Machu Picchu
32 photographs by 18 photographers · 19 photographs in three years by 8 people
The most remarkable archaeological sites in the world
The order is how widely a place is written about, not how pretty its photographs are. We count the language editions of Wikipedia that have an article about it and how often those articles are read: an article appears in a tenth language only when someone who does not speak the first nine decided the place was worth describing. Every entry says what its rank is made of.
Troy
- UNESCO World Heritage
41 photographs by 24 photographers · 22 photographs in three years by 9 people
Stonehenge
- UNESCO World Heritage
747 photographs by 77 photographers · 35 photographs in three years by 13 people
Angkor Wat
- UNESCO World Heritage
753 photographs by 34 photographers · 3× Quality image · 40 photographs in three years by 5 people
Petra
- UNESCO World Heritage
279 photographs by 44 photographers · 59 photographs in three years by 17 people
Chichen Itza
- UNESCO World Heritage
120 photographs by 31 photographers · 58 photographs in three years by 5 people
Kirt Edblom from Albany, Oregon, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Pantheon
6 photographs by 2 photographers · 6 photographs in three years by 2 people
Acropolis of Athens
- UNESCO World Heritage
195 photographs by 67 photographers · 1 Featured picture, 2× Quality image · 80 photographs in three years by 37 people
Temple of Ephesian Artemis
- UNESCO World Heritage
115 photographs by 32 photographers · 1× Quality image · 36 photographs in three years by 4 people
Persepolis
- UNESCO World Heritage
114 photographs by 39 photographers · 87 photographs in three years by 24 people
Annemarie Schwarzenbach · Public domain
Ephesus
- UNESCO World Heritage
179 photographs by 35 photographers · 158 photographs in three years by 20 people
Hadrian's Wall
- UNESCO World Heritage
876 photographs by 54 photographers · 15 photographs in three years by 8 people
Western Wall
374 photographs by 77 photographers · 3× Quality image · 21 photographs in three years by 4 people
Ur
- UNESCO World Heritage
155 photographs by 46 photographers · 16 photographs in three years by 9 people
Abu Simbel
- UNESCO World Heritage
197 photographs by 63 photographers · 65 photographs in three years by 10 people
Buddhas of Bamiyan
- UNESCO World Heritage
194 photographs by 75 photographers · 1 Featured picture · 17 photographs in three years by 7 people
Sgt. Ken Scar · Public domain
Mohenjo-daro
- UNESCO World Heritage
92 photographs by 29 photographers · 5 photographs in three years by 5 people
Teotihuacan
- UNESCO World Heritage
958 photographs by 23 photographers · 10× Quality image · 4 photographs in three years by 3 people
Borobudur Temple
- UNESCO World Heritage
93 photographs by 38 photographers · 57 photographs in three years by 19 people
Photo owner: Government of Republic of Indonesia Photographer: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Memphis
- UNESCO World Heritage
27 photographs by 17 photographers · 8 photographs in three years by 3 people
Uruk
- UNESCO World Heritage
141 photographs by 48 photographers · 8 photographs in three years by 6 people
Olympia
- UNESCO World Heritage
84 photographs by 9 photographers · 61 photographs in three years by 2 people
Angelos Christofilopoulos / European Union, 2024 / EC - Audiovisual Service · CC BY 4.0
Susa
- UNESCO World Heritage
42 photographs by 26 photographers · 10 photographs in three years by 7 people
Baalbek
- UNESCO World Heritage
158 photographs by 55 photographers · 1 Featured picture, 2× Quality image · 9 photographs in three years by 5 people
Pergamon
- UNESCO World Heritage
41 photographs by 15 photographers · 30 photographs in three years by 7 people
Byblos
- UNESCO World Heritage
96 photographs by 45 photographers · 4 photographs in three years by 2 people
Nalanda Mahavihara
- UNESCO World Heritage
490 photographs by 34 photographers · 1× Quality image · 110 photographs in three years by 6 people
Merv
- UNESCO World Heritage
18 photographs by 14 photographers · 1× Quality image · 4 photographs in three years by 4 people
Cahokia
- UNESCO World Heritage
71 photographs by 31 photographers · 17 photographs in three years by 6 people
Cyrene
- UNESCO World Heritage
212 photographs by 30 photographers · 9 photographs in three years by 6 people
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