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Archaeological & historic sites in Iraq
Iraq has 63 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Babylon. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 63
- Oldest
- Nemrik 9 9799 BC
- Little known
- 19 of 63
- Most from
- 22nd century BC
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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
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11.Dur-Sharrukin
Archaeological · 8th century BC · Renowned
Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II
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18.Ziggurat of Ur
Archaeological · 21st century BC · Renowned
Early Bronze Age ziggurat in present-day Iraq
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25.Citadel of Erbil
Archaeological · Notable
Citadel and archaeological settlement hill in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
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42.Charax Spasinu
Archaeological · Notable
Ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf, and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene
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61.Hazar Merd Cave
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Group of Paleolithic cave sites excavated by Dorothy Garrod in 1928
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Iraq?
63 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Iraq 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 Iraq?
Babylon, 22nd century BC. Capital city of Babylonia and an archaeological site in modern-day Iraq.
Which is the oldest?
Nemrik 9, dated to 9799 BC. 16 of these 63 carry a founding date, 16 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.