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Historical World Atlas

Geographic beacons marking ancient cultural centers, sacred sanctuaries, temples, and mythic landscapes across the globe.

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Geographic Sanctuaries & Cult Centers (363)

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Showing 363 sites
aboriginal

Baiame

Baiame Cave, Milbrodale, New South Wales

-32.72°N, 151.08°ELore
aboriginal

Mimih Spirits

The stone country of the Arnhem Land plateau, Northern Territory

-12.80°N, 133.10°ELore
aboriginal

Namarrkon

Anbangbang shelter, Burrungkuy (Nourlangie), Kakadu National Park

-12.87°N, 132.81°ELore
aboriginal

Tiddalik

Gippsland, Victoria

-37.90°N, 147.00°ELore
aboriginal

Uluru

Uluru, Northern Territory

-25.34°N, 131.04°ELore
aboriginal

Wandjina

North-west Kimberley, Western Australia

-15.50°N, 125.00°ELore
abrahamic

Ark of the Covenant

Temple Mount, Jerusalem

31.78°N, 35.24°ELore
abrahamic

David and Goliath

Valley of Elah, Israel

31.69°N, 34.96°ELore
abrahamic

Garden of Eden

Lower Mesopotamia (one traditional conjecture)

31.00°N, 47.40°ELore
abrahamic

Jonah and the Great Fish

Ruins of Nineveh, Mosul, Iraq

36.36°N, 43.16°ELore
abrahamic

Michael

Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Gargano, Italy

41.71°N, 15.96°ELore
abrahamic

Noah's Ark and the Great Flood

Mount Ararat, eastern Turkey

39.70°N, 44.30°ELore
abrahamic

Tower of Babel

Ruins of Babylon, near Hillah, Iraq

32.54°N, 44.42°ELore
akan

Abosom

Akan cultural region

6.50°N, -1.80°ELore
akan

Akua’ba

Asante region

6.70°N, -1.60°ELore
akan

Ananse

Asante region

6.70°N, -1.60°ELore
akan

Asase Yaa

Asante region, Ghana

6.70°N, -1.60°ELore
akan

Mmoatia

Southern Ghana forest belt

5.40°N, -1.30°ELore
akan

Nyame

Asante and wider Akan region

6.70°N, -1.60°ELore
akan

Sasabonsam

Southern Ghana forest belt

5.40°N, -1.30°ELore
akan

Tano

Tano River basin

6.80°N, -2.80°ELore
american-folklore

Bell Witch

Adams, Tennessee

36.58°N, -87.07°ELore
american-folklore

Bigfoot

Bluff Creek, California (Patterson-Gimlin film site)

41.24°N, -123.70°ELore
american-folklore

Black-Eyed Children

Abilene, Texas

32.45°N, -99.73°ELore