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Pakistan

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

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Ancient cities12
Archaeological wonders12
Ancient villages8
Buried cities5
Hydraulic works4
Canals1
Early urbans1
Fortified cities1
Inscriptions1
Petroglyphs1
Rock art sites1
Tells1

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Verified19
Accepted1

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Balochistan Province, Pishin District, Pishin Valley (north of Quetta)1
Balochistan Province, Pishin District, Zana pass headwaters of Lora River, Pishin Valley1
Balochistan, Kachi Plain1
Balochistan, Quetta District, Quetta-Chaman Road 1 km south of Kili village1

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Verified19 Widely accepted1 Contested

Balochistan, Sibi District, near Mehrgarh, 6 km south of Mehrgarh on Bolan River terrace

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Balochistan, Sibi District, south of Sibi near Bolan Pass exit (Nari River tributary)1

Gilgit-Baltistan, Diamer District, Chilas town, Upper Indus River left bank, Karakoram Highway1

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dera Ismail Khan District, Gomal Plain 22 km north of Dera Ismail Khan near Hathala1

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mardan District1

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Swat District, Barikot1

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Swat Valley, Saidu Sharif southeast, Bir-Kot Ghundai mound terrace, Swat River left bank1

Punjab, Bahawalpur District, Cholistan Desert on Hakra bed1

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Pseudoarchaeology0

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Ancient cities12 Archaeological wonders12 Ancient villages8 Buried cities5 Hydraulic works4 Canals1 Early urbans1 Fortified cities1 Inscriptions1 Petroglyphs1 Rock art sites1 Tells1 Temple complexes1

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UNESCO World Heritage only

Excavation

Partially excavated17 Excavation ongoing2 Unexcavated1

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balochistan3 gandhara3 indus3 kot diji3 neolithic3 bir kot2 bolan2 buddhist2 early harappan2 harappan2 indo greek2 jarrige2 karez2 kushan2 pishin2 silk road2 sindh2 swat2

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Unexcavated #karez Clear all

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works

Zana Dam & Karez Outflow System (Pishin Valley Headwaters)

Ghaznavid to Durrani to British · Pishin Pashtun–Baloch valley tribal hydraulic engineers

Headwaters dam–karez hybrid at Zana Pass: 88-m rockfill dam feeding 3 galleries (1.8-4.2 km) irrigating 420 ha.