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9,961 sources · Websites

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Qau el-Kebir — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Qau el-Kebir

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sukur — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

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Sukur Cultural Landscape

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Surame — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Surame

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Syene (Aswan) — Pleiades 786210

Pleiades · 2023 · ISAW

Syene Granite Quarries

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Syene — Wikipedia (Aswan quarries)

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Syene Granite Quarries

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Teghaza — Pleiades

Pleiades · 2023 · ISAW

Teghaza

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Teghaza — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Teghaza

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Wadi al-Jarf — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Wadi al-Jarf

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Zaria City Walls — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Zaria City Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitencmm.gov.ng

Zaria — NCMM National Monuments

National Commission for Museums and Monuments · 2023 · NCMM Nigeria

Zaria City Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Zawiyet el-Maiyitin Pyramid — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

Zawiyet el-Maiyitin Pyramid

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ancient Kano City Walls — UNESCO Tentative

UNESCO · 2007 · UNESCO

Ancient Kano City Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2007Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ikom Monoliths — UNESCO Tentative

UNESCO · 2007 · UNESCO

Ikom Monoliths (Ejagham)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2007Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Surame Cultural Landscape — UNESCO Tentative 5172

UNESCO · 2007 · UNESCO

Surame

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2007Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Sukur Cultural Landscape — UNESCO 938

UNESCO · 1999 · UNESCO

Coordinates 10.74056,13.57194

Sukur Cultural Landscape

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1999Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Old Oyo — UNESCO Tentative

UNESCO · 1998 · UNESCO

Old Oyo (Oyo-Ile)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1998Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Gusir Höyük — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and chronology

Gusir Höyük West (Lake Gusir)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sand Canyon Pueblo — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and chronology

Sand Canyon South Pueblo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tell Arbid — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and chronology

Tell Arbid North (Khabur)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tell Arqa — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates and chronology

Tell Arqa (Arqa)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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