Bronze Age

Connected Sites: 54

Definition
WHS that include elements that date back to the Bronze Age.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Rock Carvings in Tanum
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.05
    113
    8
    Crit i: "an outstanding example of Bronze Age art of the highest quality." (OUV)
  • Southern Öland
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.62
    113
    7
    "On Stora alvaret there is a series of large Bronze Age burial cairns"
  • Mycenae and Tiryns
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.50
    243
    10
    Mycenae
  • Baalbek
    Baalbek
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.99
    102
    5
    Excavations near the Jupiter temple have revealed the existence of ancient human habitation dating to the Early Bronze Age (2900-2300 BC)
  • Biblical Tells
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.03
    101
    10
    Criti iii: "The three tels are a testimony to a civilization that has disappeared - that of the Cananean cities of the Bronze Age" (OUV)
  • Ancient Merv
    Ancient Merv
    Turkmenistan
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.83
    42
    5
    Five early settlements have been uncovered
  • Sulaiman-Too
    Sulaiman-Too
    Kyrgyzstan
    Inscribed: 2009
    2.23
    64
    3
    Bronze Age settlement
  • Inscribed: 2011
    2.06
    7
    0
    Large compositions appear within this period (AB ev)
  • Olympia
    Olympia
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.60
    216
    9
    Crit iii: "Settlements and necropolises from the Bronze Age have been unearthed along the banks of the Alpheios river." (OUV)
  • Rock Art in the Hail Region
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.25
    36
    4
    "(...) the occupants remained and adapted to the arid conditions they faced. This is well reflected in the late Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age rock art." – "The record commences with a massive component of Neolithic artwork, followed by comprehensive Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Historic traditions, all of which used the same localities to create their respective art corpora." (AB Ev)
  • Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.38
    25
    3
    "(...) the bronze drum, sheep-horn bell, bell, blade, sword and other objects in the pictographs proved that the society had entered into the Bronze Age." - "(...) the rock art bears a unique testimony to Luoyue people's belief system and social life, and are outstanding examples of rock art from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age." (Nomination file, p. 187, 224)
  • Troy
    Troy
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    141
    8
    "a major archaeological site that vividly illustrates the meeting of Near Eastern and Mediterranean cultures in the Early Bronze Age." (AB ev)
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.12
    108
    7
    "During the Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC, approximately), engravings on rock outcrops took on the issue of weapons,.." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Yin Xu
    Yin Xu
    China
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.19
    47
    3
    Chinese Bronze Age
  • Hawraman/Uramanat
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.07
    8
    1
    Central-Eastern Valley: "The earliest archaeological findings show than man settlements in these area date back to the late Bronze and Iron Ages." (Nomination file, p. 102)
  • Lenggong Valley
    Inscribed: 2012
    1.76
    48
    14
    occupation of the area particularly during the Palaeolithic era, but also during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods (crit III)
  • Stonehenge and Avebury
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.75
    434
    18
    This site extends into the Bronze Age.
    See www.english-heritage.org.uk
  • Al-Faw
    Al-Faw
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2024
    1.29
    4
    3
    "Around 2000 to 1900 BCE, a large number of cairns and tumuli appeared at the western base of Jabal Tuwayq, testifying to the second major phase of human occupation. The unearthed objects indicate the long-distance connections of the local community with Eastern Arabia and Yemen in the Bronze Age (...)." (AB Ev)
  • Evaporitic Karst and Caves
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.02
    52
    5
    "Between the Copper Age and the Early Bronze Age, the human frequentation became more systematic, and changed its aims: the natural cavities, in particular fossil karst springs, were mainly used as burial sites of the communities living in the neighbourhood. These are the cases of Farneto Cave (Gessi Bolognesi) and Tanaccia and Re Tiberio caves (Vena del Gesso Romagnola)" (nom file)
  • Domus de janas Sardinia
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.58
    31
    4

    "(...) twenty-six component parts , spread across the Italian island of Sardinia, dating from the Middle Neolithic to the Copper Age, up to the dawn of the Bronze Age". (AB Ev)
  • Megaliths of Carnac
    Inscribed: 2025
    3.41
    74
    5
    "(...) monuments were often reused, or new funerary structures inserted into the older ones. New forms of tombs developed in the Bronze Age." (AB Ev)
  • The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley

    Kaldar Cave: "Further excavation of the wider area revealed five layers of deposit, dating from the Islamic and Historical eras, Iron Age, Bronze Age, Chalcolithic, Neolithic, as well as the Upper and Early Upper Palaeolithic, and Middle Palaeolithic periods." – "A test pit at Ghamari Cave revealed five levels of deposits covering the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Islamic periods." – "In front of the Gilvaran Cave, a sondage pit testifies to the existence of a multi-layered agricultural society dating to the Islamic, Bronze Age, Chalcolithic and Neolithic periods." (AB Ev)
  • Tanbaly
    Tanbaly
    Kazakhstan
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.15
    38
    4
    "a substantial testimony to the lives and beliefs of pastoral peoples of the central Asian steppes from the Bronze Age to the present day." (OUV)
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.59
    247
    8
    "The archaeological explorations of the square in front of the Cathedral have shown that this location was the site of cults in honour of unknown divinities in the Ancient Bronze Age, where the Corinthian Oikos was received, the official cult location with which the founding of the city was sanctioned." (Nomination file, p. 135)
  • Su Nuraxi di Barumini
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.33
    100
    7
    Crit iii: "The Su Nuraxi di Barumini bears exceptional testimony to the Bronze Age civilisation of Sardinia" (OUV)
  • Shahr-i Sokhta
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.48
    7
    2
    Located at the junction of Bronze Age trade routes (AB ev)
  • Sarazm
    Sarazm
    Tajikistan
    Inscribed: 2010
    1.95
    45
    6
    "Later, particularly in the Bronze Age, Sarazm complemented and extended its activities with metallurgy and handicrafts, demonstrating the existence of a network of a diversity of interchanges on a very large scale" (unesco)
  • Sammallahdenmäki
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.11
    103
    6
    Crit iv: "The Sammallahdenmäki cemetery is an outstanding example of Bronze Age funerary practices in Scandinavia." (OUV)
  • Pyramids (Memphis)
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.51
    317
    12
    The "Old Kingdom" was Egypt's "Bronze age" civilisation
  • Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
    Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
    Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.03
    252
    16
    Crit iv: "The waterlogged conditions have preserved organic matter that contributes in an outstanding way to our understanding of significant changes in the Neolithic and Bronze Age history of Europe" (OUV)
  • Orkhon Valley
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.52
    53
    6
    Ornated graves
  • Liangzhu Archaeological Site
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.04
    46
    4
    "It provides unparalleled evidence for concepts of cultural identity, social and political organization and the development of society and culture in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age in China and the region" (AB ev)
  • Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.69
    67
    6
    mining sites dating from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age (c. 3900-1600 BCE) (AB ev)
  • Jelling
    Jelling
    Denmark
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.38
    193
    10
    "The North mound was constructed over an impressive burial chamber of oak that was cut into an earlier Bronze Age barrow of much smaller dimension." (off description)
  • Hortobágy
    Hortobágy
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.30
    105
    8
    Early Bronze Age burial mounds (kurgans)
  • High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.82
    107
    5
    Remains were found
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.61
    245
    16
    Crit iv: "Salt production on a major scale can be traced back in Hallstatt to the Middle Bronze Age." (OUV)
  • Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.23
    89
    13
    "Dolmens appear to have arrived in the Korean peninsula with the Bronze Age." (AB ev)
  • Gobustan Rock Art
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.71
    110
    7
    The area also holds Bronze Age burial sites (AB ev)
  • Dilmun Burial Mounds
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.09
    78
    6
    "The 21 property components selected for nomination reflect the history of Bahrain throughout the Bronze Age." (Nomination file, p. 64)
  • Dholavira: A Harappan City
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.85
    13
    2
    "Dholavira is an exceptional example of a proto-historic Bronze Age urban settlement pertaining to the Harappan Civilization". (Official description)
  • Deer Stone Monuments
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.73
    9
    2
    Bronze Age and Early Iron Age deer stone monuments
  • Butrint
    Butrint
    Albania
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.30
    157
    9
    There are several Bronze Age (2000-500BC) sites in the nominated area, including those at Kalivo, the acropolis of Butrint, and Shën Dimitri. (AB Ev)
  • Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.75
    84
    10
    Crit v: "the necropolis of Bat bears characteristic and unique witness to the evolution of funeral practices during the Early Bronze Age in the peninsula of Oman." (OUV)
  • Ban Chiang
    Ban Chiang
    Thailand
    Inscribed: 1992
    2.40
    61
    6
    "In addition to ceramics, the site has exceptional and uniquely early evidence of the knowledge of bronze-making by its inhabitants with remains of raw materials, production facilities, and complete bronze tools and ornaments. These early bronze finds make the site known as the metal tools production site in East and Southeast Asia" (official description at UNESCO website)
  • Atapuerca
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.41
    107
    7
    "The Galería del Silex contains abundant evidence of human occupation during the Neolithic and Bronze Age. More fifty painted and engraved panels have been recorded, with geometrical motifs, hunting scenes, and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures." (AB)
  • Ancient Jericho
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.74
    69
    4
    "The archaeological material from the Bronze Age includes three massive fortified walls constructed in the Early Bronze Age (3000-2350 BCE) and four walls dating to the Middle Bronze Age (1950-1550 BCE) visible in the excavated sections." (AB ev)
  • Al Ain
    Al Ain
    United Arab Emirates
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.52
    116
    8
    round tombs of the Hafit culture
  • Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.20
    18
    5
    "These various images and inscriptions are an exceptional demonstration of this long tradition of rock engraving, extending from the Neolithic period through the Bronze Age and up to the Silla period." - AB Evaluation
  • Talayotic Menorca
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    50
    4
    "from the Bronze Age (1600 BCE) to the Late Iron Age (123 BCE)" (AB ev)
  • Gordion
    Gordion
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.75
    46
    4
    "Evidence suggests that the first phase of settlement came under the influence of the Hittites during the Late Bronze Age, until the collapse of that Empire, around 1200 BCE." (AB ev)
  • Moenjodaro
    Moenjodaro
    Pakistan
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.51
    27
    3
    "Once the centre of a powerful civilization, Mohenjo Daro was one of the world's earliest cities — a Bronze Age metropolis boasting flush toilets, as well as a water and waste system to rival modern standards."
    See www.cbc.ca
  • Arslantepe Mound
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.42
    36
    5
    Considerable evidence also testifies to the Early Bronze Age period, most prominently identified by the Royal Tomb complex. (official description, Unesco website)
  • Ohrid Region
    Ohrid Region
    Albania, North Macedonia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.41
    204
    7
    Crit i: "encompassing archaeological remains from the Bronze Age up to the Middle Ages" (OUV)
    See ohrid.org.mk