Ancient Locations: Database of Archaeological Sites

[First posted in AWOL 23 August 2015, updated 9 October 2018]

Ancient Locations: Database of Archaeological Sites

ANCIENT LOCATIONS is my collection of Placemarks of archaeologically interesting locations of the ancient world.

The list is continuously updated and expanded to give anyone with an interest in archaeology and history the possibility to look up the coordinates of relevant sites.
Locations are included if they existed prior to 476 CE in the Old World (end of the West-Roman Empire) and prior to 1492 CE in the New World (re-discovery of the New World).
There are currently 25307 placemark entries in the database. 4235 are shown on Ancient Locations (16.7 %). There are currently 129 overlay and map entries in the database. 41 are shown on Ancient Locations. (31.8 %) Those entries not shown are either under review or are not assigned to appear on Ancient Locations.
The number of database entries increases when placemarks are imported or manually added, and it decreases when duplicates or invalid enties are removed. Reviewing all the placemarks and ascertaining accurate coordinates is a slow process...

For the task of managing my Placemarks I have implemented a program, a screeshot of which you can see on the right.

This website has had 801036 visitors since June 6, 2008, which was the day it was set up.

Regions Index

Zagros, Elam, and Iran

Neolithic sites
Mesopotamia

First Cities Lower Mesopotamia Neolithic sites Upper Mesopotamia
Egypt

Settlements

Eastern desert Faiyum Lower Egypt Sinai Upper Egypt Wawat Western desert
Sites+Landmarks

Artwork/Infrastructure Cemeteries Fortifications Mastabas Palaces Pyramids Temples Tombs

Kush and Aethiopia

Settlements Sites+Landmarks

El-Kurru Jebel Barkal Meroë North Cemetery Meroë South Cemetery Nuri Tangasi Zuma

Levant

Neolithic sites Northern Levant Phoenicia Southern Levant
Anatolia

Chalcolithic sites Hittite Lycia Neolithic sites Phyrgia Pisidia Roman
Arabia

Himyarite Minaean Oman Yemen
Aegean

Achaean Asia Minor Carian Central Greece Crete Cyclades Dorian Ionian Lycian Lydian Minoan Northern Greece Peloponnese Phyrgia
Mediterranean

Adriatic Cyprus Iberian peninsula Italia Malta Northern Africa Provence Western islands
Pontus

Georgia Greek Neolithic sites Roman Thracian
Caucasus Africa

Berber East Africa Horn of Africa Mauretania Phoenician Sahara Subsahara
Asia

Central Asia

Neolithic sites
North Asia East Asia

Settlements

Japan Korea Southeast Asia
Sites+Landmarks

Caves Pyramids and Tombs

India

Settlements

Sri Lanka
Sites+Landmarks

Australia Oceania

Melanesia Polynesia
Europe

Balkans British Isles Central Europe Eastern Europe Iberian peninsula Western Europe
Latin America

Settlements

Caribbean Mesoamerica South America
Sites+Landmarks

Aztec Chachapoya Chanka Chupícuaro Inca Mayan Moche Nazca Lines Olmec Tarascan

North America

Settlements Sites+Landmarks

Mississippian Pueblo

Medieval sites

Africa Asia China Early Christianity Iberian peninsula India Latin America Mesopotamia Northern Levant Southeast Asia Southern Levant
Natural sites

Impact sites Volcanoes
Modern sites

Asia Australia North America