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Websitewhc.unesco.org

Pergamon and its Multi-layered Cultural Landscape - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2024 · UNESCO

Pergamon Acropolis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitehuacasdemoche.pe

Huacas de Moche — Patronato Huacas del Valle de Moche

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Proyecto Huaca de la Luna - PUCP · 2023 · Moche Project

Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Koh Ker – Prasat Thom 7-Tier Pyramid

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitemuseotucume.cultura.pe

Museo de Sitio Túcume — Ministry Culture Peru

Ministerio de Cultura Peru · 2023 · Ministry

Túcume Pyramids

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Silk Roads — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2014 · UNESCO

Qianling Mausoleum – Tang Gaozong & Wu Zetian Pyramid Mountain

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2014 · UNESCO

Serial WHS including Maoling

Maoling Pyramid – Tomb of Emperor Wu of Han

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2004 · UNESCO

Goguryeo Pyramidal Tombs – Jian (Ji'an)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2004Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2000 · UNESCO

Akapana Pyramid (Tiwanaku)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2000Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1999 · UNESCO

Xochicalco – Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1999Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Sanctuary of Pachacamac — UNESCO Tentative

UNESCO · 1999 · UNESCO

Pachacamac Pyramids

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1999Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Borobudur Temple Compounds — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1991 · UNESCO

Borobudur Pyramid Temple

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1991Open source

Websiteinah.gob.mx

La Venta — INAH archaeological zone

INAH · 2023 · INAH

La Venta Pyramid (Complex C)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepenn.museum

Nippur - Oriental Institute Penn Museum expedition

Penn Museum · 2023 · Penn

Ziggurat of Nippur (E-kur)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitevisitguatemala.com

Yaxha Archaeological Site — Visit Guatemala

INGUAT · 2023 · INGUAT

Tourism/IDAEH description

Yaxhá Pyramids

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

The Ahwar of Southern Iraq — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2016 · UNESCO

Anu Ziggurat and Eanna Precinct of Uruk

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2016 · UNESCO

Ziggurat of Ur

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2003 · UNESCO

Ziggurat of Assur (Qal'at Sherqat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2003Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2003 · UNESCO

WHS listing criteria i-vi

Jebel Barkal Pyramids

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2003Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2003 · UNESCO

Serial WHS including El-Kurru

El-Kurru Pyramids

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2003Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1996 · UNESCO

Uxmal – Pyramid of the Magician

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1996Open source

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