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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South Korea

9 places in the atlas, 7 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Archaeological wonders7
Megaliths3
Temple complexes3
Rock art sites2
Tumuli2
Ancient cities1
Cave temples1
Hydraulic works1

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Verified9

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Gyeonggi-do Province, Suwon City1
Gyeongsangbuk-do1
Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju City, Gyeongju National Park, Wolji area 500 m SE of Wolseong palace (Silla palace garden)1
Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju City, Hwangnam-dong historic centre (Silla Tumuli Park) 800 m south of Wolseong palace1

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Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju City, Hwangnam-dong, Tumuli Park (adjacent to Hwangnam Daechong) 600 m south Wolseong

Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju City, Hwangnyongsa district north of Wolseong, 500 m north of Bunhwangsa (Gyeongju plain)1

North Gyeongsang Province, Gyeongju City, Tohamsan Mountain1

Ulsan Metropolitan City, Ulju County, Daegok-ri, Daegok-cheon stream 2 km north of Cheonjeon-ri, 20 km west of Ulsan1

Ulsan Metropolitan City, Ulju County, Dudong and Eonyang area, Cheonjeon-ri valley on Daegok-cheon tributary of Taehwa River, 30 km west of Ulsan city1

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🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

Unified Silla 751 CE (King Gyeongdeok reign) · Silla Korean Buddhist (Hwaeom)

Silla artificial cave-shrine (751 CE) on Tohamsan summit, commissioned by Kim Dae-seong, housing 3.48 m granite Vairocana surrounded by 40 meticulously sculpted bodhisattvas and guardians in 3.6 m…