Detourmap
Prehistoric
164 places on Detourmap founded older than writing — before about 1200 BC, in 43 countries. The best known is Stonehenge. Dates come from Wikidata, and only 5,549 of the 39,832 places here have one.
- In this era
- 164
- Countries
- 43
- Oldest
- Sudbury Basin 1.85 billion years ago
- Of all dated
- 3%
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1.Stonehenge
Archaeological · 19th century BC · Iconic
Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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2.Babylon
Archaeological · 22nd century BC · Iconic
Capital city of Babylonia and an archaeological site in modern-day Iraq
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3.Great Pyramid of Giza
Archaeological · 26th century BC · Iconic
Oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world
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4.Mount Etna
Nature · 3000th century BC · Iconic
Active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy
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5.Troy
Archaeological · 30th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Homeric-era city in northwest Asia Minor; it is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan war
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9.Byblos
Archaeological · 80th century BC · Iconic
Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, a main Canaanite-Phoenician city
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12.Assur
Archaeological · 25th century BC · Iconic
Archaeological site in Iraq, former capital of Assyria
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16.Knossos
Archaeological · 70th century BC · Iconic
Ancient Minoan through Roman administrative center and city
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17.Çatalhöyük
Archaeological · 75th century BC · Iconic
Archaeological site in Konya Province, Turkey
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19.Meroë
Archaeological · 25th century BC · Renowned
Ancient city along the eastern bank of the Nile River in Northern Sudan
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21.Karnak Temple Complex
Archaeological · 19th century BC · Renowned
Ancient Egyptian temple complex
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26.Chicxulub crater
Nature · 660000th century BC · Renowned
Prehistoric impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
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29.Mehrgarh
Archaeological · 70th century BC · Renowned
Neolithic archaeological site in Balochistan, Pakistan
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30.Tel Megiddo
Archaeological · 70th century BC · Renowned
Site of an ancient city in northern Israel's Jezreel valley
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33.Lothal
Archaeological · 24th century BC · Renowned
Prominent city of the ancient Indus valley civilization (present-day Gujarat, India)
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34.Ġgantija
Archaeological · 36th century BC · Renowned
Megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo
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35.Pyramid of Menkaure
Archaeological · 26th century BC · Renowned
Smallest of the three main Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
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36.Megalithic Temples of Malta
Archaeological · 36th century BC · Renowned
Several prehistoric temples on the Maltese Islands
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39.Ziggurat of Ur
Archaeological · 21st century BC · Renowned
Early Bronze Age ziggurat in present-day Iraq
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42.Sicyon
Archaeological · 20th century BC · Renowned
Ancient Greek city state Sicyon situated in the northern Peloponnesus
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47.Pi-Ramesses
Archaeological · 13th century BC · Notable
The capital city of the ancient Egyptian 19th dynasty.
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51.Newtontoppen
Nature · 4000000th century BC · Notable
Largest and highest mountain in Svalbard, Norway
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53.Lepenski Vir
Archaeological · 75th century BC · Notable
Mesolithic settlement & archaeological site
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55.Tepe Sialk
Archaeological · 70th century BC · Notable
Archaeological site in Kashan, Iranian national heritage site
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57.Sudbury Basin
Nature · 18500000th century BC · Notable
Second largest verified astrobleme on earth, remain of an Paleoproterozoic Era impact
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59.Yazılıkaya
Archaeological · 13th century BC · Notable
Sanctuary of Hattusa, the capital city of the Hittite Empire
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61.Sesklo archaeological site
Archaeological · 70th century BC · Notable
Neolithic site in Magnisia, Greece
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62.Lake Rotorua / Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe
Nature · 1380th century BC · Notable
Crater lake in the North Island of New Zealand
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67.Nevalı Çori
Archaeological · 84th century BC · Notable
Early Neolithic settlement and archaeological site
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79.Zincirli Höyük
Archaeological · 30th century BC · Notable
Former country and archaeological site in Islahiye, Gaziantep, Turkey
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82.Pentre Ifan
Archaeological · 35th century BC · Notable
Neolithic dolmen in the civil parish of Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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91.Sweet Track
Archaeological · 39th century BC · Notable
Ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England
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94.Dolmen of Guadalperal
Archaeological · 20th century BC · Notable
Dolmen in Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
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95.menhir d'Er Grah
Archaeological · 50th century BC · Notable
Large broken menhir in Locmariaquer, France
Prehistoric, by country
- Egypt21
- Turkey14
- Iraq11
- United Kingdom11
- Greece10
- France8
- Spain8
- Japan7
- New Zealand7
- Syria7
- Iran5
- Israel5
- Malta4
- Serbia4
- Ukraine4
- Canada2
- China2
- Georgia2
- Ireland2
- Italy2
- Mexico2
- Norway2
- Palestine2
- Peru2
- Sudan2
- Bulgaria1
- Cyprus1
- Czech Republic1
- Eritrea1
- Finland1
- Germany1
- India1
- Jordan1
- Lebanon1
- Luxembourg1
- Mali1
- Netherlands1
- Niger1
- Northern Cyprus1
- Pakistan1
- Portugal1
- Russia1
- Zambia1
Other eras
Questions about this page
What is the best known prehistoric place here?
Stonehenge in United Kingdom. Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Is this every place from that era?
No, and it is worth being plain about it: this is every place on this atlas that Wikidata gives a founding date inside the band. 5,549 of the 39,832 places here carry a date at all, so the list is a slice of a slice. It is not a survey of the period.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.