List of archaeological sites by country

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

Afghanistan

Albania

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Bahrain

Bangladesh

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Bangladesh

Belgium

Belize

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Canada

Chile

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Chile

China

Colombia

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

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

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Acharnae, Athens ( Mycenaean tomb)

Guatemala

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iran

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Iran

Iraq

Republic of Ireland

Israel and Palestine

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Korea

Kyrgyzstan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

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

Moldova

Mongolia

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

Montenegro

Municioium S...

See also:Heritage museum Pljevlja

Morocco

The Netherlands

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
Huriawa Peninsula - Te Pa a Te Wera, Reserve, and archeological sites
Motutapu Island - Site of many settlements and early Maori manufacturing

Nicaragua

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Nicaragua

North Macedonia

Norway

Borg in Lofoten, Viking Age longhouse site
Borre mound cemetery, cemetery from the Merovingian period to the Viking Age
Gokstad ship burial
Oseberg ship burial
Tune ship burial

Pakistan

Main listing: List of archaeological sites in Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Main listing: List of 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

Qatar

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)
Cucuteni – Cucuteni–Trypillia culture
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
Noviodunum ad Istrum – 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

Arkaim – Proto-Aryans
Ignateva Cave – Site of Paleolithic cave painting
Ipatovo – Proto-Indo-Europeans
Krivoye Lake – Proto-Aryans
Ladoga – Vikings/Rus'
Mayatskoye – Saltovo-Mayaki culture
Maykop – Proto-Indo-Europeans
Pazyryk – Scythians
Phanagoria – Ancient Greeks
Sarkel – Khazars
Sintashta – Proto-Aryans
Tanais – Ancient Greeks
Tmutarakan – Greeks/Khazars/Rus'
Ubsunur Hollow – nomadic tribes such as the Scythians, the Turks and the Huns
Veliky Novgorod – Vikings/Rus'

Serbia

Saudi Arabia

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

Sultanate of Oman

Abayah Wadi Suq 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-Salayli, multi-period burial and metal-producing site
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, Early Iron Age metal hoard
Izki settlement and burial area
Jebel al-Hammah, trilith site
Jebel Sunsunah Late Iron Age fortified settlement
Khadhra Bani Daffa Mustagh Late Iron Age cemetery
Khor Rori 1st century CE Hadhramaut fortified settlement
Lizq fortified mountain Early Iron Age settlement
Mahaliya multi-period pre-Islamic cemeteries
Muscat Christian burials
Muti, Tawi al-Alayah Late Iron Age cemetery
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, cemetery
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 Wadi Suq burials

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Syria

Tanzania

Taiwan

Main article: List of archaeological sites in Taiwan

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uzbekistan

Yemen

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

Zimbabwe

References

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

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