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Every claim in the atlas points somewhere. This is where those trails lead: excavation reports and journal papers, the books that defined a site, plus news, films and podcasts sent in by members and checked before they appear.

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Reportwhc.unesco.org

Complex of Hue Monuments — UNESCO Nomination 678

UNESCO · 1993 · UNESCO

Complex of Hue Monuments

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1993Open source

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Bingling Temple Grottoes — Silk Road Nomination 1442

UNESCO · 2014 · UNESCO

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Bingling Temple Grottoes

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

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Proto-urban Site of Sarazm — UNESCO Nomination 1141

Ministry of Culture Tajikistan · 2010 · UNESCO

Inscription and coordinates

Proto-urban Site of Sarazm

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2010Open source

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Kunya-Urgench — UNESCO Nomination 1199

UNESCO · 2005 · UNESCO

Kunya-Urgench Ancient Town

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2005Open source

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Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi — UNESCO Nomination 1103

UNESCO · 2003 · UNESCO

Inscription and coordinates

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2003Open source

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Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains — UNESCO Nomination 705

UNESCO · 1994 · UNESCO

Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1994Open source

Reportntrs.nasa.gov

Finding the Lost City – NASA NTRS Ubar SIR

Nicholas Clapp · 2002 · NASA NTRS

Radar discovery narrative

Iram of the Pillars – Ubar, Atlantis of the Sands (Hypothetical)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2002Open source

Reportarchaeologydataservice.ac.uk

The Lyonesse Project: A Study of the Evolution of the Coastal and Marine Environment of the Isles of Scilly

Charlie Johns, Jacqui Mulville · 2013 · Historic Environment, Cornwall Council

Archaeology vs Lyonesse folklore disambiguation

Lyonesse – Arthurian Drowned Land

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2013Open source

Reportwhitelevy.fas.harvard.edu

Publication of the Neolithic site of Tell Aswad (Damascus Region, Syria)

Danielle Stordeur (CNRS) · 2015 · Shelby White & Leon Levy

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Tell Aswad

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source