Site type guide
Archaeological
Archaeological sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
180 archaeological sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Archaeological sacred sites overview
Archaeological sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
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Tlatelolco Archaeological Zone
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Tlatelolco Archaeological Zone preserves the ceremonial centre of México-Tlatelolco, a Mexica city founded around 1337 beside Tenochtitlan....
Tmogvi Fortress and Church Landscape
Aspindza, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Tmogvi Fortress and Church Landscape is a documented archaeological site in Aspindza, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, connected with Historical regional religious traditions....
Tongobriga
Marco de Canaveses, Porto, Portugal
Tongobriga grew from an Iron Age Castro-culture hillfort into a Roman administrative town with a forum and baths, and later carried a Palaeochristian basilica into the...
Tula Archaeological Zone
Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico
Tula Archaeological Zone protects the monumental heart of Tollan-Xicocotitlan, the great Toltec capital that flourished in central Mexico during the Early Postclassic....
Tumba Madžari
Madžari, Madžari, Gazi Baba Municipality, Skopje, North Macedonia
Tumba Madžari is a documented archaeological site in Madžari, North Macedonia, interpreted through ancient ritual and archaeological evidence....
Ullastret Iberian City
Ullastret, Girona, Spain
Ullastret is a walled hilltop settlement of the Indigetes, the Iberian people who ruled this stretch of Catalan coast before Rome....
Underhoull Longhouse
Baltasound, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a windswept slope above Lunda Wick on the island of Unst, the ruins of an Iron Age broch and three Norse longhouses occupy the same ground....
Uplistsikhe Cave Town
Gori, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Uplistsikhe Cave Town is a documented archaeological site in Gori, Shida Kartli, Georgia, connected with Historical regional religious traditions....
Valle dei Templi
Agrigento, Agrigento, Italy
The Valle dei Templi in Agrigento preserves seven ancient Greek temples along a south-facing ridge overlooking the sea....
Vinča-Belo Brdo Archaeological Site
Vinča, Vinča / Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia
Vinča-Belo Brdo Archaeological Site is a documented archaeological site in Vinča, Serbia, interpreted through ancient ritual and archaeological evidence....
Vrang Buddhist Stupa and Temple
Vrang / Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan
Vrang Buddhist Stupa and Temple is a documented archaeological site in Vrang / Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan, connected with...
Wat Chaiwatthanaram
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Chaiwatthanaram presents a deliberate hierarchy: a dominant central prang, surrounding towers, galleries, and the Chao Phraya at the edge of the composition....
Wat Chang Lom, Si Satchanalai
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chang Lom stands near the centre of Si Satchanalai, where thirty-nine full-bodied stucco elephants encircle a Sri Lankan-form principal chedi....
Wat Chang Rop
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Wat Chang Rop crowns a laterite hill in Kamphaeng Phet's aranyik forest-monastery zone....
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo is a major archaeological temple within Si Satchanalai, component 002 of UNESCO property 574....
Wat Lokayasutharam
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
At Wat Lokayasutharam, a monumental reclining Buddha remains legible while most of its enclosing monastery has disappeared....
Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Mahathat was Ayutthaya's central royal monastery, built around a principal prang that Fine Arts records say enshrined Buddha relics....
Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Mahathat occupied the ritual centre of Sukhothai. Its lotus-bud principal chedi, encircling disciple reliefs, image halls, inscriptions, and roughly two hundred...
Wat Nang Phaya, Si Satchanalai
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Nang Phaya is a protected Buddhist ruin inside Si Satchanalai Historical Park....
Wat Phra Kaeo, Kamphaeng Phet
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaeo was the principal temple within Kamphaeng Phet's walled city. Its long east-west sequence contains halls, stupas, an elephant-supported chedi, and three...
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang combines an archaeological monument with a living first-class royal monastery....
Wat Phra Si Sanphet
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
The three chedis of Wat Phra Si Sanphet identify the former ceremonial heart of Ayutthaya's royal palace....
Wat Phra That, Kamphaeng Phet
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
According to the Fine Arts Department's monument record and map, Wat Phra That is the distinct inner-city temple immediately east of Wat Phra Kaew in Kamphaeng Phet...
Wat Ratchaburana, Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Ratchaburana is an archaeological temple in Ayutthaya's UNESCO-listed historic city....
Wat Sa Si
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Sa Si is an island monastery in Sukhothai Historical Park, approached by a causeway across Traphang Trakuan....
Wat Saphan Hin
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Saphan Hin takes its name from the slate-paved route climbing a western hill to Phra Attharot, a monumental standing Buddha....
Wat Si Chum
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Si Chum is organized around Phra Achana, the immense seated Buddha visible through a narrow opening in the mondop....
Wat Si Sawai
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Si Sawai preserves three Lopburi-style prangs and evidence of changing religious use....
Wiñay Wayna
Machu Picchu district, Cusco, Peru
Wiñay Wayna — Quechua for 'forever young,' after an orchid that flowers year-round on its slopes — is the final major site and overnight camp on the Classic Inca Trail...
Xerez Cromlech
Reguengos de Monsaraz, Évora, Portugal
Fifty-five granite menhirs encircle a central stone nearly 4.5 meters tall in a rare square rather than circular plan, near the village of Telheiro in the Alqueva region....
Yaxchilan Archaeological Zone
Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico
The Usumacinta River still guards Yaxchilan as it has for fifteen centuries. Reachable only by boat, this jungle-shrouded city preserves the most extraordinary Maya...
Zarautsoy Rock Paintings
Zarautsoy, Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan
Zarautsoy Rock Paintings is a documented archaeological site in Zarautsoy, Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan, connected with Historical regional religious traditions....
Zindan Cave, Yazılı Canyon
Aksu, Isparta, Turkey
Zindan Cave and Yazılı Canyon are two distinct locations roughly 35-40 km apart in Isparta Province, treated here as sequential stops on the same ancient road and modern...
Zona Arqueologica Moray
Maras, Cusco, Peru
Three groups of concentric circular terraces sink into the high plateau northwest of Cusco, each one descending through a temperature gradient of up to 15 degrees Celsius...
Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art
Guangxi, Guangxi, China
Along 105 kilometers of the Zuojiang River and its tributaries in Guangxi, 1,951 painted figures spread across 38 cliff sites, the largest concentration of rock art in...
Zurmala Stupa
Termez, Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan
Zurmala Stupa is a documented archaeological site in Termez, Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan, connected with Historical regional religious traditions....
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Previous pageKey questions
Archaeological sacred-site questions
- What archaeological sacred sites are included?
- Archaeological sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 180 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these archaeological sites located?
- Major country clusters include Thailand, Peru, Portugal, Mexico, Armenia, Turkey.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Historical regional religious traditions, Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric/Megalithic, Indigenous, Ancient, Ancient Greek and Roman.
- Can I view archaeological sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.