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Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Vescera (Biskra) — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Coordinates and place type

Vescera (Biskra)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Zarai — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Coordinates and place type

Zarai

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Bestansur — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Bestansur is a Neolithic tell, or archaeological settlement mound, located in Arbat Town, Sulaimaniyah province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq in the western Zagros foothills.

Bestansur

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Değirmentepe — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Değirmentepe or Değirmentepe Hüyük is an archaeological site which is located at 50 km north of the river Euphrates and at 24 km in the northeast of Malatya province in eastern Anatolia.

Değirmentepe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ancient Capitals Asuka–Fujiwara — Takamatsuzuka 1757-019

UNESCO Tentative · 2024 · UNESCO WHC

Asuka tentative 1757 coordinates and bijin designation

Takamatsuzuka Tumulus

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara — Kitora 1757-018

UNESCO Tentative · 2024 · UNESCO WHC

Coords 34°27′04″N 135°48′19″E and tentative criteria verified

Kitora Tumulus

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Fujinoki Tomb — GPS 34°36′50″N 135°43′48″E

Nara Prefecture · 2024 · Kashihara Institute

Coords 34.614N 135.73E and corridor 48 m

Fujinoki Tumulus

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tottori) — Tawayama Zone

Agency Cultural Affairs · 2024 · bunka.nii.ac.jp

Yayoi period designation in Tottori–Shimane

Tawayama

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitelatitude.to

Surkh Kotal — GPS 36.05°N 68.5667°E

latitude.to · 2024 · latitude.to

Coords 36.05N 68.5667E verified via web_search

Surkh Kotal

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Termez Oasis: Kara Tepe Buddhist Complex

UNESCO Termez · 2024 · UNESCO Tentative List

Termez complex plan and Kara Tepe coordinates

Kara Tepe (Termez)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitevici.org

Begram — Ancient Kapisa at 34.96611°N 69.25472°E

Warwick Ball · 2011 · Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan Rev. Ed. Oxford

Coords 34.96611N 69.25472E verified via web_search

Begram

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2011Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Kampir Tepe — DAFA Termez Oxus Survey

D. Leriche · 2007 · Termez Archaeological Expedition

Oxus ferry crossing and lighthouse

Kampir Tepe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2007Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Eran — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 24.09106N 78.17152E and Varaha dimensions verified

Eran

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Kayatha — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 23.237N 76.0189E and culture summary verified

Kayatha

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Nevasa — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coords 19°33′05″N 74°55′40″E verified via web_search

Nevasa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Abu Ghurab — Pleiades 714956

Pleiades · 2023 · ISAW

Abu Ghurab Sun Temple of Niuserre

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitesahra.org.za

Bokoni — South African Heritage

SAHRA · 2023 · South African Heritage

Bokoni Stone-Walled Terraces

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Bokoni — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Bokoni (meaning 'land of the people from the north') was a pre-colonial, agro-pastoral society found in northwestern and southern parts of present-day Mpumalanga province, South Africa.