An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

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Brazil

64 places in the atlas, 5 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Earthworks23
Archaeological wonders16
Rock art sites15
Ancient cities11
Geoglyphs8
Ancient villages7
Contested sites5
Hypothetical places5
Hydraulic works4
Hypothetical sites4
Lost cities4
Buried cities3

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Verified45
Accepted5
Contested6
Hypothetical5
Pseudo3

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Piauí13
Amazonas5
Piauí, Serra da Capivara3
Acre, Capixaba, BR-317 km 40 west of Rio Branco, geoglyph western Acre2
Mato Grosso, Xingu Indigenous Park, Kuhikugu (X11) western plaza K9 Seki2

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Verified45 Widely accepted5 Contested

Sambaqui Coast

Acre & Rondônia, Amazon Basin1

Acre, Capixaba municipality, Ramal 3 settlement west of Capixaba town1

Acre, Rio Branco, Acre Geoglyph Ramal41

Amazonas, Javari–Solimões confluence, Akakor Javari pillar zone1

Amazonas, Upper Amazon – Omagua domain1

Amazonas, Upper Purus / Juruà–Peru-Brazil border high valley (claimed)1

Hypothetical5

Unverified0

Pseudoarchaeology3

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Partially excavated29 Excavated11 Excavation ongoing10 Unexcavated7 Buried5 Not applicable2

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🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork

Hillfort Rampart Americas 37 — Brazil Region 1

Period Classical · Regional culture Americas-Mound

Hillfort Rampart Americas 37 — Brazil Region 1 in Brazil Region 1, Brazil is a Iron Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.