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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🇬🇳 Guinea · Archaeological wonder

Kissi Stone Figures (Pomdo / Pompdo)

Late Iron to Protohistoric (600–1500 CE) · Proto-Kissi / Sapi

Soapstone 10–40 cm janiform ancestral figures 600–1500 CE in forest-zone rice shrines (200+ recorded).

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🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Chimney Rock Great House Pueblo

Pueblo II (Chacoan, 925–1125 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan)

Northernmost Chacoan great house (925–1125 CE) aligned to 18.6-year lunar standstill between twin spires, Colorado.

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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Hovenweep National Monument

Pueblo III 1200–1300 CE · Ancestral Puebloan

Six Pueblo tower villages 1200–1300 CE, Square Tower.