Archaeology World Map

Archaeological sites in numbers

A live snapshot of the archaeological sites Archaeology World Map has mapped worldwide, drawn from OpenStreetMap.

152,330archaeological sites mapped
177Countries covered
83Blog posts
2026-09-02Last updated

Top 10 countries

  • Algeria44,756
  • Ireland24,815
  • United Kingdom14,768
  • Spain10,329
  • Chad6,284
  • France5,083
  • Russia3,831
  • Japan3,463
  • United States of America3,154
  • Finland2,950

By continent

  • Europe67,545 (44.3%)
  • Africa56,090 (36.8%)
  • Asia16,046 (10.5%)
  • South America4,513 (3.0%)
  • North America4,462 (2.9%)
  • Oceania3,024 (2.0%)
  • Other650 (0.4%)