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Enclosures · Mysteria

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Enclosures

Every place in the atlas labelled enclosures.

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Countries: 6
World Heritage: 2

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🇸🇩Sudan

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🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Turner Group Earthworks

Middle Woodland Hopewell 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition (Turner phase)

Hopewell enclosure-mound group source of copper effigies and mica tombs on Little Miami terrace.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith

Shunet el-Zebib Enclosure Abydos

Early Dynastic · 2nd Dynasty Egyptian

Shunet el-Zebib Enclosure Abydos at Abydos, Shunet el-Zebib, Egypt is a Early Dynastic megalithic of the 2nd Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c.

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🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex

Musawwarat es-Sufra — Great Enclosure and Lion Temple

Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE Great Enclosure; Lion Temple 230 BCE Arnekhamani) · Meroitic (Arnekhamani, Amanitore) with elephant training centre

Musawwarat excavated by Hintze 1960–, Apedemak lion temple and elephant ramp.