Root 2 Root Cartography/50+ Global Cataloged Traditions

Global Religion Database Directory

A comprehensive worldwide corpus spanning every historically documented tradition across all continents. Investigating archaeological strata, epigraphy, sacred lineages, and scholastic consensus.

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AbrahamicLiving

Christianity

Early Jesus Movement & Apostolic Ecclesia

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Roman Judea, Eastern Mediterranean & Global)
Historical Era:c. 1st Century CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
96%
RECORDS
520
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AbrahamicLiving

Islam

Al-Islam / Submission to Divine Will

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Hejaz, Arabian Peninsula & Global)
Historical Era:c. 610 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
99%
CONSENSUS
98%
RECORDS
510
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AbrahamicLiving

Judaism & Ancient Yahwism

Torah & Rabbinic Tradition / Yahwism

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Judea, Samaria, Levant & Global Diaspora)
Historical Era:c. 1200 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
95%
RECORDS
480
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AbrahamicLiving

Samaritan Tradition (Shamerim)

Keepers of the Torah / Mount Gerizim

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Mount Gerizim & Holon (Levant))
Historical Era:c. 722 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
97%
CONSENSUS
95%
RECORDS
220
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AbrahamicLiving

Druze Tradition (Al-Muwahhidun)

Al-Muwahhidun / Unitarians

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan))
Historical Era:c. 1017 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
94%
CONSENSUS
91%
RECORDS
175
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AbrahamicLiving

Mandaeism (Nasoraeans)

Mandaiia / Sabians of the Marshes

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Lower Euphrates/Tigris Marshes (Southern Iraq & Khuzestan))
Historical Era:c. 1st Century CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
92%
RECORDS
190
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AbrahamicLiving

Baháʼí Faith

Oneness of God, Religion, and Humanity

Region:Modern Movements (Global (Origin: Persia / Ottoman Empire))
Historical Era:c. 1863 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
99%
CONSENSUS
98%
RECORDS
380
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Ancient Egyptian Religion

Kemetism / Netjeru Tradition

Region:Africa (Nile Valley & Delta)
Historical Era:c. 3100 BCE – 400 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
94%
RECORDS
384
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Nubian / Kushite Religion

Apedemak & Amun of Napata

Region:Africa (Nubia & Upper Nile (Sudan))
Historical Era:c. 2500 BCE – 350 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
88%
CONSENSUS
85%
RECORDS
142
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Yoruba Religious Tradition

Isese / Ifá Divination System

Region:Africa (West Africa (Nigeria, Benin, Togo))
Historical Era:c. 1000 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
94%
CONSENSUS
92%
RECORDS
260
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Akan Tradition & Onyame Cosmology

Akom / Nana Nyame Tradition

Region:Africa (West Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast))
Historical Era:c. 1100 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
91%
CONSENSUS
88%
RECORDS
178
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Dogon Religious Tradition

Amma & The Nommo Ancestors

Region:Africa (Bandiagara Escarpment (Mali))
Historical Era:c. 1300 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
86%
CONSENSUS
80%
RECORDS
135
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

San / Khoisan Shamanic Tradition

Kaggen / Great Healing Dance

Region:Africa (Kalahari Desert & Southern Africa)
Historical Era:c. 20,000 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
91%
RECORDS
210
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Sumerian Religion

Dingir Tradition / Me Order

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Sumer (Southern Iraq))
Historical Era:c. 4000 BCE – 2000 BCE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
97%
CONSENSUS
93%
RECORDS
390
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Babylonian & Assyrian Religion

Enuma Elish & Marduk Cult

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Babylonia & Assyria (Tigris-Euphrates))
Historical Era:c. 2000 BCE – 500 BCE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
96%
CONSENSUS
92%
RECORDS
310
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Canaanite & Ugaritic Religion

Baal Cycle & Pantheon of El

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Canaan))
Historical Era:c. 2500 BCE – 400 BCE
Primary Stratum:II
EVIDENCE
92%
CONSENSUS
89%
RECORDS
220
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Nabataean Religion

Dushara & Allat of the Rock

Region:Mesopotamia & Near East (Arabia Petraea & Negev (Jordan/Saudi Arabia))
Historical Era:c. 400 BCE – 106 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
89%
CONSENSUS
86%
RECORDS
165
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DualistLiving

Zoroastrianism (Mazdayasna)

Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds

Region:Iran & Central Asia (Greater Iran & Central Asia)
Historical Era:c. 1200 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
90%
RECORDS
290
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DualistExtinct

Manichaeism

Religion of the Two Principles & Three Times

Region:Iran & Central Asia (Sasanian Empire, Silk Road & China)
Historical Era:c. 216 CE – 1400 CE
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
93%
CONSENSUS
90%
RECORDS
240
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Yazidism (Sharfedin)

Eziditi / Tawûsê Melek Tradition

Region:Iran & Central Asia (Upper Mesopotamia & Kurdistan (Lalish))
Historical Era:c. 1100 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
87%
CONSENSUS
84%
RECORDS
155
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Sogdian & Silk Road Syncretism

Zoroastrian-Buddhist Silk Road Cults

Region:Iran & Central Asia (Sogdiana (Samarkand, Panjakent, Bukhara))
Historical Era:c. 500 BCE – 1000 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
90%
CONSENSUS
87%
RECORDS
175
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DharmicHistorical / Syncretic

Vedic Religion (Sanatana Dharma Root)

Shruti / Yajna Tradition

Region:South Asia (Indus & Gangetic Plains)
Historical Era:c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
95%
RECORDS
420
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DharmicLiving

Shaivism

Shaiva Siddhanta & Kashmir Trika

Region:South Asia (All-India & Southeast Asia)
Historical Era:c. 600 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
96%
CONSENSUS
93%
RECORDS
340
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DharmicLiving

Vaishnavism

Bhagavata / Pancharatra Tradition

Region:South Asia (All-India & Global)
Historical Era:c. 500 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
97%
CONSENSUS
94%
RECORDS
360
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DharmicLiving

Early Buddhism & Theravada

Vibhajjavada / Pali Canon Tradition

Region:South Asia (Magadha, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia)
Historical Era:c. 5th century BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
95%
RECORDS
410
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DharmicLiving

Jainism (Jain Dharma)

Anekantavada & Tirthankara Lineage

Region:South Asia (Magadha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka)
Historical Era:c. 9th–6th century BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
91%
RECORDS
280
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DharmicLiving

Sikhism (Sikhi)

Gurmat / Khalsa Panth

Region:South Asia (Punjab (India/Pakistan))
Historical Era:c. 1469 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
99%
CONSENSUS
97%
RECORDS
310
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DharmicExtinct

Ajivika Tradition

Makkhali Gosala & Niyati Doctrine

Region:South Asia (Magadha & Southern India (Tamil Nadu))
Historical Era:c. 5th century BCE – 14th century CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
89%
CONSENSUS
85%
RECORDS
120
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Taoism (Daojiao & Daojia)

Way of the Tao / Laozi & Zhuangzi

Region:East Asia (China (Yellow River & Yangtze Basins))
Historical Era:c. 6th century BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
97%
CONSENSUS
94%
RECORDS
375
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Confucianism (Rujia)

Teaching of the Ru / Kongzi

Region:East Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam)
Historical Era:c. 551 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
96%
RECORDS
390
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Shinto (Kami no Michi)

Way of the Kami / Kokugaku

Region:East Asia (Japan Archipelago)
Historical Era:c. 300 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
96%
CONSENSUS
93%
RECORDS
320
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Modern MovementLiving

Cheondoism & Donghak Movement

Eastern Learning / In-Nae-Cheon

Region:East Asia (Korean Peninsula)
Historical Era:c. 1860 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
92%
RECORDS
160
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Modern MovementLiving

Cao Dai (Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do)

Great Faith for the Third Universal Amnesty

Region:Southeast Asia (Southern Vietnam (Mekong Delta))
Historical Era:c. 1926 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
96%
CONSENSUS
93%
RECORDS
185
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Kejawen (Javanese Mysticism)

Kebatinan / Sastra Gending

Region:Southeast Asia (Java (Indonesia))
Historical Era:c. 1400 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
91%
CONSENSUS
87%
RECORDS
150
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Ancient Greek Religion & Mysteries

Dodekatheon / Eleusinian & Orphic Cults

Region:Europe (Aegean, Mainland Greece & Magna Graecia)
Historical Era:c. 1200 BCE – 391 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
95%
RECORDS
430
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Ancient Roman Religion

Pax Deorum & Capitoline Triad

Region:Europe (Italian Peninsula & Roman Empire)
Historical Era:c. 753 BCE – 395 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
96%
RECORDS
410
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Norse & Germanic Religion

Forn Siðr / Asatru & Vanatru

Region:Europe (Scandinavia & Northern Europe)
Historical Era:c. 500 BCE – 1100 CE
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
94%
CONSENSUS
90%
RECORDS
290
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Celtic Religion (Gaulish & Insular)

Druidic Tradition / Tuatha Dé Danann

Region:Europe (Gaul, Britain, Ireland, Iberia)
Historical Era:c. 800 BCE – 600 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
88%
CONSENSUS
83%
RECORDS
225
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DualistExtinct

Gnosticism & Sethian Tradition

Gnosis / Nag Hammadi Library

Region:Europe (Alexandria, Antioch, Rome, Upper Egypt)
Historical Era:c. 100 CE – 400 CE
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
91%
RECORDS
230
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Hittite & Hurrian Religion

Religion of the Thousand Gods of Hatti

Region:Anatolia & Caucasus (Central Anatolia (Hattusa) & Northern Syria)
Historical Era:c. 1750 BCE – 1180 BCE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
93%
CONSENSUS
90%
RECORDS
215
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Maya Religious Tradition

K'iche' Cosmology & Popol Vuh

Region:Americas (Mesoamerica (Guatemala, Yucatán, Chiapas, Honduras))
Historical Era:c. 2000 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
97%
CONSENSUS
94%
RECORDS
395
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Aztec / Mexica Religion

Teotl / The Legend of the Five Suns

Region:Americas (Valley of Mexico (Mesoamerica))
Historical Era:c. 1325 CE – 1521 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
96%
CONSENSUS
93%
RECORDS
350
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Polytheistic/AncientHistorical / Syncretic

Inca Religion & Andean Cosmology

Tawantinsuyu / Inti & Pachamama

Region:Americas (Andes Mountain Range (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador))
Historical Era:c. 1200 CE – 1572 CE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
92%
RECORDS
320
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Haudenosaunee Tradition

Iroquois Confederacy / Great Law of Peace

Region:Americas (Northeastern Woodlands (New York / Ontario / Quebec))
Historical Era:c. 1142 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
96%
CONSENSUS
93%
RECORDS
210
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Diné (Navajo) Holy People & Hózhó

Diné Bahaneʼ / Beautyway Tradition

Region:Americas (Diné Bikéyah (Four Sacred Mountains, US Southwest))
Historical Era:c. 1200 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
92%
RECORDS
220
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Australian Aboriginal Dreaming (Jukurrpa)

The Dreaming / Tjukurpa / Law

Region:Oceania & Pacific (Australian Continent)
Historical Era:c. 65,000 BCE – Present
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
99%
CONSENSUS
96%
RECORDS
310
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Māori Religion & Tikanga

Whakapapa / Te Ao Māori

Region:Oceania & Pacific (Aotearoa (New Zealand))
Historical Era:c. 1250 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
96%
CONSENSUS
93%
RECORDS
235
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Indigenous/FolkLiving

Hawaiian Traditional Religion

Ka Mana / Ali'i & Akua System

Region:Oceania & Pacific (Hawaiian Islands (Polynesia))
Historical Era:c. 300 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:IV
EVIDENCE
94%
CONSENSUS
90%
RECORDS
205
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Modern MovementLiving

Theosophy & Universal Brotherhood

There is No Religion Higher than Truth

Region:Modern Movements (Global (Founded: New York / Adyar, Chennai, India))
Historical Era:c. 1875 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
91%
RECORDS
220
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Modern MovementLiving

Unitarian Universalism (UU)

Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning

Region:Modern Movements (North America & Europe)
Historical Era:c. 1961 CE – Present (Roots: 16th Century)
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
98%
CONSENSUS
96%
RECORDS
240
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Modern MovementLiving

Wicca & Contemporary Witchcraft

Wiccan Rede & The Horned God and Triple Goddess

Region:Modern Movements (United Kingdom & Global)
Historical Era:c. 1954 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
94%
CONSENSUS
90%
RECORDS
215
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Modern MovementLiving

Modern Druidry (Neodruidism)

Awen & The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids

Region:Modern Movements (British Isles & Global)
Historical Era:c. 1717 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
95%
CONSENSUS
91%
RECORDS
195
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Modern MovementLiving

Modern Kemetic Orthodoxy

House of Netjer / Kemetic Revivalism

Region:Modern Movements (Global (Origin: Chicago, USA))
Historical Era:c. 1988 CE – Present
Primary Stratum:III
EVIDENCE
93%
CONSENSUS
89%
RECORDS
160
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Polytheistic/AncientExtinct

Minoan & Mycenaean Religion

Goddess of the Labrys & Aegean Bull

Region:Europe (Crete & Peloponnese (Bronze Age Aegean))
Historical Era:c. 2700 BCE – 1100 BCE
Primary Stratum:I
EVIDENCE
92%
CONSENSUS
88%
RECORDS
260
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EVIDENTIA
58-DIMENSION ACADEMIC STANDARD

The Evidentiary Stratification Framework

How our global catalog systematically separates physical artifactual discoveries from epigraphic records, scribal recensions, and living theological traditions across all 12 geographic zones.

Global Database Scope
Standardized peer-reviewed strata cataloged across 12 worldwide zones
AfricaMesopotamia & Ancient Near EastIran & Central AsiaSouth AsiaEast AsiaSoutheast AsiaEurope & MediterraneanAnatolia & CaucasusAmericasOceania & PacificModern MovementsGlobal Traditions

Empirical & Epigraphic Strata

Strata I & II: Physical & Epigraphic Evidence

Empirical records encompass material culture physically excavated and epigraphically authenticated through modern archaeological science. These findings do not rely on confessional belief and can be verified independently across non-aligned historical civilizations.

Verification Benchmarks:Methodology Standards
Stratigraphic excavation in verifiable geological & urban archaeological contexts
Radiocarbon (C-14), thermoluminescence, and dendrochronology calibration
Inscribed contemporary epigraphy in stone, fired clay, or metal alloys
Synchronous cross-corroboration across independent, non-aligned ancient civilizations

Manuscript & Canonical Strata

Strata III & IV: Textual Witness & Oral Tradition

Devotional traditions, sacred scriptures, scribal recensions, and confessional lineages represent essential structures of human culture. We document these internal self-understandings with ethnographic care while systematically cataloging where material corroboration is present or absent.

Historiographical Protocols:Recension Protocols
Internal canonical authority acknowledged by confessional and devotional communities
Preserved oral transmission lineages and continuous liturgical ritual recitation
Sacred chronologies documented centuries after purported historical events
58-Dimension taxonomy cataloging cultural significance without empirical conflation
Peer-Reviewed Evidence Taxonomy

The Four Standard Evidence Badges

Every factual assertion across our 58-dimension profile system carries an explicit evidence stratum tag cross-referenced against the global database catalog.

Definition & Core Scope

Material remains, structural foundations, seals, and monumental inscriptions recovered in situ with verifiable archaeological stratigraphy.

Peer-Review Methodology

Prehistoric & classical archaeology standards: direct radiocarbon calibration (AMS C-14), petrographic ceramic analysis, geospatial context mapping, and cross-excavation peer-reviewed field reports.

58-D Standard: Dimensions 7 (Earliest Evidence), 43 (Archaeological Evidence), 50 (Claim vs Evidence)
Applied across all 12 zones: Nubia, Gobekli Tepe, Indus Valley, Liangzhu, Mesoamerica, Caral, and Mediterranean digs.
Representative Artifacts & Records

"Tel Dan Stele, Mohenjo-daro Great Bath, Elephantine papyri, Pillar Edicts of Ashoka, Olmec monumental heads, Göbekli Tepe enclosures"

Protocol Verification
Details
Explore Stratum Evidence

Zero confessional bias. 100% peer-reviewed citation architecture across all 58 dimensions.
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