Atlas Places Categories Resources Discuss

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.

Data CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photos per credit

Explore

Atlas map
All places
Categories
Countries
Contested & pseudo

Community

Theories & discussion
Lists
News & resources
Submit a resource

Mysteria

About the atlas
Data & verification
Licenses & credits
Create an account

© 2026 Mysteria. Exploring the ancient world.Map © OpenFreeMap · OpenMapTiles · OpenStreetMap contributors

Search Mysteria

Search places, or jump to a section

The catalogue

World Heritage, unexcavated landscapes

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

Filters

Verification

Pick several

Verified12 Widely accepted0 Contested0 Hypothetical1 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

Category

Archaeological wonders13 Landscapes13 Rock art sites13

All categories →

Country

🇨🇳China5 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan2 🇰🇿Kazakhstan2 🇷🇺Russia2 🇦🇲Armenia1

Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage only

Excavation

Partially excavated8 Unexcavated5

Tags

unesco4 altai3 petroglyph3 chuya2 kalbak2 kyrgyz2 ochre2

2 places

🇲🇳Mongolia

1

All countries →

UNESCO World Heritage

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Zuojiang Huashan Ningming — Luoyue Serpent Cliff

Warring States to Eastern Han (403 BCE – 220 CE) · Luoyue (proto-Zhuang) Boyue culture

Serpent-bend cliff with dragon and drum motifs 8 km upstream from main panel.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Rock art

Saimaluu-Tash Araköl Lake — Mid-Mountain Boulder Field

Early Iron Age to Karakhanid (800 BCE – 1000 CE) · Saka to Kyrgyz–Karakhanid nomad

Mid-bench tarn with herder and Arabic blessing graffiti 600 m below plateau.