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739 places in the atlas, 104 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Bawit (Arabic: باويط Bāwīṭ; Coptic: ⲡⲁⲩⲏⲧ Pavēt) is an archaeological site located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Asyut, near the village of Dashlout, in Egypt.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Chambered Cairn Hill Africa 114 — Egypt Region 6 in Egypt Region 6, Egypt is a Neolithic tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Period Classical · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Fortress Citadel Misc 77 — Egypt Region 5 in Egypt Region 5, Egypt is a Neolithic hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El-Tod (Arabic: طود aṭ-Ṭūd, from Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲧ or ⲧⲁⲩⲧ, Ancient Egyptian: Ḏrty, lit. 'falcon', Ancient Greek: Τουφιον, Latin: Tuphium) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town and a temple to the…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Mural Hall Misc 53 — Egypt Region 5 in Egypt Region 5, Egypt is a Neolithic hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Biahmu (Byahmu) is a village and archaeological site in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt. The town is in the Faiyum Oasis, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city of Faiyum.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Magharet el Kantara or Shaw's Cave (Arabic: مغارة القنطرة, arched cave) is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Hoch Eissa (Arabic: حوش عيسى) is a city in Beheira Governorate, Egypt. The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Hoch Eissa as a nahiyah in the district of Abu Hummus in Beheira Governorate; at that time,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Old Kingdom / Second Intermediate · Egyptian
Lost capital of Xoite 14th Dynasty (76 kings) contesting Hyksos Avaris. Stepped temple of Amun and 8 m Hyksos walls detected by magnetometry; Herodotus lists Delta metropolis.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Old to Middle Kingdom / Late Period · Egyptian
Capital of Heracleopolitan dynasty (Dyn 9–10, 2160–2055 BCE) whose 'Instruction for Merikare' defines First Intermediate Period.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Bahriya
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
building in Naqlun, Fayum, Egypt
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Ballana (Arabic: بلانة, romanized: Ballāna) was a cemetery in Lower Nubia. It, along with nearby Qustul, were excavated by Walter Bryan Emery between 1928 and 1931 as a rescue project before a second…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Behbeit El Hagar (Ancient Egyptian: Pr-ḥꜣbyt(.t), lit. 'house of festival hall', Coptic: ⲡⲁϩⲃⲉⲓⲑⲓⲟⲥ, Ancient Greek: Πααβηιθις) is a village and an archaeological site in Lower Egypt that contains the…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Hu, Huw or Hiw (Arabic: هُو, Coptic: ϩⲱ, ϩⲟⲩ) is the modern name of an Egyptian town on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the 7th Nome of Upper Egypt.
