26,931Sites
Ancient sites of the world
26,931 places of the ancient world in 88 countries — cities and settlements, forts, temples and sanctuaries, theatres, villas, tombs, aqueducts, bridges and mines — with the era each first appears in the record, from before 750 BC to the Middle Ages.
12,370Cities and settlements
2,332Temples and sanctuaries
576Theatres and amphitheatres
88Countries
Where the ancient sites are
Before 750 BCArchaic periodClassical periodHellenistic periodRoman periodLate AntiquityMiddle Ages
When they first appear
Before 750 BC1,978
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC2,065
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC2,138
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC4,285
Roman period30 BC – AD 30012,356
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 6401,860
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453380
By kind
Cities and settlementsSites: 12,370
Temples and sanctuariesSites: 2,332
Theatres and amphitheatresSites: 576
Forts and campsSites: 2,278
Villas and housesSites: 2,587
Tombs and cemeteriesSites: 1,460
Aqueducts and bathsSites: 811
Bridges, road stations and portsSites: 2,050
Mines and quarriesSites: 787
Archaeological sitesSites: 1,680
The best-known sites
RomaSettlement · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
RomeBabylonSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
Madīnat BābilAshur / ‘Lamban’ / ‘Libanai’Settlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
ŞudayrahSyracusae / SyrakousaiSettlement · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
SyracusePergamumSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages · World Heritage
BergamaEmerita AugustaSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
MéridaEphesus / ArsinoeSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages · World Heritage
SelçukCyreneSettlement · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
ShahhatThessalonicaSettlement · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
ThessalonikiŪrSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
ŪrPriene / ‘Lince’Settlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
GüllübahçeAkragas / AgrigentumTemple or sanctuary · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
AgrigentoConstantinopolisSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages · World Heritage
IstanbulAphrodisiasSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
GeyreItalicaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
SantiponceCaereTemple or sanctuary · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
CerveteriPoseidonia / PaestumSettlement · Archaic period – Middle Ages · World Heritage
PaestumPetraSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages · World Heritage
Wadi MusaNeapolis / Lepcis MagnaSettlement · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
Al KhumsPalmyraSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages · World Heritage
TadmurThugga / TokaiSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
DouggaPompeiiSettlement · Archaic period – Roman period · World Heritage
PompeiColonia LugdunumSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
LyonColonia TarracoSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
TarragonaCountries
Italy 4,348Türkiye 2,690Greece 2,687France 1,987Tunisia 1,664Spain 1,446Algeria 1,257United Kingdom 1,257Egypt 1,058Syria 749Libya 718Iraq 622Germany 618Iran 534Romania 360Israel 324Russia 312Portugal 268Bulgaria 255India 252Serbia 239Jordan 229Austria 190Croatia 175Afghanistan 161Ukraine 137Cyprus 133Morocco 129Sudan 123Palestine 119North Macedonia 113Switzerland 109Georgia 106Lebanon 105Hungary 94Czechia 94Belgium 85Armenia 84Bosnia and Herzegovina 76Albania 76Poland 75Uzbekistan 71Saudi Arabia 69Tajikistan 69Netherlands 58Pakistan 54Turkmenistan 54Yemen 48Slovenia 45Slovakia 40Sri Lanka 38Denmark 33Ireland 31Azerbaijan 28Kosovo 24Malta 22