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Verified, unexcavated quarries

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Verified51 Widely accepted3 Contested1 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Quarries55 Mines26 Ancient villages6 Hydraulic works6 Submerged sites3

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🇪🇬Egypt12 🇹🇷Turkey5 🇸🇩Sudan4 🇵🇰Pakistan3 🇺🇸United States2

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Excavated21 Partially excavated19 Excavation ongoing9 Unexcavated3 Submerged2

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quarry38 harappan6 ancient village4 ancestral pueblo3 chalcolithic3 roman3 submerged city

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Quarry

Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued

Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative

Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) quarry attributed to Andean Formative culture.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Jebel Qisi — Unfinished Meroitic Quarry Pyramid Hill

Meroitic (200 BCE quarry hill with unfinished pyramid trench 27 m) · Meroitic quarrymen

Jebel Qisi surveyed by Bradley 1984, unfinished Meroe pyramid 27 m.

🇪🇸 Spain · Mine

Els Closos Mine — Balearic Copper Galleries Pre-Talayotic

Bronze Age (1600–1100 BCE navetas via copper mine) · Bronze Age Balearic copper mining 1600 BCE galleries

Closos mine copper 1600 BCE.