Sites archéologiques anciens dans le monde

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303 sites antiques à travers le monde, du Paléolithique au début de l'époque moderne.

45 monuments patrimoniaux masqués

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Colosseum

72 apr. J.-C. – 80 apr. J.-C.

The Colosseum, Rome's iconic Flavian Amphitheatre, hosted gladiatorial combats and public spectacles, embodying imperial power and engineering innovation.

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Roman

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Longest Recorded History in China

Great Wall of China

700 av. J.-C. – 1644 apr. J.-C.

The vast frontier fortification system of northern China — rammed-earth Qin walls and the iconic stone Ming battlements — remains the single most conspicuous monumental gap left in a global archaeological atlas.

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Iron AgeClassicalImperial China

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in South America

Machu Picchu

1450 apr. J.-C. – 1572 apr. J.-C.

An Inca citadel built c. 1450 CE, Machu Picchu sits atop a mountain ridge in Peru. Abandoned during the Spanish conquest, it remained unknown to the outside world until 1911.

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Pre-ColumbianHigh MedievalEarly Modern

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in the World

Troy

3000 av. J.-C. – 500 apr. J.-C.

Nine settlement layers at Hisarlık in northwestern Türkiye, where Heinrich Schliemann dug for Homer's Troy and archaeologists still debate which level matches a historical war. UNESCO listed the site in 1998; renewed interest from epic film adaptations keeps new visitors comparing poetry with stone.

312

Iron AgeClassicalRoman

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Oldest City in Jordan

Petra

300 av. J.-C. – 700 apr. J.-C.

Petra, the Nabataean capital from ~300 BCE to 700 CE, is famed for its rock-cut tombs and sophisticated water system, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders.

322

HellenisticRomanLate Antique

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in Europe

Stonehenge

3100 av. J.-C. – 1600 av. J.-C.

Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic monument in Wiltshire, England, erected in phases between 3100 and 1600 BCE. Its iconic sarsen stones and bluestones form a complex of ceremonial and astronomical significance.

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NeolithicBronze Age

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in Asia

Göbekli Tepe

9600 av. J.-C. – 8000 av. J.-C.

The world's oldest known monumental sanctuary, predating Stonehenge by roughly 6,000 years. Massive carved T-shaped pillars arranged in circles suggest complex ritual activity among pre-agricultural communities.

422

Neolithic

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Oldest City in Italy

Pompeii

700 av. J.-C. – 79 apr. J.-C.

The Roman city of Pompeii was buried in the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, its extraordinary preservation offering an unparalleled window into ancient daily life.

521

Iron AgeClassicalHellenistic

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Known by the Most Names in Cambodia

Angkor Wat

1113 apr. J.-C. – 1218 apr. J.-C.

Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument, was built as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu by Khmer king Suryavarman II, later evolving into a Buddhist complex.

322

High Medieval

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Pantheon

27 av. J.-C. – 125 apr. J.-C.

The best-preserved monument of ancient Rome — a temple "to all the gods" rebuilt under the emperor Hadrian around 125 CE, crowned by the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built, a perfect hemisphere lit by a single open oculus at its apex. It has stood roofed and in continuous use for nearly nineteen centuries.

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Roman

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Southernmost Known Site in South America

Rapa Nui

1100 apr. J.-C. – 1722 apr. J.-C.

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is famed for its colossal stone moai, crafted by a Polynesian society that flourished from roughly 1100 to 1722 CE, leaving a cryptic legacy of monumental art and ecological transformation.

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Pre-ColumbianHigh MedievalEarly Modern

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in Oceania

Easter Island

900 apr. J.-C. – 1722 apr. J.-C.

The most remote inhabited island on Earth and the home of the moai — over 900 monumental stone figures, some weighing 80 tonnes, carved and transported by the Rapa Nui people across a tiny Pacific island to stand on ceremonial platforms as the embodied presence of ancestral chiefs.

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