🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Wadi Jirdan Ancient Dam – Hadramawt
Hadhrami Old South Arabian · Hadhramawt kingdom
220-m Hadhrami diversion dam (700 BCE–400 CE) on Wadi Jirdan tributary — Hadramawt palm irrigation.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Hydraulic works
Achupallas Ingapirca Inca Road Segment
Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1470–1532 CE) · Inca (Topa Inca / Huayna Capac – Cañari conquest)
Extraordinary preserved 8 km upland paramo section of Inca Qhapaq Ñan (royal road) climbing 3600–4200 m across Azuay páramo linking Achupallas (Inca tambo) to Ingapirca (Hatun Cañar) via stone-paved…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Aphrodisias
Late Bronze Age to Byzantine (c.3000 BCE–12th century CE; peak Julio-Claudian to Severan) · Carian → Hellenistic Greek → Roman → Byzantine
Aphrodite's marble city with 30,000-seat stadium, Tetrapylon and Sebasteion reliefs.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Temple of Garni and Garni Gorge Symphony
Classical Armenia Artaxiad–Arsacid (1st century CE; preceded by Bronze fortress) · Hellenistic–Roman Armenian (Artaxiad client kingdom under Neronic patronage)
Only standing Greco-Roman Ionic temple in post-Soviet Armenia (77 CE) over organ-pipe basalt gorge.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Hydraulic works
Khui Rat Buri? Actually Ancient Canal North (Ratchaburi, Thailand)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Khui Rat Buri? Actually Ancient Canal North (Ratchaburi, Thailand) in Ratchaburi, Khu Bua Canal, Thailand is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) …
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Hydraulic works
Hegra — Ancient Well North (Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Hegra — Ancient Well North (Mada'in Salih, Saudi Arabia) in Al Madinah, Hegra, Saudi Arabia is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attr…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Mohenjo-daro — Great Bath Ancillary Drain
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Mohenjo-daro — Great Bath Ancillary Drain in Sindh, Larkana, Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Fayum — Shaduf North Field Canal Ancillary (Fayum, Egypt)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Fayum — Shaduf North Field Canal Ancillary (Fayum, Egypt) in Fayum, Fayum Depression, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attr…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Aké Archaeological Site
Late Preclassic–Postclassic (300 BCE–1520 CE, column hall 600–800 CE) · Maya (North-central Yucatán – Izamal sphere)
Maya city (300 BCE–1520 CE) walled by two concentric walls: inner 4 km sq core with 15 structures includingStructure 1— 30×30 m megalithic column hall 40+ stone columns 5 m high weighing 8 tons atop…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Shushtar — Ancient Bridge-Weir North (Khuzestan, Iran)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Shushtar — Ancient Bridge-Weir North (Khuzestan, Iran) in Khuzestan, Shushtar, Iran is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Ma'rib — Ancient Dam North (Yemen, Sabaean)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Ma'rib — Ancient Dam North (Yemen, Sabaean) in Ma'rib, Ma'rib Dam North, Yemen is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hyd…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Lothal — Dockyard Ancillary Wharf North
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Lothal — Dockyard Ancillary Wharf North in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, Lothal, India is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydra…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Hasankeyf — Bridge Pier North (Tigris)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Hasankeyf — Bridge Pier North (Tigris) in Batman, Hasankeyf, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic cult…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Petra — Ad-Deir Ancillary Cistern Terrace
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Petra — Ad-Deir Ancillary Cistern Terrace in Ma'an, Petra, Ad-Deir, Jordan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraul…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Patara — Lighthouse Ancillary Wharf North (Lycian)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Patara — Lighthouse Ancillary Wharf North (Lycian) in Antalya, Kaş, Patara, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Lake Titicaca Underwater Offerings
Tiwanaku to Inca (~500–1532 CE; Inca reef 1400–1532 CE) · Tiwanaku and Inca
At 3,810 m – the world's highest navigable lake – divers from Atahuallpa 2000 and recent Belgian–Bolivian teams mapped an underwater reef off the Khoa beach of the Island of the Sun retaining Inca…
🇰🇷 South Korea · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Mine Hermitage
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Hydraulic System at Mine Hermitage in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Valley of the Golden Mummies — Bahariya Oasis
Greco-Roman to Coptic (332 BCE–641 CE) · Greco-Roman Egyptian (Bahariya Oasite) / Coptic
Valley of the Golden Mummies is the 10 km Greco-Roman necropolis (332 BCE–641 CE) at Bahariya Oasis 380 km SW Cairo with 250 excavated tombs (10,000 est.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Zara Down
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Hydraulic System at Zara Down in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Mine Harbor
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Hydraulic System at Mine Harbor in Piauí, Brazil is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Tarawasi
Late Horizon Inca Imperial 1440–1536 CE · Inca
Qhapaq Ñan tambo with 28-niche polygonal usnu platform of perfectly fitted octagonal andesite.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Source Mesa
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Reservoir of Source Mesa in Andalusia, Spain is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Scar Ridge
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Hydraulic System at Scar Ridge in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Nazca culture.