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Egypt

341 places in the atlas, 87 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

Kinds found here

Pyramids126
Ancient cities124
Tombs86
Buried cities77
Archaeological wonders75
Ancient ports62
Temple complexes38
Submerged sites35
Tells34
Mounds27
Ancient villages25
Rock art sites15

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Verified331
Accepted2
Contested5
Hypothetical2
Pseudo1

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Aswan Governorate10
Giza Governorate, South Saqqara10
Giza Governorate9
South Saqqara, Memphis Necropolis9
Minya Governorate7
Luxor Governorate6

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Verified331 Widely accepted2

Memphis Necropolis, South Saqqara

Sohag Governorate5

Faiyum Governorate4

Giza Governorate, Abusir4

Memphis Necropolis, Saqqara North4

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Partially excavated113 Excavated84 Excavation ongoing67 Buried43 Submerged28 Unexcavated4 Not applicable2

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Lepsius I Pyramid

Old Kingdom, 3rd–4th Dynasty transition (~2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian

Unfinished giant mudbrick pyramid at Abu Rawash (Lepsius I), c.2613 BCE?, 17 m stump, 150+ m base.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell

Tell el-Maskhuta (Pithom)

MK through Roman; Saite-Persian peak · Middle Kingdom → Hyksos → Saite Necho II → Persian Achaemenid → Ptolemaic

Wadi Tumilat gateway tell — Middle Kingdom fort, Hyksos, Saite grain silos (600 m³) and Darius I canal station, biblical Pithom/Heroöpolis.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell

el-Hibeh (Teudjoi / Ankyropolis)

Third Intermediate through Late-Byzantine; TI fortress phase · Theban High Priest (21st) → Libyan 22nd → Saite → Graeco-Roman

Third Intermediate border fortress (1070 BCE) with 12 m bastioned wall on Nile cliff — Theban–Tanite frontier garrison, Amenhotep III temple, priestly necropolis and Hibeh papyri.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell

Pi-Ramesses (Qantir / Piramesse)

Hyksos → New Kingdom capital → Third Intermediate (Tanis reuse) · Hyksos → Thutmoside → Ramesside 19th Dynasty → 21st Dynasty Tanis shift

New Kingdom Delta capital (18 km²) of Ramesses II over Avaris — stables for 480 chariot horses, bronze workshops and Pelusiac harbour, buried under Qantir silt.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell

Kom el-Khilgan (Khilgan)

Predynastic Chalcolithic to Early Dynastic · Buto-Maadi Culture → Naqada II-III interaction

Delta Predynastic tell (1.2 ha) with Buto-Maadi houses and Naqada graves interdigitated — key for Lower vs Upper Egyptian state formation, c.3500 BCE.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell

Tell el-Yahudiya

MB Second Intermediate (Hyksos) → Late/Ptolemaic Jewish · MB Hyksos → New Kingdom On → Ptolemaic Jewish community (Onias IV)

MB Hyksos rampart fortress with Leontopolis Onias Jewish temple (160 BCE) — type-site for Tell el-Yahudiya incised ware bridging Hyksos and Jewish Egypt.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Queen Nubwenet

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2320 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Queens pyramid of Nubwenet, wife of Pepi I, far eastern row of Pepi I queens field. Side 21 m, height 21 m (equilateral section), limestone core with recut Tura casing fragments.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Buried Pyramid of Sekhemkhet

Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, c.2645 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Unfinished step pyramid of Sekhemkhet (c.2645 BCE, 3rd Dynasty), southwest of Djoser. Henri Zakaria Goneim 1951-54 excavated alabaster sarcophagus (empty) and gold armlets.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city

Qadesh-Barnea (Ain el-Qudeirat)

Iron I–II (c.1200–600 BCE) · Israelite/Judahite → Assyrian Negev administration

Stratified Iron Age desert fortress (65 × 55 m) at the oasis spring Ain el-Qudeirat, identified with biblical Kadesh-Bar...

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid

Pyramid of Queen Nedjeftet

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2325 BCE · Ancient Egyptian

Small queens pyramid recorded by Leclant mission south of Pepi I field for Nedjeftet (variant Wadjebten-related name, wife of Pepi I). 20 m base, unpublished Lauer sketches.

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10 places

Lepsius I Pyramid

Tell el-Maskhuta (Pithom)

el-Hibeh (Teudjoi / Ankyropolis)

Pi-Ramesses (Qantir / Piramesse)

Kom el-Khilgan (Khilgan)

Tell el-Yahudiya

Pyramid of Queen Nubwenet

Buried Pyramid of Sekhemkhet

Qadesh-Barnea (Ain el-Qudeirat)

Pyramid of Queen Nedjeftet