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Hoysaleswara Temple Halebidu — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Hoysaleswara Temple Halebidu

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Kailasa Temple Ellora Outlier — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

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Kailasa Temple Ellora Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Mahabodhi Temple Bodh Gaya — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Mahabodhi Temple Bodh Gaya

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Pueblo Bonito - Chaco Canyon Great House — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Pueblo Bonito - Chaco Canyon Great House

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Sanchi Great Stupa and Temple Complex — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Sanchi Great Stupa and Temple Complex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Tassili nAjjer Rock Art - Tin Merzouga Sector — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Tassili nAjjer Rock Art - Tin Merzouga Sector

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Valcamonica Rock Drawings — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Valcamonica Rock Drawings

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Dendera Temple Complex — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Dendera Temple Complex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Articleen.wikipedia.org

Boralday — Wikipedia

2020

Boralday (Kazakh: Боралдай, Boraldai) is a town located some 5 kilometres to the north of Almaty in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan.

Boralday East Ili Piedmont Outlier Kurgans (Ili Piedmont East Satellite)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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Hama Norias — UNESCO tentative 1999

2020

Hama Norias — Orontes River Wa

Hama Norias — Orontes River Water Wheels (Hama Historic Hydraulic System)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Qasr el-Sagha Temple — Pleiades

McKee, G., Becker, J. · 2025 · Pleiades / ISAW NYU

Qasr el-Sagha Temple — Fayum North

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2025Open source

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Anu Ziggurat (Uruk) — Wikimapia

Wikimapia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimapia

Uruk Anu Ziggurat — Warka

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Dholavira — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Dholavira (Gujarati: ધોળાવીરા, IPA: [d̪ʰoɭaʋiɾaː]) is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat, western India, which is named after a…

Dholavira Castle Mound — Khadirbet

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteancientmesopotamia.org

Eridu (Settlement — Ancient Mesopotamia)

Ancient Mesopotamia Editors · 2024 · Ancient Mesopotamia / Univ. Chicago

Eridu Ziggurat — Abu Shahrain

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Eridu — Wikipedia (Tell Abu Shahrain)

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Eridu (Sumerian: 𒉣𒆠, romanized: NUN.KI; Sumerian: eridugki; Akkadian: irîtu) was a Sumerian city located at Tell Abu Shahrain (Arabic: تل أبو شهرين), also Abu Shahrein or Tell Abu Shahrayn, an…

Eridu Ziggurat — Abu Shahrain

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitelatitude.to

GPS coordinates of Kerma Culture, Sudan

Latitude.to · 2024 · Latitude.to

Kerma Tumulus KIII — Western Deffufa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Harappa — Indus Civilisation type-site

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Harappa (Punjabi pronunciation: [ɦəɽəˈpaː]) is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 kilometres (15 miles) west of Sahiwal, that takes its name from a modern village near the former…

Harappa Mound AB — Citadel Punjab

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Uruk

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Uruk Anu Ziggurat — Warka

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Dholavira: A Harappan City — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2021 · UNESCO

Dholavira Castle Mound — Khadirbet

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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