Archaeological Sites II

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Troy

Turkey, dug by Heinrich Schlieman, 3600-2150 years ago

L'Anse aux Meadows

Canada, dug by Helge and Anne Ingstad, 1240-950 years ago

Stonehenge

England, 3500-3000 BC

Danebury

England, fortress, 2500 years ago (iron age)

Nineveh

Assyria, 2500 years ago

Le Moustier

France, stone age - paleolithic

Folsom Points

America, prove human antiquity, extinct bison with spearpoints, 10000 years ago

Altamira

Spain, stone age

Cahokia

Illionois, includes Monks Mound, 1100 AD

Teotihuacan

Mesoamerica, 200 BC - 700 AD

Rosetta Stone

Egyptian, 2000 years ago

Great wall of China

China, 2500 years ago

Abu Simbel

Egypt, 3300 years ago

Poverty Point

Louisiana, 3500 years ago

Mesopotamia, 4000 years ago