🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Sijilmassa
Early Islamic to Medieval (757–1393 CE; peak 10th–14th c CE) · Berber Miknasa / Islamic / Maliki
Gold-mint entrepôt Sijilmassa on Trans-Saharan Ghana road south of Rissani.
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🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Early Islamic to Medieval (757–1393 CE; peak 10th–14th c CE) · Berber Miknasa / Islamic / Maliki
Gold-mint entrepôt Sijilmassa on Trans-Saharan Ghana road south of Rissani.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Early Islamic to present (1,300-yr continuity) · Sijilmassa Hezran + Filali oasis communities
Tafilalet foggara line: 45 khettaras (0.8-6 km, 120-410 shafts) feeding Sijilmassa palm oasis since 8th c.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Phoenician to Islamic (6th c BCE–8th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Mauri / Roman
River limes fort Thamusida with Praetorium frescoes and cohors II Syrorum camp.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Almoravid to Almohad (1050–1147 CE) · Berber Almoravid (Sanhaja) → Almohad
Aghmat is the buried Almoravid capital (11th c) 32 km S of Marrakech under modern village: 8 ha walled medina (11th c Almoravid to 12th c Almohad) with hammam, qasr, and 11th c mausolea of Almoravid…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mauretanian to Late Roman (2nd c BCE–5th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Mauri / Phoenician / Roman
Moorish–Roman Tamuda at Tetouan with Punic fort and garum factories destroyed AD 40.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mauretanian to Islamic (5th c. BCE–8th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Mauretanian / Roman
Rirha (ancient Gilda) on the Sebou River is a Mauretanian city turned Roman colonia, 5th c. BCE–8th c. CE, excavated by Callegarin 2005–.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Volubilis House of Orpheus Mosaic Hall in Fès-Meknès, Volubilis, Morocco is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mauretanian to Early Islamic (3rd c BCE Berber settlement; Roman 25 BCE–285 CE; Idrisid 788 CE) · Mauretanian / Roman / Berber / Early Islamic (Idrisid)
Roman Mauretania Tingitana capital with 42 ha walled city, Volubilis preserves 2nd–3rd c town: Decumanus Maximus 400 m, Forum, Capitol, Basilica, Arch of Caracalla (217 CE erected for Caracalla and…
