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Websitekempinski.com

Rock Paintings in Helan Mountains – Kempinski

Kempinski Hotel Yinchuan · 2024

Thousands of paintings Spring Autumn to Western Xia

Helan Mountains Helankou North — Rock Art Park North Gorge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

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Saimaly-Tash Petroglyphs UNESCO Tentative 1512

UNESCO · 2024 · UNESCO

Saimaluu-Tash Araköl Lake — Mid-Mountain Boulder Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitesardisexpedition.org

Sardis – Temple of Artemis – Harvard-Cornell Expedition

Harvard Art Museums · 2024

Pactolus terrace and Croesus capital

Sardis Artemis Temple — Pactolus Valley Sanctuary of Artemis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sardis – Wikipedia 38°28′48″N 28°02′24″E

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and Lydian capital

Sardis Artemis Temple — Pactolus Valley Sanctuary of Artemis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Saymaluu-Tash – Wikipedia 41°11′N 73°49′E

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Nature park and 10k stones

Saimaluu-Tash Araköl Lake — Mid-Mountain Boulder Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Website360cities.net

Shaanxi Province geography 31°42′–39°35′N 105°29′–111°15′E

360Cities · 2024

Shaanxi Qinling Huashan range hinterland

Huaishan Rock Art — Lantian Blue Mountain Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Stratonikeia – Lagina Temple of Hecate – 37°22′30″N 28°02′15″E

Pleiades / Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Lagina sanctuary and frieze

Stratonikeia Hekate Temple — Lagina Sanctuary of Hekate

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tamgaly UNESCO landscape – Wikipedia Tanbaly

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

UNESCO 1145 and Chu-Ili coordinates

Tamgaly Kungei Ridge Sanctuary — Aiyrtau Sun Shrine

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteteosarkeoloji.com

Teos Archaeological Excavations

Teos Project · 2024 · Ankara University

Teos Theatre Terrace — Dionysus Sanctuary Overlook

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Teos – Dionysus Temple – Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Sığacık location and Hermogenes

Teos Theatre Terrace — Dionysus Sanctuary Overlook

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteescapetomongolia.com

Tsagaan Salaa in Bayan Ulgii — Escape to Mongolia

EscapeToMongolia · 2024

1979 discovery and Neolithic-Bronze scatter 15 km

Tsagaan Salaa — Baga Oigor South Valley Panels

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitebarevarmenia.com

Ughtasar Mount Syunik 3000–3300 m

Barev Armenia / Concierge Travel · 2024

Plateau elevation and 1968 discovery

Ughtasar Trapet Basin — Pilgrim Lake Shore Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Ughtasar Petroglyphs – Wikipedia 39°41′02″N 46°03′00″E

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and goat/bull petroglyph description

Ughtasar Trapet Basin — Pilgrim Lake Shore Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Yinshan Rock Paintings – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Inner Mongolia western Yin Mts and Li Daoyuan record

Yinshan Wulashan Table Mountain — Southern Scarp Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art – Wikipedia 22°15′20″N 107°01′23″E

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

UNESCO coordinates and limestone cliff context

Zuojiang Huashan Ningming — Luoyue Serpent Cliff

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteenglish.www.gov.cn

China builds digital image database for 72 petroglyphs Gansu

SZDaily / Gov.cn · 2023 · Gov.cn

72 sites mostly Yellow River, Heishan Qiang

Dahekou Yellow River — Baiyin Pingchuan East Bank Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape – UNESCO Serial 1508

UNESCO WHC · 2016 · UNESCO

Serial 1508-01 Ningming 22°15'20 E107°01'53 buffer

Zuojiang Huashan Ningming — Luoyue Serpent Cliff

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape – UNESCO 1457

UNESCO · 2014 · UNESCO

Pergamon 39.13,27.18 multi-layered

Pergamon Trajan Temple — Upper Acropolis Traianeum Sanctuary

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Amara West — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Amara West

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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