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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Laos

4 places in the atlas, 3 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Champasak Province, Champasak District, at base of Phou Khao mountain 6 km from Mekong, 41 km southwest of Pakse (Champasak Cultural Landscape)1
Champasak Province, Pakse District, Mekong west bank1
Savannakhet Province, Vilabouly District (Sepon–Vilabouly valley, Annam Cordillera foothills, 30 km east of Savannakhet–Sepon road, 500 km east of Vientiane)1
Xiangkhouang Plateau1

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🇱🇦 Laos · Temple complex

Vat Phou and Associated Settlements (Wat Phou)

Chenla to Khmer Empire 5th–12th c CE (peak 6th–12th c) · Khmer / Chenla Hindu (Shiva Lingaparvata)

Khmer linga sanctuary (5th–12th c) at foot of Phu Pasak sacred spring mountain, aligned 1.4 km axial processional causeway from Mekong baray to cliff-top shrine.