161Sites
Ancient sites in Afghanistan
161 places of the ancient world in Afghanistan: cities and settlements 139, temples and sanctuaries 8, archaeological sites 7, forts and camps 3, tombs and cemeteries 3. Most often first recorded: Roman period.
139Cities and settlements
8Temples and sanctuaries
0Villas and houses
6Eras
Where the ancient sites are
Before 750 BCClassical periodHellenistic periodRoman periodLate AntiquityMiddle Ages
When they first appear
Before 750 BC12
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC21
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC26
Roman period30 BC – AD 30030
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 64011
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 14531
By kind
Cities and settlements139
Temples and sanctuaries8
Archaeological sites7
Forts and camps3
Tombs and cemeteries3
Mines and quarries1
The best-known sites
Ai KhanoumSettlement · Hellenistic period
Qazāq QishlāqAlexandria Ariorum / Artacavan / HareySettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
HeratBactra / ZariaspaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
BalkhDrapsakaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Roman period
KunduzKabulSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
KabulQa`la BostSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity
FaqīrānAchaiaSettlement · Hellenistic period
Alexandria / Alexandropolis / CufisSettlement · Classical period – Middle Ages
Shāh ManşūrBigis / Bestia Desolata / ParabesteSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity
FaqīrānCapisaSettlement · Roman period
PāyilNagara / DionysopolisSettlement · Roman period
JalalabadDaroakanaSettlement · Roman period
QūshnakǦalālābādSettlement · Classical period – Hellenistic period
JalalabadDilbarjinSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
DilbajīnEukratidiaSettlement · Roman period
DilbajīnAlexandriaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Roman period
HeratNad-i Ali / ZarangSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
Jān MuḩammadPhrada / Prophthasia / Frakh-kar-PerozSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
FarahQal'a-i SamSettlement · Hellenistic period – Roman period
Sar-o TarSettlement · Roman period
Khānah-ye Dād-e KhudāShah TepeSettlement
MandanurAhin PoshSettlement · Roman period
Jānbāz KhēlAlexandria / KapisaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Roman period
ŞayādArachosiorum Oppidum / AlexandriaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
QalātīRegions
Every site
TakharSites: 39
KunduzSites: 30
BalkhSites: 25
JowzjanSites: 9
NimrozSites: 7
HelmandSites: 7
HeratSites: 6
KandaharSites: 5
KabulSites: 5
GhazniSites: 5
NangarharSites: 4
FaryabSites: 4
BaghlanSites: 4
FarahSites: 3
BamyanSites: 2
ParwanSites: 1
KapisaSites: 1
BadghisSites: 1
Sar-e Pol ProvinceSites: 1
SamanganSites: 1
PanjshirSites: 1
Towns with the most ancient sites
KunduzSites: 4
Bābā ŞadīqSites: 3
HeratSites: 2
FarahSites: 2
FaqīrānSites: 2
KabulSites: 2
JalalabadSites: 2
Qazāq QishlāqSites: 2
BamyanSites: 2
DilbajīnSites: 2
Qūwāī KārSites: 2
QurbaqahSites: 2
Qal‘ah-ye Gul MuḩammadSites: 2
Deh NowSites: 2
Deh-e Nahr-e JadīdSites: 2
KalafgānSites: 2
PanjarīSites: 2
ChīchkahSites: 2