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Archaeological & historic sites in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has 21 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Buddhas of Bamiyan. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 21
- Oldest
- Kabul hoard 349 BC
- Little known
- 13 of 21
- Most from
- 12th century
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8.Alexandria on the Caucasus
Archaeological · Notable
Colony of Alexander the Great on the Hindu-Kush mountains
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9.Takht-e Rostam
Archaeological · 4th century · Hidden gem
Stupa-monastery complex built in the 4th-5th century CE
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11.Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription
Archaeological · 3rd century BC · Hidden gem
Edict of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Afghanistan
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13.Kabul hoard
Archaeological · 4th century BC · Hidden gem
A coin hoard discovered in the vicinity of Kabul, Afghanistan in 1933 that contained numerous Achaemenid coins as well as many Greek coins from the 5th and 4th…
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17.Minar-i Chakri
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Pillar made of carved stones on an elevation of 16 kilometers southeast of Kabul in Afghanistan
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18.Chil Zena
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Mountainous outcrop at the western limit of the city of Kandahar
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Afghanistan?
21 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Afghanistan with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Afghanistan?
Buddhas of Bamiyan. Sculptures in Afghanistan before 2001.
Which is the oldest?
Kabul hoard, dated to 349 BC. 5 of these 21 carry a founding date, 3 of them from before the year 1000.
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.