ANCIENT NERDS
RESEARCH PLATFORM
Ancient Nerds is a free research platform for archaeology and ancient history. A 3D globe maps 1.7 million sites from more than 20 open databases, 5,000 of them curated in depth. Lyra reads the latest archaeology videos and turns them into sourced stories, which become a journal every week. Theo, our research agent, writes long-form papers with thousands of citations, published under CC BY 4.0.
1.7 million archaeological sites rendered on a WebGL globe. Rotate, zoom from orbit to street level, switch between satellite and dark mode.
By age, country, category, or data source. Narrow down from 5,000 BC and older to present across 90+ countries and 49 site types.
30+ historical empires with animated timeline controls. Roman, Byzantine, Mongol, Inca, and more.
Photos, 3D photogrammetry, historical maps, artifacts, texts, and myths. Cross-referenced across multiple databases.
Your AI archaeology companion. Ask about any site, period, or region. Powered by vector search across the entire database.
CHAT WITH LYRA
Track newly mentioned sites from video content. 1.7 million known sites cross-referenced in real-time.
OPEN RADAR
What's near you?
Distance between sites
Rivers, reefs, glaciers, tectonic plates
Ice age coastlines
Field-ready PWA
Aggregating the world's archaeological databases into one unified platform.
Full read-only REST API for developers. Search sites, query sources, fetch news, and get stats. Interactive explorer with live requests and syntax-highlighted responses.
EXPLORE THE API
Martin from Germany and Matt from Australia. We've spent years chasing megalithic mysteries and questioning the mainstream narrative of our ancient past.
Polygonal masonry that defies explanation. Precision stonework attributed to "copper chisels." Sites that rewrite timelines. This platform exists because we got tired of scattered data and wanted one place to map it all.
Polygonal masonry that defies explanation. Precision stonework attributed to "copper chisels." Sites that rewrite timelines. This platform exists because we got tired of scattered data and wanted one place to map it all.
A small but growing community of nerds who love ancient history. Share cool finds, geek out over maps, and help us build this thing.
JOIN OUR DISCORDANCIENT NERDS Research builds on the extensive work of archaeologists, historians, and field researchers who have studied ancient sites over decades.
Every curated site has its own page with description, period, coordinates and sources. Pick a country, or see all countries.
