An atlas of Earth’s mysterious places — megaliths, pyramids, lost and sunken cities — with the evidence shown plainly: what is verified, what is contested, and what is still unknown.

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Widely accepted pyramids

3 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified574 Widely accepted3 Contested3 Hypothetical3 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology5

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Tells35

Megaliths31

Archaeological wonders27

🇮🇶Iraq

Pyramids

🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder

Xlapak

Maya Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE · Maya (Puuc Chenes)

Puuc mosaic palace with stacked Chaac masks, 600–900 CE.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Pyramid

Hittite Pyramid — Orkney Annex 397

Hittite · Hittite

Hittite pyramid at Orkney.

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🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid

Cochasquí Pyramids

Quitu-Cara / Integration Period · Caranqui / Quitu

15 earthen truncated pyramids with ramps, 10–20 m high, built by Quitu-Cara (Caranqui) people astride equatorial line, aligning to volcanoes Cayambe and Cotacachi with solar/astronomical purpose.