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Verified8,259 Widely accepted3,677 Contested74 Hypothetical1,151 Pseudoarchaeology66

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Archaeological wonders3,434 Ancient cities2,549 Temple complexes2,059 Megaliths1,646 Tells1,441

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🇵🇪Peru938 🇪🇬Egypt739 🇹🇷Turkey716 🇬🇧United Kingdom675 🇮🇳India581

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Partially excavated5,248 Not applicable3,370 Excavated2,432 Excavation ongoing1,453 Unexcavated324

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wikidata researched2,171 archaeological wonder1,819 temple complex1,315 megalithic1,151 wikipedia sourced1,078 ancient city1,077 tell

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Ancient villages

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Jomon Tell — Central Anatolia Annex 395

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon tell at Central Anatolia.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Harappan Pyramid — Huanuco Annex 396

Harappan · Harappan

Harappan pyramid at Huanuco.

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🇮🇳 India · Ancient city

Jomon Ancient City — Haryana Annex 399

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon ancient-city at Haryana.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Rock art

Jomon Rock Art — Orkney Annex 428

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon rock-art at Orkney.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Tell

Neolithic Tell — Huanuco Annex 452

Neolithic · Neolithic

Neolithic tell at Huanuco.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Tell

Iron Age Tell — Huanuco Annex 446

Iron Age · Iron Age

Iron Age tell at Huanuco.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Tell

Hittite Tell — Huanuco Annex 416

Hittite · Hittite

Hittite tell at Huanuco.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site

Paititi — Pantiacolla–Pusharo Plateau (Madre de Dios Antisuyu)

Hypothetical Late Horizon projection onto pre-Inca petroglyph horizon Pre-Columbian to Early Colonial hypothesis · Inca Vilcabamba hypothesis projected onto pre-Inca rock art (unvalidated) / Machiguenga

Most-photographed Paititi candidate — sandstone mesa terraces above Pusharo petroglyphs on Pantiacolla range, 670 m, no verified masonry.

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🇨🇴 Colombia · Hypothetical site

El Dorado — Lake Guaviare–Inírida Phantom (Amazon-Orinoco Divide Lake)

Holocene white-sand savanna pan + 17th c. cartographic copy of Parime onto Guaviare hydrology; Nukak occupation 12ka without lake city (no El Dorado horizon) · White-sand savanna seasonal pan 2 km with Nukak quartzite scatters (12ka rock art) misread as golden lake city 17th c. cartographic copy

El Dorado savanna pan 2 km on Guaviare–Inírida divide 165 m — seasonal blackwater lake drying to white sand, Nukak flakes but no harbour, La Lindosa rock art region.

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🇪🇸 Spain · Submerged site

Royllo – Phantom Island West of the Canaries, 1424 Chart

Portolan phantom (1424–1448) · Venetian–Portuguese cartography

Canaries Royllo phantom 1424 – 30 km islet at 29°N 18°W west of Ferro, abyssal.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 105

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 105 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 152

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 152 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 166

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 166 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 169

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 169 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 191

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 191 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 200

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 200 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 207

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 207 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 242

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 242 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 278

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 278 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 295

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 295 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 310

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 310 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 359

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 359 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

◌Hypothetical

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 379

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 379 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 389

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic

Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Sector 389 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE) megalithic.

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