🇮🇳 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).
🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works
Barbegal Roman Aqueduct & Mill Ensemble (Fontvieille, Provence)
Roman Imperial (Hadrian to Severan, 2nd–3rd c CE) · Roman Gallo-Roman (Arelate)
Hadrianic 16-wheel industrial mills (early 2nd c CE) on 9 km aqueducts — Roman factory producing 4.5 t flour/day for Arles.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Sadd el-Kafara — Ancillary Spillway North (Wadi Garawi, Egypt)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Sadd el-Kafara — Ancillary Spillway North (Wadi Garawi, Egypt) in Giza, Wadi Garawi, Sadd el-Kafara, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE)…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Hydraulic works
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Eastern Outlier
Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) · Thracian
Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Eastern Outlier in Kazanlak, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria is a Hellenistic (400-200 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Thracian.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Mareotis — Qanat Ancillary Shaft North (Alexandria, Egypt)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Mareotis — Qanat Ancillary Shaft North (Alexandria, Egypt) in Alexandria, Mareotis, Burg el-Arab, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hy…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Hydraulic works
Hydraulic System at Shelter Camp
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Hydraulic System at Shelter Camp in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Moche (100–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Moche culture.
🇾🇪 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 Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Pineland Archeological Site (Calusa Complex)
Caloosahatchee I–V (100–1710 CE, major 500–1500) · Caloosahatchee (Calusa kingdom)
Capital water-court capital (Randell Complex) of Calusa chiefdom (100–1500 CE, historic to 1710): 5 sand-shell mounds up to 9 m high (Brown's Mound 50×45 m), Adam's Mound, Randell Mound, Low Mound…
🇴🇲 Oman · Hydraulic works
Aflaj Al Ain — Ancillary Falaj North (Oman/UAE Border)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Aflaj Al Ain — Ancillary Falaj North (Oman/UAE Border) in Al Buraimi, Al Ain, Falaj, Oman is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attrib…
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat-e Zarch — Ancillary Shaft North (Yazd, Iran)
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Qanat-e Zarch — Ancillary Shaft North (Yazd, Iran) in Yazd, Zarch, Iran is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic …
🇮🇳 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.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India 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.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Ma'agan Michael Byzantine Reservoir & Aqueduct
Byzantine (Justinianic) · Byzantine Palestina Prima
Byzantine 6.5-ha reservoir (c.530 CE) on Nahal Taninim — Caesarea hinterland water buffer.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Jawa Dam South Basalt Spillway
Early Bronze Age IA · Proto-Jawa Ghassulian-Chalcolithic
120-m south spillway with ogee crest and riprap of main Jawa dam — earliest weir hydraulics.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Dara (Anastasiopolis) — Cistern West Arch
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Dara (Anastasiopolis) — Cistern West Arch in Mardin, Dara, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic cultur…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Tell of Painted Ware Misc 20 — Turkey Region 8
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Tell of Painted Ware Misc 20 — Turkey Region 8 in Turkey Region 8, Turkey is a Neolithic hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇬🇷 Greece · Hydraulic works
Laurion Silver Washery at Agrileza
Classical (5th–4th c. BCE) · Athenian
Laurion Silver Washery at Agrileza in Attica, Greece is a Classical (5th–4th c. BCE) hydraulic attributed to Athenian.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Harappan Lothal — Dockyard and Warehouse Platform
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE mature; dock 2400 BCE) · Indus / Harappan (Lothal)
Ahmedabad Lothal excavated by Rao 1954–63, dock at 2400 BCE, bead factory and Persian Gulf seal.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Mohenjo-daro — Great Bath Western Extension
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan Mohenjo-daro
Mohenjo citadel excavated by Marshall 1922–, world's earliest public Bath.
🇾🇪 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.