Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Iraq
Detourmap lists 72 places in Iraq, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (63). Best known: Nineveh. 22 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 72
- Oldest here
- Nemrik 9 9799 BC
- Little known
- 22 of 72
- Most from
- 22nd century BC
Archaeological & historic sites in Iraq 63
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1.Babylon
Archaeological · 22nd century BC · Iconic
Capital city of Babylonia and an archaeological site in modern-day Iraq
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4.Assur
Archaeological · 25th century BC · Iconic
Archaeological site in Iraq, former capital of Assyria
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5.Ctesiphon
Archaeological · 2nd century BC · Iconic
Capital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras in present Iraq
Nature & landscapes in Iraq 9
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Iraq?
Nineveh. Ancient Assyrian city, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Iraq?
72: 63 archaeological & historic sites and 9 nature & landscapes. 22 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Iraq?
Nemrik 9, dated to 9799 BC. 16 of the 72 places here carry a founding date at all, and 16 of those predate 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.