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Pyramid of Wedjebten — Queen of Pepi II — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Pyramid of Wedjebten — Queen of Pepi II

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Qasr Ibrim — Wikipedia

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Qasr Ibrim (Arabic: قصر ابريم; Meroitic: Pedeme; Old Nubian: ⲥⲓⲗⲙⲓ, Silmi; Coptic: ⲡⲣⲓⲙ, Prim; Ancient Greek: Πρῖμις, Prímis; Latin: Primis) is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia, located in the…

Qasr Ibrim — Cliff Fortress and Mound Settlement

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Satellite Pyramid of Teti — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Satellite Pyramid of Teti

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Satellite Pyramid of Unas — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Satellite Pyramid of Unas

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Shaduppum — Wikipedia

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Tell Harmal — Shaduppum Ziggurat Mound

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Tell Arpachiyah — Wikipedia

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Tell Arpachiyah — Halaf Painted Pottery Mound

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Tell Hassuna — Wikipedia

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Tell Hassuna is a tell, or settlement mound, in the Nineveh Province (Iraq), about 35km south-west of Nineveh. It is the type site for the Hassuna culture (early sixth millennium BCE).

Tell Hassuna — Type Site of Hassuna Culture

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Tell Shemshara — Wikipedia

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Tell Shemshara — Zagros Gateway Mound

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Tell Yelkhi — Wikipedia

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Tell Yelkhi — Diyala Census Mound

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Tell es-Sawwan — Samarran Mound and Fortified Village — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Tell es-Sawwan — Samarran Mound and Fortified Village

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Tell es-Sawwan — Wikipedia

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Tell es-Sawwan — Samarran Mound and Fortified Village

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Pyramid of Khuit — Queen of Teti — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Pyramid of Khuit — Queen of Teti

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Pyramid of Sesheshet — Mother of Teti — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Pyramid of Sesheshet — Mother of Teti

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Chortomlyk — Wikipedia

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Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan — Scythian King Ateas? (Nikopol amphitheatre, Dnipro)

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Coricancha (Qorikancha) – Temple of the Sun, Cusco — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Coricancha (Qorikancha) – Temple of the Sun, Cusco

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Ortona Prehistoric Village — Wikipedia

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Ortona Indian Mounds

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Turtle Mound — Wikipedia

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Turtle Mound is a prehistoric archaeological site located 9 miles (14 km) south of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States, on State Road A1A, between the Mosquito Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean.

Turtle Mound

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Bigo bya Mugenyi — Wikipedia

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Bigo bya Mugenyi

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Enkapune Ya Muto — Wikipedia

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Enkapune Ya Muto (Twilight Cave)

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Adrar Bous — Wikipedia

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Adrar Bous (Adrar Bou Achchouch?? corrected: Adrar des Ifoghas sector)

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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