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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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Settlement Archaeology of Derinkuyu — Stratigraphy and Urbanism

G. Algaze, M. Frangipane · 2019 · Antiquity

Stratigraphy of Derinkuyu — Buried City Ancillary Stable North (Cappadocia)

Derinkuyu — Buried City Ancillary Stable North (Cappadocia)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

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Settlement Archaeology of Kaymaklı — Stratigraphy and Urbanism

G. Algaze, M. Frangipane · 2019 · Antiquity

Stratigraphy of Kaymaklı — Underground City Ancillary Church North (Cappadocia)

Kaymaklı — Underground City Ancillary Church North (Cappadocia)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

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Settlement Archaeology of Oc Eo — Stratigraphy and Urbanism

G. Algaze, M. Frangipane · 2019 · Antiquity

Stratigraphy of Oc Eo — Buried Canal North (Mekong, Vietnam)

Oc Eo — Buried Canal North (Mekong, Vietnam)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

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Settlement Archaeology of Yoshinogari — Stratigraphy and Urbanism

G. Algaze, M. Frangipane · 2019 · Antiquity

Stratigraphy of Yoshinogari — Buried Moat North (Saga, Yayoi, Japan)

Yoshinogari — Buried Moat North (Saga, Yayoi, Japan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

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Adulis — Buried Harbour Ancillary Quay North (Eritrea) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Adulis — Buried Harbour Ancillary Quay North (Eritrea)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Afrasiab — Buried Palace Fresco North (Samarkand, Ancillary)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Ai Khanoum — Buried Palace North (Kunduz, Afghanistan) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Ai Khanoum — Buried Palace North (Kunduz, Afghanistan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Anuradhapura — Abhayagiri Buried Chapel North (Sri Lanka) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Anuradhapura — Abhayagiri Buried Chapel North (Sri Lanka)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Balkh — Buried Shrine North (Bactra, Afghanistan) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Balkh — Buried Shrine North (Bactra, Afghanistan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Berbera — Buried Early Port North (Somalia) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Berbera — Buried Early Port North (Somalia)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Buhen Fortress — Buried Bastion North (Wadi Halfa, Sudan) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Buhen Fortress — Buried Bastion North (Wadi Halfa, Sudan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Derr — Buried Temple North Ancillary Pylon (Nubia, Border) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Derr — Buried Temple North Ancillary Pylon (Nubia, Border)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Dholavira — Buried Reservoir North (Kutch, Gujarat) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Dholavira — Buried Reservoir North (Kutch, Gujarat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Great Zimbabwe — Buried Valley Midden North (Great Enclosure) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Great Zimbabwe — Buried Valley Midden North (Great Enclosure)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Harappa — Mound F Buried Granary North (Punjab, Pakistan) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Harappa — Mound F Buried Granary North (Punjab, Pakistan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Kilwa Kisiwani — Buried Palace Husuni North (Tanzania) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Kilwa Kisiwani — Buried Palace Husuni North (Tanzania)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Mapela — Buried Terrace North (Shashe, Zimbabwe) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Mapela — Buried Terrace North (Shashe, Zimbabwe)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Matara — Ancient Town Buried North Terrace (Eritrea) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Matara — Ancient Town Buried North Terrace (Eritrea)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Merv — Sultan Kala Buried Citadel North — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Merv — Sultan Kala Buried Citadel North

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Old Dongola — Buried Church North (Nubia, Sudan) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Old Dongola — Buried Church North (Nubia, Sudan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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