List of famous archaeological sites

This is a list of notable archaeological sites throughout the world. Many are the subject of ongoing excavation or investigation. Note the difference between archaeological sites and archaeological discoveries which is that a site is a place-orientated and a discovery is object-orientated (though of course Troy was a discovery).

Table of contents 1 Belize 2 Bolivia 3 China 4 Egypt 5 France 6 Greece 7 Guatemala 8 Honduras 9 Iran 10 Iraq 11 Italy 12 Lebanon 13 Mexico 14 Pacific 15 Pakistan 16 Palestine 17 Peru 18 Russia 19 Syria 20 Turkey 21 UK 22 Zimbabwe

Belize

• Altun Ha
• Caracol
• Xunantunich

Bolivia

• Tiahuanaco

China

• Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian[?], near Beijing
• Terracotta Warriors[?]

Egypt

• Abydos
• Amarna
• Giza -Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens[?]

France

• Lascaux

Greece

• Athens
• Delphi
• Gournia[?]
• Knossos
• Lindos[?]
• Pylos

Guatemala

• Quirigua
• Tikal

Honduras

• Copan

Iran

• Persepolis

Iraq

• Babylon
• Hatra
• Nimrud[?]
• Nineveh
• Samarra
• Ur

Italy

• Herculaneum
• Pompeii

Lebanon

• Anjar[?]
• Baalbek
• Byblos

Mexico

• Chichen Itza
• Palenque
• Teotihuacan
• Uxmal

All the above are either Aztec or Olmec sites.

Pacific

• Easter Island

Pakistan

• Harappa
• Mehrgarh
• Mohenjo-daro

Palestine

• Jericho

Peru

• Chan Chan[?]
• Chavin[?]
• Machu Picchu
• Moche[?]
• Nazca

Russia

• Novgorod
• Pazyryk

Syria

• Bosra[?]
• Ebla[?]
• Palmyra
• Ugarit

Turkey

• Aphrodisias
• Catalhoyuk
• Hasankeyf[?]
• Knidos[?]
• Pergamon
• Troy (i.e. its discovery)
• Zeugma[?]

UK

• Bignor[?]
• Caerleon
• Castell Henllys[?]
• Fishbourne
• Jorvik[?] -York
• Mine Howe[?]
• Silchester
• Skara Brae
• Trelleck[?]
• Vindolanda
• Wroxeter[?]

Zimbabwe

• Great Zimbabwe