Époque Classical

800 av. J.-C. – 323 av. J.-C. · 111 sites

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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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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.

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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

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The Parthenon and Acropolis citadel above Athens

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Longest Recorded History in Greece

Acropolis of Athens

447 av. J.-C. – 1687 apr. J.-C.

The fortified limestone citadel rising above Athens — crowned by the Parthenon, Erechtheion, and Propylaea — the supreme monument cluster of classical Greece and one of Europe's most visited archaeological sites.

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Oldest Temple in Europe

Parthenon

447 av. J.-C. – 432 av. J.-C.

The Parthenon (447–432 BCE) on the Athenian Acropolis is the supreme achievement of Classical Greek temple architecture, dedicated to Athena Parthenos and embodying the ideals of Periclean democracy.

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Earliest Known Site in Mexico

Teotihuacan

100 av. J.-C. – 650 apr. J.-C.

Teotihuacan, the 'City of the Gods,' was a vast metropolis and ceremonial center in central Mexico, dominating Mesoamerica from 100 BCE to 650 CE.

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Terracotta Army

246 av. J.-C. – 208 av. J.-C.

Life-sized terracotta army buried with China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, to guard him in the afterlife, discovered in 1974 near Xi'an.

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Most-Visited Ancient Site in Africa

Carthage

814 av. J.-C. – 700 apr. J.-C.

Ancient Phoenician city-state that became Rome's greatest rival, later reborn as a Roman metropolis, embodying over a millennium of Mediterranean history.

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Delphi

800 av. J.-C. – 393 apr. J.-C.

Sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, seat of the Pythia whose oracles shaped Greek colonisation, warfare, and personal choices. Treasury buildings, a theatre, and the stadium crown the site where Greeks imagined the omphalos, the navel of the world.

422

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Oldest Monument in South America

Nazca Lines

500 av. J.-C. – 500 apr. J.-C.

The Nazca Lines, vast geoglyphs etched into Peru’s desert, date from c. 500 BCE–500 CE and remain one of archaeology’s most intriguing legacies of ancient monumental art.

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Known by the Most Names in Iran

Persepolis

518 av. J.-C. – 330 av. J.-C.

Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, built by Darius I c. 518 BCE and sacked by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE, renowned for its monumental terraces and reliefs.

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Oldest Complex in Italy

Roman Forum

500 av. J.-C. – 600 apr. J.-C.

The political, religious, and commercial heart of ancient Rome, continuously inhabited from the 7th century BCE to the 7th century CE, now one of the world's most iconic archaeological landscapes.

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