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Websitecity.saitama.jp

Shimoyakebe Park

Saitama City · 2023 · Saitama

Wetland conservation context

Shimoyakebe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sonari Stupas — List of Monuments N-MP-221

ASI · 2023 · ASI

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Coordinates and protection

Sonari

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Takamatsuzuka Tomb — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Takamatsuzuka Tomb

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tepe Narenj — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Coordinates and chronology

Tepe Narenj (Narenj Hill)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteadventures-abroad.com

Truong Son (Annamite) Mountains — Hai Van Pass Context

Vietnam National Museum · 2023 · Adventures Abroad Trail Guide

Hai Van 496 m Truong Son crest context

Truong Son

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Udayagiri Caves — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Coordinates and cave list

Udayagiri Caves

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Ushizuka Kofun (Mibu) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Coordinates and designation

Ushizuka Kofun

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Vietnam's Prehistoric Cultures Exhibition — Go Mun

Vietnam National Museum · 2023 · VNMH

Go Mun at Phú Thọ context

Xom Ren

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikivoyage.org

Wikivoyage Ujjain History: Chalcolithic Sites at Nagda

Wikivoyage Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia

Nagda as Chalcolithic Ujjain district node

Nagda

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Yayoi 2-chome Site — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Name-type and coordinates

Oishi Yayoi Site

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Aswan Low Dam – 24°02′02″N 32°51′57″E Gravity masonry 1899–1902

Wikipedia / Structurae · 2024 · Wikimedia

24.03389,32.86583 and Willcocks masonry

Aswan First Cataract — Unfinished Obelisk Quarry Canal

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Bavian (Khinis) – Sennacherib Canal Head – 36°43′N 43°25′E – Jacobsen

Pleiades / Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Bavian inscription and Khinis source

Nineveh Khinis (Bavian) Aqueduct Head — Sennacherib Mountain Aqueduct Source

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitevisitourchina.com

Bingling Temple Caves – Xiaojishi 35 km SW Yongjing – Western Jin

VisitOurChina · 2024

Xiaojishi Mtn and Western Jin

Bingling Temple Lower Grottoes — Liujia Gorge Yellow River Cliffs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Bingling Temple – Yongjing Linxia 100 km SW Lanzhou – Grottoes

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Yongjing canyon along Yellow River

Bingling Temple Lower Grottoes — Liujia Gorge Yellow River Cliffs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Dazu Rock Carvings – Chongqing 29°42′30″N 105°42′15″E – UNESCO 912

Wikipedia / UNESCO · 2024 · Wikimedia

Baoding–Beishan 892–1178 50k statues

Dazu Beishan Rock Carvings — Chongqing Northern Mountain Gallery

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Heraclea at Latmus – Kapıkırı 37°29′58″N 27°31′03″E – Pleiades

Pleiades / Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Bafa Lake and Lysimachus walls

Heraclea at Latmus Athena Temple — Endymion Mountain City Sanctuary

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Iasos – Kıyıkışlacık 37°16′48″N 27°35′06″E – Italian excavations Levi

Pleiades / Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Iasos Agora Temple — Kıyıköy Fishing Harbour Sanctuary

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Jawa – Wadi Rajil 32°19′N 37°01′E Basalt dam Jordan – Helms 1970s

Wikipedia / Helms · 2024 · Wikimedia

3500–3000 BCE 10 ha black desert and Glueck

Jawa West Reservoir — Wadi Rajil Basalt Dam System West Pool

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Jerash – Ancient Gerasa – Ceys Channel Hadrianic aqueduct

Pleiades / Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

32.2775,35.8889 Decapolis and Hadrian visit

Ceys Channel — Jerash (Gerasa) Hadrianic Water Conduit

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetripomatic.com

Kallanai Dam 10°49′48″N 78°49′06″E – Tripomatic / LatLong

Tripomatic · 2024

10.83,78.81 coords and Kaveri delta

Kallanai South Sluice — Grand Anicut Vennar Distributary Head

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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