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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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Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Kit's Coty House — Wikipedia & Heritage Register

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia

Encyclopedic summary and coordinates

Kit's Coty House (Kent, England)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Stanton Drew Stone Circles — Wikipedia & Heritage Register

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Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia

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Stanton Drew Stone Circles

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber — Wikipedia & Heritage Register

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia

Encyclopedic summary and coordinates

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

West Kennet Avenue (Avebury) — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

West Kennet Avenue (Avebury)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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West Kennet Avenue (Avebury) — Wikipedia & Heritage Register

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia

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West Kennet Avenue (Avebury)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure (Wiltshire, England)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure — Wikipedia & Heritage Register

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia

Encyclopedic summary and coordinates

Windmill Hill Causewayed Enclosure (Wiltshire, England)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2014 · UNESCO

Diquís Stone Spheres

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Deer Stones of the Mongolian Plateau

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Khirigsuur Burial Complexes

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Gordion — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Gordion – Phrygian Capital

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitercu.gov.sa

AlUla Old Town and Dadan

Royal Commission for AlUla · 2020 · RCU

Dadan – Kingdom of Lihyan at AlUla

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitecsmrk.kz

Saka gold and the Altyn Adam

Central State Museum Kazakhstan · 2020 · CSM

Issyk Kurgan and the Golden Warrior

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitenationalmuseum.kz

Golden horsemen of Berel

National Museum Kazakhstan · 2018 · NMK

Berel Kurgans

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Websitelongyou-caves.cn

The Longyou Caves

Quzhou Municipal Museum · 2015 · QMM

Longyou Caves

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Golden Mountains of Altai — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1998 · UNESCO

Pazyryk Kurgans

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1998Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Hattusha: the Hittite Capital — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1986 · UNESCO

Yazılıkaya Hittite Sanctuary

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1986Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tiya — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1980 · UNESCO

Tiya Megalithic Stelae Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1980Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sundaland – Wikipedia and Quaternary review

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Shelf definition and paleoenvironment

Sundaland – Drowned Continent of Sunda Shelf

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Marib Dam

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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