List of archaeological sites

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This is a list of the 600 best-known archaeological sites, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name
1	Machu Picchu15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site
2	ColosseumAncient Roman amphitheatre, a landmark of Rome, Italy
3	Angkor WatHindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia
4	StonehengeNeolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
5	BabylonCapital city of Babylonia and an archaeological site in modern-day Iraq
6	Great Pyramid of GizaOldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world
7	PompeiiAncient Roman city near modern Naples, Italy
8	PetraAncient rock-cut historical city in Jordan
9	Chichen ItzaPre-Columbian Maya city in Mexico
10	PersepolisAncient city in Marvdasht County, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
11	Borobudur TempleBuddhist temple in Java, Indonesia
12	Abu SimbelUNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Egypt
13	SamarraCity in Iraq
14	AngkorFormer capital city; region of Cambodia
15	Terracotta ArmyCollection of ancient Chinese military statues
16	Tower of LondonCastle in central London, United Kingdom
17	Valley of the KingsNecropolis in ancient Egypt
18	BaalbekCity in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon
19	NinevehAncient Assyrian city, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
20	Buddhas of BamiyanSculptures in Afghanistan before 2001
21	UrAncient Mesopotamian city-state
22	Egyptian pyramidsAncient masonry structures constructed by ancient Egyptians
23	The Great SphinxAncient Egyptian monumental sculpture
24	Western WallHoly site of Judaism in Jerusalem
25	ByblosMediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, a main Canaanite-Phoenician city
26	ThebesAncient Egyptian city
27	AnuradhapuraCity in North Central Province, Sri Lanka
28	AssurArchaeological site in Iraq, former capital of Assyria
29	BaganAncient city in Myanmar
30	SusaAncient city in Iran, World Heritage site in Iran
31	TeotihuacanAncient Mesoamerican city
32	MoaiMonolithic humanoid figures
33	HarappaArchaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan
34	CtesiphonCapital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras in present Iraq
35	CyreneAncient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya
36	Great ZimbabweRuined city in the south-eastern hills of Zimbabwe near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo, was once the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe during the country's Late Iron Age
37	Minaret of JamMinaret in Afghanistan
38	TikalRuins of major ancient Maya city
39	UrukAncient city of Sumer and Babylonia
40	AsyutCity in Egypt
41	Ellora CavesAncient cave temples of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in Maharashtra, India
42	TaxilaArchaeological site of the ancient Indian subcontinent, at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan
43	MiletusAncient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
44	HerculaneumRoman town destroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius
45	Nalanda MahaviharaAncient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India
46	Roman ForumAncient Roman center of the city, a landmark of Rome, Italy
47	HattusaCapital of Hittite empire
48	HampiAncient and medieval monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India
49	MasadaArchaeological site in southeastern Israel
50	MervArchaeological site in Turkmenistan
51	Tassili n'AjjerSandstone massif in Algeria’s central Sahara Desert
52	TiwanakuArchaeological site in Bolivia
53	Leptis MagnaAncient city in modern Libya
54	NippurAncient city in modern day Iraq
55	Platonic AcademyAncient philosophical, research and educative center, founded by Plato in Athens
56	Aysén RegionAdministrative division of Chile
57	Nazca LinesLarge geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in Peru
58	CapernaumVillage at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus
59	PalenqueFormer Maya city state in southern Mexico
60	Chogha ZanbilComplex in Khuzestan Province, Iran
61	Karnak Temple ComplexAncient Egyptian temple complex
62	PasargadaeAncient city and archaeological site in Fars Province, Iranian national heritage site
63	SaqqaraVillage in Giza Governorate, Egypt
64	ChersonesusAncient city in today's Sevastopol, Crimea
65	Mogao CavesCaves in Dunhuang City, Gansu, China
66	Leshan Giant BuddhaMonumental sculpture
67	UxmalPre-Columbian Maya city in Yucatan
68	Abu MenaTown, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt. WHS#90
69	HeliopolisCity of ancient Egypt
70	Palatine HillCentremost of the seven hills of Rome, Italy
71	BosraTown in Daraa, Syria
72	HatraAncient city in northern Iraq
73	KöneürgençCity in Daşoguz Province, Turkménistan
74	Mount NemrutMountain and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey
75	NimrudAncient Assyrian city
76	EpidaurusAncient city in Argolis, Greece
77	Mesa Verde National ParkNational park in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States
78	AniRuined medieval Armenian city in Kars, Turkey, and UNESCO World Heritage Site
79	Bhimbetka rock shelters30,000+ years old archaeological World Heritage site in Madhya Pradesh, India
80	SardisAncient city in Anatolia, today an archaeological site at Sart, Turkey
81	TimgadRoman ruins in Algeria
82	Edinburgh CastleCastle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
83	HegraAncient settlement in Saudi Arabia
84	Luxor TempleAncient Egyptian tem
85	ThermopylaeAncient fortified passage in central Greece
86	AbydosCity in ancient Egypt
87	AmarnaEgyptian archaeological site
88	CopánMaya archaeological site in western Honduras
89	KarakorumFirst capital of the Mongol empire, established in 1220
90	MariAncient Sumerian and Amorite city
91	PaestumAncient Greek city in present-day village Paestum, Italy
92	Pyramid of DjoserArcheological site in Egypt
93	Trajan's ColumnAncient Roman victory column, a landmark of Rome, Italy
94	DjemilaArchaeological site of ancient Cuicul in Algeria
95	L'Anse aux MeadowsArchaeological site on the island of Newfoundland, Canada
96	Lake BledLake in Slovenia
97	MehrgarhNeolithic archaeological site in Balochistan, Pakistan
98	PoggiomarinoItalian comune in the Province of Naples
99	Tadrart AcacusMountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya
100	Tel MegiddoSite of an ancient city in northern Israel's Jezreel valley