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Locating the Harbour: Myos Hormos/Quseir al-Qadim

Lucy Blue · 2007 · Intl Journal Nautical Archaeology

Harbour siltation curves for Myos Hormos system

Myos Hormos — Mangrove Lagoon Harbour at Marsa Nakari (Aphrodite Port)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2007Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of the Amazon : Kuhikugu

Michael Heckenberger, Kuikuro et al. · 2003 · Science

Kuhikugu complex discovery X11 at -12.55833 -53.11111

Kuhikugu — Eastern Cluster K8 Seki Settlement (Upper Xingu)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2003Open source

Journal articleresolve.cambridge.org

Locating Archaeological Horizons with 14C Sediment Dating: the Case of the Lost City of Helike

D. Soter, M. Katsonopoulou · 1995 · Radiocarbon

Helike borehole dating 38°13′N 22°08′E

Helike — Bouras Plain Borehole Submerged City (Gulf of Corinth)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1995Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Nymphaion — Pleiades

Pleiades · 2022 · ISAW NYU

Nymphaion — Submerged Lower Terrace and Harbour (Eltegen, Crimea)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Pantikapaion — Pleiades

Pleiades · 2022 · ISAW NYU

Coordinate and bibliography

Pantikapaion — Harbour and Submerged North Slope (Kerch Bay)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Paperneotec.ginras.ru

Results of ultra-high-resolution seismoacoustic survey offshore Taman Bay in the area of the ancient city of Phanagoria

Gaydalenok O.V., Korchagin I. et al. · 2019 · GIN RAS

Sub-bottom profiling of submerged city to –5 m

Phanagoria — Eastern Lobe Submerged Lower Town (Taman Bay)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Phanagoria on the Cimmerian Bosporus: 75 Years of Excavation

Vladimir Kuznetsov · 2018 · Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia

75-year synthesis including submerged zone

Phanagoria — Eastern Lobe Submerged Lower Town (Taman Bay)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Paperisprs-archives.copernicus.org

Photogrammetric Techniques for 3-D Underwater Record of the Antique Time Ship from Phanagoria

Olga Gaydalenok, Vladimir Kuznetsov · 2013 · ISPRS Archives

Submerged eastern bay mapping and ship photogrammetry

Phanagoria — Eastern Lobe Submerged Lower Town (Taman Bay)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2013Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Pleiades Place Resource: Çukuriçi Höyük (135066931)

Pleiades Gazetteer · 2024 · https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/135066931

Çukuriçi Höyük

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman — UNESCO

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Aflaj System of Rustaq and Batinah Piedmont (Rustaq–Suwaiq Lines)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Corduff — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Corduff (Irish: An Chorr Dhubh) is a northwestern suburb of Dublin, in Fingal, Ireland, 10 km from Dublin city centre.

Corduff Bog Trackway C (Corduff–Eglish Late Bronze Age Causeway)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Noushijan — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Nooshijan is an archaeological site in the west of Iran near Malayer. According to excavations from the site, the area was not inhabited earlier than 800 BC.

Nush-i Jan Median Dam and Reservoir (Malayer Valley Cistern)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Pishin District — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Zana Dam & Karez Outflow System (Pishin Valley Headwaters)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System — UNESCO

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Band-e Gargar Canal & Dam (Shushtar Darian Canal Head)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tafilalt — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Khettara System of the Ziz–Tafilalet Oasis (Erfoud–Rissani Line)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Khettaras in the Tafilalet oasis: contribution to sustainable development

M. El Faiz, A. Hammani · 2022 · Built Heritage

Khettara System of the Ziz–Tafilalet Oasis (Erfoud–Rissani Line)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Boralday — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Boralday Saka Kurgans (Boralday Steppe Necropolis)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Camiña — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Camiña is a Chilean commune and village in El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 1,275 and has an area of 2,200.2 km2 (850 sq mi).