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

Search Mysteria

Search places, or jump to a section

Places in Ecuador matching “Esmeraldas (Ecuador) / Nariño (Colombia), Pacific Lowlands” · Mysteria

The catalogue

Places in Ecuador matching “Esmeraldas (Ecuador) / Nariño (Colombia), Pacific Lowlands”

1 place 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

Clear all

Verification

Pick several

Verified18 Widely accepted1 Contested0 Hypothetical1 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

1 place

Mounds

Not applicable

“Esmeraldas (Ecuador) / Nariño (Colombia), Pacific Lowlands”🇪🇨 Ecuador Clear all

✓Verified

🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city

Tumaco–La Tolita

Late Formative – Classic (c.600 BCE–400 CE) Tumaco–La Tolita · Tumaco–La Tolita (Tumaco-La Tolita I-II)

Tumaco–La Tolita is the classic Late Formative Pacific lowland tradition spanning the Colombia–Ecuador border from Nariño (Tumaco) to Esmeraldas (Isla La Tolita / Pampa de Oro) at 5 m in…