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Websitewhitelevy.fas.harvard.edu

Early Mesopotamian Urbanism at Tell Brak

Emberling, G. · 2012 · Harvard White & Levy Program

Tell Brak — Nagar/Nawar Mound

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2012Open source

Websiteegyptsites.wordpress.com

Qasr el-Sagha and Dimai

EgyptSites · 2009 · EgyptSites WordPress

Qasr el-Sagha Temple — Fayum North

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2009Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Headless Pyramid: Pleiades Place Resource

Becker, J. · 2024 · Pleiades / ISAW NYU

Headless Pyramid — Saqqara North (Lepsius XXIX)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Kozarnika Cave — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic overview and coordinates

Kozarnika Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Durrington Walls and Woodhenge — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Durrington Walls and Woodhenge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Silbury Hill — Avebury Landscape — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Silbury Hill — Avebury Landscape

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelivescience.com

'Missing' Pyramid Unveiled in Egypt — Menkauhor

LiveScience Staff · 2008 · LiveScience

Headless Pyramid — Saqqara North (Lepsius XXIX)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2008Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Alepotrypa Cave — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

The Alepotrypa Cave (Greek: Αλεπότρυπα, 'The Fox's Hole') is a Neolithic-period archaeological site on the Mani Peninsula of the Peloponnese in southern Greece.

Alepotrypa Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Atapuerca — Gran Dolina and Galería Trench — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Atapuerca — Gran Dolina and Galería Trench

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Cueva de Tito Bustillo — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Cueva de Tito Bustillo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Aspero – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Aspero is a well-studied Late Preceramic site archaeological complex located near the mouth of the Supe River, south of Supe Puerto, on the central coast of Peru.

Aspero

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Caral-Supe — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Caral-Supe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

El Fuerte de Samaipata – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

El Fuerte de Samaipata or Fort Samaipata, also known simply as "El Fuerte", is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Florida Province, Santa Cruz Department,…

El Fuerte de Samaipata

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

El Fuerte de Samaipata — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

El Fuerte de Samaipata

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Galindo – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Galindo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Isla del Sol – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Isla del Sol (Spanish for "Island of the Sun") is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is part of Bolivia, and specifically part of the La Paz Department.

Isla del Sol

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Marcahuamachuco – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Marcahuamachuco is an archeological site of Pre-Incan ruins in the La Libertad Region of Peru.

Marcahuamachuco

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Pachacamac – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Pachacámac (Quechua: Pachakamaq) is an archaeological site 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Lima, Peru in the Valley of the Lurín River. The site was first settled around A.D.