Excavated world heritage places tagged “hydraulic”

🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works

Dholavira Rock-Cut Reservoirs – Rann of Kutch

Early to Mature Harappan to Late Harappan · Harappan (Sindhu–Sarasvati)

16 Harappan rock-cut reservoirs (2600–1900 BCE) — 250,000 m³ desert catchment, Dholavira.

🇰🇷 South Korea · Hydraulic works

Anapji Pond (Wolji)

Unified Silla 668–935 CE (Munmu–Gyeongdeok) · Unified Silla palace (Gyeongju Wolseong garden)

Anapji (Wolji) — Silla palace garden pond (674 CE) 500 m SE Wolseong palace, Gyeongju, excavated 1974–76 CHA (Gyeongju Institute).

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Southern Extension

Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Southern Extension in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib North Sluice & Northern Oasis Canal (Sadd Ma'rib al-Shamali)

Sabaean to Himyarite (8th c BCE–6th c CE) · Sabaean / Himyarite

North sluice of Great Dam of Ma'rib (750 BCE–575 CE) — 23-m cut-stone control feeding northern oasis.

🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works

Dholavira — Eastern Reservoir Rock-Cut Complex

Harappan (2650–2000 BCE) · Harappan Dholavira

Kutch Dholavira excavated by Bisht 1989–, signboard 10 Indus signs and stadium 300 m.

🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works

Gihon Spring and Warren's Shaft (City of David water system, Jerusalem)

Middle Bronze II to Iron Age IIA–B (1800–580 BCE) · Canaanite (Middle Bronze) → Jebusite / Israelite–Judite

Jerusalem's 1800 BCE–701 BCE fortified perennial spring and karst shaft — 1,500-year water-security evolution.

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works

Mohenjo-daro Great Bath Western Drain Annex — Southern Extension

Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan

Mohenjo-daro Great Bath Western Drain Annex — Southern Extension in Sindh, Larkana, Pakistan is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works

Mohenjo-daro Great Bath Western Drain Annex — Northern Annex

Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan

Mohenjo-daro Great Bath Western Drain Annex — Northern Annex in Sindh, Larkana, Pakistan is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Reservoir of Little-Hunstanton

Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic

Reservoir of Little-Hunstanton in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Chalcolithic culture.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib South Sluice & Southern Oasis Canal (Jannat al-Janub)

Sabaean to Himyarite (7th c BCE–6th c CE) · Sabaean / Himyarite

South sluice of Great Dam of Ma'rib (7th c BCE–575 CE) — 18-m limestone control for the grand southern oasis.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Western Terrace

Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) · Sabaean

Marib Great Dam North Sluice Annex — Western Terrace in Marib Governorate, Yemen is a Early South Arabian (800 BCE-600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Sabaean.

🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works