Clicking or tapping a colored rectangle on the map will zoom the map into that rectangle.
Click on the dice to fly to a random site.
Click on a news article title to fly to a site associated with that article.
Double-click to zoom in and center the map on the spot where you have double-clicked.
Click the magnifying glass then enter a location to zoom to that location on the map.
View the full map by clicking on the full screen icon
All the sites shown on the map are from the sources listed below. Ancient Sites has collected this data and merged it to the map. Please support
these excellent sites, supplying them with data which we can then display here.
Our data merging process is far from perfect, so you will see sites duplicated on the map. We are working to improve this process
Ancient Sites is developed and supported by Entiro Systems Ltd. This site is both a work of interest by us and a demonstration
of the type of work we do.
At Entiro we specialize in:
- Data acquisition
- Data modelling and deployment
- Web based mapping interfaces
- Python, Javascript, Leaflet, PostgresSQL
- A whole bunch of other good stuff
You can email us or visit our website.
Our processes of data collection and merging are fully automated and only as smart as the computer algorithms we have employed.
People can do a much better job at much of this work. By becoming a member you can help out.
Please help us:
- Flag duplicate sites that require merging
- Tidy up the description text
- Report a broken link
- Add an image to the site popup
- Suggest improvements
You can register here. You can view a help file for site editing here.
We won't share your email and will protect your privacy.