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Websiteorkneyjar.com

Unstan Chambered Cairn — Orkneyjar

Sigurd Towrie · 2023 · Orkneyjar

Unstan Ware identification and chamber plan

Unstan Chambered Cairn

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteportal.iphan.gov.br

Pedra do Ingá – IPHAN Site Guide

IPHAN Brazil · 2022 · IPHAN

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Pedra do Ingá – Ingá Stone Enigma

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitestolenhistory.org

Legendary city of Norumbega: Could it be Washington DC? (StolenHistory 44°34′03″N 68°48′02″W)

Stolen History / Unicvs · 2021 · StolenHistory.org

Norumbega – Phantom Norse City of New England

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Websitedeutsches-museum.de

The Atlantropa Articles and Sörgel Archive

Deutsches Museum / Voigt · 2006 · Deutsches Museum

Atlantropa – Herman Sörgel's 1928 Hydro-Power Mediterranean Tech Utopia

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Land of Frankincense – UNESCO 1010

UNESCO · 2000 · UNESCO

Inscription includes Shisr 1010

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

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2000Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Doñana – UNESCO 685 World Heritage

UNESCO · 1994 · UNESCO

Park authority and coordinates

Tartessos and Doñana – Western Atlantis Hypothesis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1994Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Axum – UNESCO 15

UNESCO · 1980 · UNESCO

Verified Axum archaeology coordinates

Ark of the Covenant – Axum Ethiopian Claim (Ancient Technology: Relic Power)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1980Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Brasil (mythical island) – and Hy-Brasil variant

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

1325–1865 chart history and 321 km west Galway detail verified

Hy-Brasil (Uí Bhreasail) – Phantom Island

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Cantre'r Gwaelod – Wikipedia 52.314426N 5.062024W

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Legend boundaries Bardsey to Ramsey

Cantre'r Gwaelod (Lowland Hundred) – Welsh Sunken Land

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Kitezh – Wikipedia 56.818917N 45.092944E Lake Svetloyar

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates verified Lake Svetloyar Voskresensky

Kitezh – Invisible City on Svetloyar Lake

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Lake Parime and the Golden City of Manoa – historical cartography

Wikipedia Lake Parime · 2024 · Wikimedia

1740 disproof and Amuku kernel synthesis

Lake Parime and Manoa – El Dorado's City of Gold

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Lake Svetloyar – Wikipedia 56°49′07″N 45°05′35″E Morphometry

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Lake dimensions and depth verified

Kitezh – Invisible City on Svetloyar Lake

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sarn Badrig – Welsh moraine geology vs dyke legend

Wikipedia Sarn Badrig + Geograph · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and formation

Cantre'r Gwaelod (Lowland Hundred) – Welsh Sunken Land

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetravelmath.com

Zuni – latitude/longitude 35.0694767N -108.8484168W

Travelmath / mindat · 2024 · Travelmath

Coordinates verified via web search

Cíbola – Seven Cities of Gold

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitenichbelize.org

Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve — National Institute of Culture and History, Belize

NICH / Institute of Archaeology · 2023 · NICH

Official: Rockstone Pond, Green Tomb jade head, wetlands logistics

Altun Ha

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitecahuachi.org

Cahuachi Archaeological Project — CISRAP / Giuseppe Orefici

Centro Italiano Studi e Ricerche Archeologiche Precolombiane · 2023 · CISRAP

Official 40-season project: pyramidal mounds, trophy heads, El Niño abandonment

Cahuachi (Ica – Nazca Province)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitegob.pe

Complejo Arqueológico Wari — Ministerio de Cultura del Perú

Ministerio de Cultura del Perú · 2023 · MINCUL

Official INC listing for capital Huari-Ayacucho

Wari (Huari) Archaeological Complex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitegob.pe

Huaca Rajada — Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán

Ministerio de Cultura del Perú · 2023 · Museo Tumbas Reales

Official museum with Lord of Sipán artifacts and tomb photos

Huaca Rajada – Sipán (Royal Tombs of Sipán)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

UNESCO listing 1995; 162 hypogea with painted geometric vaults

Tierradentro National Archaeological Park (Cauca – Tierradentro (eastern Cauca Andes, Paéz valley))

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteoxfordreference.com

Oxford Reference – Shambhala (Kalachakra, north of Tibet)

Oxford Reference · 2023 · OUP

Shambhala (Shangri-La) – Hidden Himalayan Kingdom

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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