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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Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tikal National Park — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

Tikal Temple V

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tikal National Park — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

Tikal Temple I (Temple of the Great Jaguar)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tikal National Park — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

Tikal Temple II (Temple of the Masks)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websiteegypce.ff.cuni.cz

Czech Abusir Expedition

Czech Institute of Egyptology · 2023 · CUNI

Pyramid of Neferefre (Raneferef)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Memphis and its Necropolis — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

Pyramid of Sahure

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Memphis and its Necropolis — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

Pyramid of Unas

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Memphis and its Necropolis — the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur - UNESCO

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

WHC listing covering Meidum

Pyramid of Meidum

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2024 · UNESCO

Tiryns

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2024 · UNESCO

Mycenae

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Delos (Island of the Gods) — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Delos (Island of the Gods)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ephesus (Efes) — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Ephesus (Efes)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Pergamon (Pergama) — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Pergamon (Pergama)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Saharan Neolithic Earthwork at Cajamarca #009 — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Cahuachi — Wikipedia & Heritage Register

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia

Cahuachi, in Peru, was a major ceremonial center of the Nazca culture, based from about 1–500 CE in the coastal area of Peru's central Andes. It overlooked some of the Nazca lines.