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Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora – UNESCO 1411

UNESCO · 2013 · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Inscription documentation and coordinates

Chersonesus Taurica – Submerged Quays (Chersonesos)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2013Open source

Websitezagazig.edu.eg

Tell Basta Project – Zagazig University Reports

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Mohamed Bakr · 2008 · Zagazig University / SCA

Bubastis – Tell Basta (Cult of Bastet)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2008Open source

Websitenauticalarch.org

The Uluburun Shipwreck – Institute of Nautical Archaeology

Cemal Pulak, George F. Bass · 2006 · INA

Primary excavation archive

Uluburun Late Bronze Age Shipwreck

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Websitewmf.org

Helike – World Monuments Watch 2004/2006

World Monuments Fund · 2004 · WMF

Protection status and summary

Helike

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2004Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ancient City of Nessebar – UNESCO 217

UNESCO · 1983 · UNESCO

Inscription and peninsula coordinates

Nessebar (Mesembria) – Drowned Peninsula

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1983Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Memphis and its Necropolis — the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur – UNESCO 86

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

World Heritage inscription and map

Memphis (Men-nefer) – Mit Rahina Lost Metropolis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websiteperseus.tufts.edu

OLOUS (near Elounda) Greece – Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Princeton University · 1976 · Perseus Tufts

Classical topography entry

Olous (Olus) – Sunken Dorian City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1976Open source

Websiteperseus.tufts.edu

SYBARIS Italy – Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Frank E. Brown · 1976 · Perseus Tufts

Authority topography entry

Sybaris – Thurii – Copia (Buried Tri-City)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1976Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Ashkelon — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Ashkelon

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Maidanetske — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Maidanetske

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Nebelivka — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Nebelivka

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Samaria — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Samaria

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Starčevo — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Starčevo-Grad

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Talianki — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Talianki

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tell Brak — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Tell Brak (Nagar) (Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tell Karanovo — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Varna Necropolis

Wikipedia · 2024

Varna Necropolis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetrek.zone

Vinča-Belo Brdo — Trek.zone coordinates

Trek.zone · 2024

Vinča-Belo Brdo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Palmyra — UNESCO World Heritage Centre 23

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Palmyra

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitetemplomayor.inah.gob.mx

Templo Mayor — INAH

INAH · 2023 · INAH

Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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