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List of archaeological sites by country

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This is a list of notable archaeological sites sorted by country and territories.

For one sorted by continent and time period, see the list of archaeological sites by continent and age.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

  • Cuddie Springs
  • Murujuga or Burrup Peninsula
  • Ngarrabullgan
  • Keilor archaeological site
  • Sunbury earth rings
  • Kow Swamp Archaeological Site
  • Wurdi Youang
  • Mount William stone axe quarry

Austria

Azerbaijan

  • Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  • Govurqala, Ağdam
  • Govurqala, Shaki
  • Govurqala, Oguz
  • Govurqala, Nakhchivan
  • Qabala treasures

Bahrain

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belgium

Belize

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Canada

Chile

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Chile

China

Colombia

Main article: Archaeological sites in Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

  • Mladec (Mladeč) – Homo 31.000 years ago
  • Dolni Vestonice settlement

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

Amarna

El Salvador

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Acropolis, Athens

Guatemala

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Iran
  • *Alamut
  • *Apadana
  • *Arg-é Bam
  • *Bishapur
  • *Blue Mosque, Tabriz
  • *Damghan
  • *Darband Cave
  • *Ecbatana
  • *Firuzabad
  • *Ganj Par
  • *Ganj Dareh
  • *Golestan Palace
  • *Hajji Firuz Tepe
  • *Izadkhvast
  • *Silk Road
  • *Taq-e Bostan
  • *Teppe Hasanlu
  • *Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
  • *Jondi Shapur
  • *Ka'ba-i Zartosht
  • *Kashafrud
  • *Kunji Cave
  • *Masuleh
  • *Meybod
  • *Naqsh-e Rajab
  • *Naqsh-e Rustam
  • *Pasargadae
  • *Persepolis
  • *Qaleh Bozi Caves
  • *Rabat Tepe
  • Shahdad Kerman
  • *Shahr-e Sukhteh
  • *Soltaniyeh
  • *Susa
  • *Takht-i-Suleiman
  • *Warwasi
  • Aamaj Castle
  • Ali Kosh
  • Ali-Sadr Cave
  • Anshan (Persia)
  • Anubanini rock relief
  • Asaak
  • Bābā Jān Tepe
  • Bandar Siraf
  • Bandian Fire Temple
  • Banesh
  • Bardak Siah Palace
  • Barm-e Delak
  • Bastam Citadel
  • Behistun Inscription
  • Bisitun Cave
  • Bit-Istar
  • Boz Dam
  • Chia Jani
  • Chogha Bonut
  • Chogha Golan
  • Chogha Mish
  • Chogha Zanbil
  • Coronation of Ardashir II
  • Darband Cave
  • Darreh Shahr Ancient City
  • Dekhmeh Rawansar
  • Do-Ashkaft Cave
  • Ecbatana
  • Elamite rock relief in Naqsh-e Rostam
  • Eshkaft-e Salman
  • Eshkaft-e Siahoo
  • Essaqwand Rock Tombs
  • Fakhrigah
  • Farhād Tarāsh
  • Ganj Dareh
  • Ganj Par
  • Geoy Tepe
  • Gerdkooh Hills
  • Ghar-e-Pariyan
  • Godin Tepe
  • Great Hagi Jaffar Dam
  • Great Wall of Gorgan
  • Haft Tepe
  • Hajji Firuz Tepe
  • Hilleh Historical Village
  • Huto and Kamarband Caves
  • Istakhr
  • Jiroft
  • Kalahrod
  • Kashafrud
  • Kebar Dam
  • Kelar Mound
  • Khanileh, Kermanshah
  • Kharg Island
  • Khorramabad
  • Khosrow parviz hunting ground
  • Khosrowabad Castle
  • Konar Sandal
  • Kul Tepe Jolfa
  • Kul-e Farah
  • Kurit Dam
  • List of paintings and plots by Pascal Coste and Eugène Flandin
  • Marlik
  • Matiene
  • Mount Behistun
  • Mount Khajeh
  • Nakhcheer
  • Naqsh-e Rustam
  • Nishapur
  • Noushijan Tappe
  • Palace of Darius in Susa
  • Paraw Kukherd
  • Pasargadae
  • Persepolis
  • Poshtab Castle
  • Prehistory of Iran
  • Qadamgah (ancient site)
  • Qahqaheh Castle
  • Qaleh Bozi
  • Qiblah Mosque
  • Rab'-e Rashidi
  • Rabat Tepe
  • Sidekan
  • Rahmatabad Mound
  • Saltmen
  • Sang-i Chakmak
  • Sari, Iran
  • Sefid-Ab
  • Shadiyakh
  • Shah Tepe
  • Shahr-e Sukhteh
  • Shir Ashian Tepe
  • Siba Castle
  • Sorkh Deh chamber tomb
  • Statue of Hercules
  • Tabriz
  • Tachara
  • Takht-e Soleymān
  • Tall-i Bakun
  • Tangeh Bolaghi
  • Taq Bostan
  • Taq-e Gara
  • Tawseelah Castle
  • Tehran Plain
  • Temukan
  • Tepe Hissar
  • Tepe Sialk
  • Tepe Yahya
  • Teppe Hasanlu
  • Teppe Zagheh
  • Terenah
  • The Historic Bath of Siba
  • Tureng Tepe
  • Two domes of Kukherd
  • Warwasi
  • Wezmeh
  • Yafteh
  • Yarim Tepe (Iran)
  • Zayandeh River Culture
  • Ziwiye hoard

more informations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Archaeological_sites_in_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Iran

Iraq

Republic of Ireland

Israel and Palestine

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Korea

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

  • Sidon
  • Tyre
  • Aadloun
  • Anjar, Lebanon
  • Aaiha
  • Aammiq
  • Aaqbe
  • Afqa
  • Ain Aata
  • Ain Harcha
  • Akbiyeh
  • Akkar plain foothills
  • Al-Bireh, Lebanon
  • Amioun
  • Amlaq Qatih
  • Anjar, Lebanon
  • Antelias cave
  • Ard Saouda
  • Ard Tlaili
  • Arqa
  • Arsal
  • At Tiri
  • Baalbek
  • Baidar ech Chamout
  • Bakka, Lebanon
  • Batroumine
  • Bechamoun
  • Beit Mery
  • Bodai
  • Canalizations of Zenobia
  • Cardo Decumanus Crossing
  • Colonnaded Street
  • Bustan Birke
  • Dahr El Ahmar
  • Dakoue
  • Darbechtar
  • Deir El Aachayer
  • Deir el Ahmar
  • Dekwaneh
  • Douwara
  • Duris, Lebanon
  • Flaoui
  • Jabal es Saaïdé
  • Jbaa
  • Jdeideh
  • Jebel Aabeby
  • Jeita Grotto
  • Joub Jannine
  • Kafr Zabad
  • Kamid al lawz
  • Kamouh el Hermel
  • Karak Nuh
  • Kaukaba
  • Kefraya
  • Kfar Abida
  • Kfar Qouq
  • Kfar Tebnit
  • Kfarhata
  • Khallet el Hamra
  • Khallet Michte
  • Khirbet El-Knese
  • Ksar Akil
  • Labweh
  • Lake Qaraoun
  • Libbaya
  • Lion Tower
  • Majdal Anjar
  • Mansourieh
  • Maqne
  • Maronite mummies
  • Mayrouba
  • Mdoukha
  • Monastery of Saint Maron
  • Moukhtara
  • Mtaileb
  • Nabi Zair
  • Nachcharini
  • Nahle, Lebanon
  • Neba'a Faour
  • Nebi Safa
  • Niha Bekaa
  • Ourrouar
  • Qaa
  • Qal'at Bustra
  • Qalaat Faqra
  • Qalaat Tannour
  • Qaraoun
  • Qasr Chbib
  • Qasr el Banat, Lebanon
  • Ras al-Ain, Lebanon
  • Ras Baalbek I
  • Ras Beirut
  • Ras El Kelb
  • Rashaya
  • Riha Station
  • Riyaq
  • Rmeileh
  • Sands of Beirut
  • Saraain El Faouqa
  • Sarepta
  • Sawiri, Lebanon
  • Shheem
  • Sidon
  • Sin el Fil
  • Tahun ben Aissa
  • Tayibe (Lebanon)
  • Tell Aalaq
  • Tell Ain Cerif
  • Tell Ain el Meten
  • Tell Ain Ghessali
  • Tell Ain Nfaikh
  • Tell Ain Saouda
  • Tell Ayoub
  • Tell Deir
  • Tell Delhamieh
  • Tell Derzenoun
  • Tell Dibbine
  • Tell Ed Deir
  • Tell El Ghassil
  • Tell el-Burak
  • Tell Hoch Rafqa
  • Tell Jezireh
  • Tell Jisr
  • Tell Karmita
  • Tell Khardane
  • Tell Kirri
  • Tell Mekhada
  • Tell Mureibit
  • Tell Neba'a Chaate
  • Tell Neba'a Litani
  • Tell Qasr Labwe
  • Tell Rasm El Hadeth
  • Tell Rayak
  • Tell Shaikh Hassan al Rai
  • Tell Shamsine
  • Tell Zeitoun
  • Tell Zenoub
  • Temnin el-Foka
  • Temple of Eshmun
  • Toron
  • Tyre Hippodrome
  • Tyre Necropolis
  • Tyre, Lebanon
  • Wadi Koura
  • Wadi Yaroun
  • Yammoune
  • Yanta, Lebanon
  • Ain W Zain
  • Zahlé

Libya

Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

  • Clapham Junction – cart ruts
  • Ġgantija Temples – listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Ħaġar Qim Temples – listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni – prehistoric subterranean structure listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Mnajdra Temples – listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Tarxien Temples – listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Xagħra Stone Circle

Mexico

Micronesia

Mongolia

  • Khoid Tsenkheriin Agui (Northern Cave of Blue), Paleolithic cave drawings
  • Tsagaan Agui (White Cave), Paleolithic cave drawings
  • Kharakhorum, capital of the Mongolian Empire

Morocco

The Netherlands

  • Hunebed

New Zealand

  • Albert Park tunnels – World War II civilian air raid shelters sealed in 1946
  • Te Wairoa – "The Buried Village", a Maori village buried by volcanic eruption in 1886
  • Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement

North Macedonia

Norway

Pakistan

Main article: Archaeological sites in Pakistan

Palau

Panama

  • Monagrillo

Peru

Main article: Archaeological sites in Peru

Philippines

Poland

  • Biskupin Iron Age
  • Giecz Middle Ages
  • Krzemionki Opatowskie Neolith
  • Odry Iron Age
  • Ostrów Lednicki Middle Ages
  • Otalążka near Grójec, possibly cult-related

Portugal

  • Abul
  • Cabeço do Vouga
  • Castro do Vieito
  • Cemitério das Âncoras
  • Muge Mesolithic Shell Middens
  • Tróia
  • Vila Nova de São Pedro
  • Lapedo Child

Qatar

  • Al Da'asa
  • Al Khor Island
  • Jebel Jassassiyeh
  • Murwab
  • Ruwayda
  • Umm Al Maa
  • Wadi Debayan

Romania

See also: List of historical monuments in Romania
  • Acidava (Enoşeşti) – Dacian, Roman
  • Apulon (Piatra Craivii) – Dacian
  • Apulum (Alba Iulia) – Roman, Dacian
  • Argedava (Popeşti) – Dacian, possibly Burebista's court or capital
  • Argidava (Vărădia) – Dacian, Roman
  • Basarabi (Calafat) – Basarabi culture (8th – 7th centuries BC), related to Hallstatt culture
  • Callatis (Mangalia) – Greek colony
  • Capidava – Dacian, Roman
  • Cernavodă – Cernavodă culture, Dacian
  • Coasta lui Damian (Măerişte)
  • Dacian Fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains
  • Drobeta – Roman
  • Giurtelecu Şimleului
  • Histria – Greek colony
  • Lumea Noua (near Alba Iulia) – middle Neolithic to Chalcolithic
  • Măgura Uroiului
  • Napoca (Cluj-Napoca) – Dacian, Roman
  • Peștera cu Oase – the oldest early modern human remains in Europe
  • Porolissum (near Zalău) – Roman
  • Potaissa (Turda) – Roman
  • Sarmizegetusa Regia – Dacian capital
  • Sarmizegetusa Ulpia Traiana – Roman capital of province of Dacia
  • Trophaeum Traiani/Civitas Tropaensium (Adamclisi) – Roman
  • Tomis (Constanţa) – Greek colony
  • Ziridava/Şanţul Mare (Pecica) – Dacian, Pecica culture, 16 archaeological horizons have been distinguished, starting with the Neolithic and ending with the Feudal Age

Russia

Serbia

Saudi Arabia

  • Mada'in Saleh
  • Dumat Al-Jandal
  • Marid Castle
  • Tayma
  • Diriyah
  • Al-Balad, Jeddah
  • Dosariyah
  • Gerrha
  • Pharaonic Tayma inscription
  • Tomb of Eve
  • Qaryat al-Faw
  • Tarout Island
  • Thaj
  • Al-Shuwayḥaṭiyah
  • Al-Ukhdūd
  • Rock Art in the Ha'il Region
  • Al-Rabadha
  • Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions
  • AlUla
  • Midian
  • Thee Ain
  • Souk Okaz

Somalia

  • Surud mountain
  • Gelweyto
  • Laasgeel
  • Maduna

Slovenia

  • Ptuj (Roman city Poetovio)
  • Potok Cave (cave – Neolithic)
  • Ljubljana Marsh (Bronze Age findings)
  • Ljubljana (Roman city Emona)
  • Vrhnika (World's oldest wheel)

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Main article: List of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Sri Lanka

Sultanate of Oman

  • Abayah Late Iron Age graves
  • al-Akhdhar settlement and burial area
  • al-Amqat Early and Late Iron Age burial ground
  • al-Batin 1 Late Iron Age burials
  • al-Bustan burial ground
  • al-Feg, Siya, W. Sarin Early and Late Iron Age cemetery
  • al-Jawabi trilith site
  • al-Moyassar multi-period graves, settlement, copper production
  • al-Nejd, Sultanate of Oman Late Iron Age fortified settlement
  • al-Raki settlement and copper production
  • al-Rustaq, al- multi-period settlement and burial area
  • al-Saruj Late Iron Age grave
  • al-Shariq 2 trilith site
  • al-Wasit Late Bronze Age settlement and burial area
  • Amla/al-Fuwaydah Pre-Islamic recent period burial ground
  • Bandar Jissa 1 Late Iron Age cemetery
  • Bawshar settlement and burial area
  • Bimmah Early Iron Age settlement and cemetery
  • Hamra Kahf Late Iron Age graves
  • Ibra I052 Late Iron Age fortified settlement
  • Ibri/Selme tombs, metal hoard
  • Izki settlement and burial area
  • Jebel al-Hammah, trilith site
  • Jebel al-Salayli, multi-period grave and mining site
  • Jebel Sunsunah Late Iron Age fortified settlement
  • Khadhra Bani Daffa Mustagh Late Iron Age grave
  • Khor Rori 1st century CE Hadhramaut site
  • Lizq fortified mountain settlement
  • Mahaliya multi-period cemeteries
  • Muscat Christian burials
  • Muti, Tawi al-Alayah Late Iron Age graves
  • Mudhmar Early Iron Age sanctuary
  • Negda Madirah Late Iron Age fortified settlement
  • Qaryat al-Saiḥ Late Iron Age and Muslim period fortified settlement, graves
  • Ras al-Hadd multi-period settlement and burial area
  • Ras al-Jins multi-period settlement and burial area
  • Sabt Saite Early and Late Iron Age graves and fort
  • Samad al-Shan multi-period settlement, burial area
  • Samail, al-Baruni 1 Pre-Islamic recent period burial
  • Sinaw SNW1 T58 Late Iron Age graves
  • Suhar Early and Late Iron Age settlement and cemeteries
  • Shenah Late Iron Age cemetery, possible trilith
  • Shir Bronze Age burial ground
  • Tiwi tw0002 Late Iron Age fortified settlement
  • ʿUmq al-Rabaḫ Late Iron Age settlement and burial area
  • ʿUqdat al-Bakrah Early Iron Age metal-working site
  • Wadi Sahtan rock art and inscriptions
  • Yanqul multi period burials
  • Yiti multi period burials

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Ancient City of Bosra

Taiwan

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Taiwan
  • Beinan Cultural Park
  • Dulan Site
  • Fengbitou Archaeological Site
  • Huilai Monument Archaeology Park
  • Niumatou Site

Thailand

Tunisia

Archaeological Site of Carthage
  • ad-turres (byzacena)
  • Aeliae
  • Aptuca
  • Aquae in Byzacena
  • Aquae Regiae
  • Ausafa
  • Autenti
  • Auzegera
  • Beni Otsmane
  • Bennefa
  • Bir-Abdallah
  • Borj Gourbata
  • Botriana
  • Cabarsussi
  • Carthage
  • Cebarades
  • Chemtou
  • Chusira
  • Crepedula
  • Cufruta
  • Culusi
  • Douela
  • Drâa-Bellouan
  • Dzemda
  • Edistiana
  • Egnatia, Byzacena
  • El Brij, Tunisia
  • El Kenissia
  • El-Haria
  • Eles, Tunisia
  • enfidha
  • Feradi Minus
  • Filaca
  • Foratiana
  • Gratiana, Africa
  • Henchir-Bir-El-Menadla
  • Henchir Chigarnia
  • Henchir-Sidi-Salah
  • Henchir-Boucha

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

  • Al-Ashoosh
  • Al Madam
  • Al Sufouh
  • Bidaa bint Saud
  • Bithnah
  • Ed-Dur
  • Hili
  • Jebel Buhais
  • Jebel Faya
  • Jebel Hafeet
  • Jumayra
  • Kalba
  • Masafi
  • Mleiha
  • Muweilah
  • Qattara Oasis
  • Rumailah
  • Saruq Al Hadid
  • Seih Al Harf
  • Shimal
  • Tell Abraq
  • Thuqeibah
  • Umm Al-Nar

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

United States

Uzbekistan

Yemen

  • Ma'rib Capital of the Sabaean empire
  • Zafar Capital of the Himyarite empire

Zimbabwe

References

  1. ^ http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/001675.html
  2. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/more-studies-needed-at-pattanam/article4743789.ece

The Times 2001, Archaeology of the World, Edited by Chris Scarre, HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 0-7230-1032-3

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