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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Rumicucho — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic and coordinate

Rumicucho

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

San Gervasio — INAH

INAH Quintana Roo · 2023 · INAH

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San Gervasio Cozumel

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Thuburnica — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Coordinates and place type

Thuburnica (Sidi Ali Belgacem)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Toniná — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Toniná

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Topoxte — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Topoxte

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Uchi Maius — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Uchi Maius (Henchir Douamis)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Uchi Minus — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Uchi Minus (Henchir Rhar ez-Zaatli)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

Xcaret — Zona Arqueológica INAH

INAH Quintana Roo · 2023 · INAH

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Xcaret

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Yaxchilan — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Yaxchilan

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepatrimoniocultural.gob.ec

La Tolita–Tumaco — INPC Inventory

INPC Ecuador · 2022 · Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural

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Tumaco–La Tolita

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteportal.iphan.gov.br

Sambaqui da Figueirinha — IPHAN Cadastro

IPHAN Santa Catarina · 2022 · Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional

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Sambaqui Figueirinha

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitegob.pe

Fortaleza de Acaray — Inventory

Ministerio de Cultura Perú · 2021 · MINCUL

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Acaray Fortress

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Ichkabal — INAH Press Bulletin

INAH Quintana Roo · 2017 · INAH

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Ichkabal

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

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Buena Vista (Peru) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Buena Vista

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Cempoala — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Cempoala

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitechanchich.com

Chan Chich — Lodge & Archaeology

Chan Chich Lodge · 2023 · Gallon Jug Estate

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Chan Chich

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

El Cedral (Cozumel) — INAH

INAH Quintana Roo · 2023 · INAH

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El Cedral Cozumel

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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El Pilar — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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El Pilar

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Fewkes Mounds — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Fewkes Mounds

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Huaycán de Pariachi — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Huaycán de Pariachi

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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