. 3300–1300 BCE
Harappa
The first Indus city to be excavated — and the reason the whole civilization is often called “Harappan”.
Bronze Age
Greece · c. 1900–1350 BCE
Knossos
A sprawling Bronze Age palace complex linked to the legend of the Labyrinth.
Bronze Age
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Pakistan · rebuilt from 1566 CE
Lahore Fort
Mughal palaces, mirror-work halls and a tiled picture wall in the heart of old Lahore.
Early Modern
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Ethiopia · late 12th – early 13th c. CE
Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches
Medieval churches cut from the living rock, still used for worship today.
Medieval
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France · c. 17,000 years ago
Lascaux Cave
Some of the finest Palaeolithic cave art ever found — seen today through a full-scale replica.
Prehistoric
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India · c. 2200–1900 BCE
Lothal
A Harappan trading town in Gujarat with a large brick basin often interpreted as a dock.
Bronze Age
Peru · c. 1450 CE
Machu Picchu
Precision stonework and terraces on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba river.
Medieval
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Pakistan · c. 7000–2500 BCE
Mehrgarh
A Neolithic village where people grew barley and herded cattle thousands of years before the Indus cities.
Prehistoric
United States · c. 600–1300 CE
Mesa Verde
Stone cliff dwellings like Cliff Palace, tucked under sandstone overhangs in Colorado.
Medieval
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Pakistan · c. 2500 BCE
Mohenjo-daro
The planned city of the Indus — grid streets, covered drains, a great bath, and no palace in sight.
Bronze Age
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Iran · founded c. 518 BCE
Persepolis
Columned halls and carved processions of tribute-bearers from across an empire.
Iron Age
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Jordan · flourished c. 1st c. BCE – 1st c. CE
Petra
A Nabataean trading capital carved straight into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
Classical
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Italy · destroyed 79 CE
Pompeii
Streets, houses, shops and graffiti preserved under volcanic ash in 79 CE.
Classical
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Egypt · c. 2560 BCE
Pyramids of Giza
Royal tombs of the Fourth Dynasty — and the workers’ town that proves who built them.
Bronze Age
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Chile · moai c. 1250–1500 CE
Rapa Nui
Nearly a thousand stone figures carved by Polynesian settlers in the middle of the Pacific.
Medieval
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Sri Lanka · 5th c. CE
Sigiriya
Gardens, frescoes and a lion-gate stairway leading to a palace in the sky.
Classical
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United Kingdom · c. 3180–2500 BCE
Skara Brae
Stone beds, dressers and hearths in Neolithic houses revealed by a storm in 1850.
Prehistoric
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United Kingdom · c. 3000–1500 BCE
Stonehenge
Built and rebuilt over many centuries, with stones hauled from as far away as Wales.
Prehistoric
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Pakistan · c. 6th c. BCE – 5th c. CE
Taxila
Three successive cities and dozens of Buddhist monasteries at a crossroads of empires.
Classical
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Mexico · c. 1st–6th c. CE
Teotihuacan
One of the largest cities in the world in the first centuries CE, laid out along the Avenue of the Dead.
Classical
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China · c. 210 BCE
Terracotta Army
Found by farmers digging a well in 1974 — each soldier with individual features.
Classical
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Türkiye · c. 7100–5700 BCE
Çatalhöyük
Thousands of people lived in tightly packed mud-brick houses entered through holes in the roof.
Prehistoric
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