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Hasankeyf — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Tell history and Ilısu project

Hasankeyf Höyük

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetayproject.org

Kavuşan Höyük — TAY Project

TAY Project · 2024 · Wikimedia

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Kavuşan Höyük (Batman Province, Beşiri–Ilısu zone, Upper Tigris)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Madauros (M'Daourouch) – University City of Apuleius — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Madauros (Madaurus, Madaura) was a Roman-Berber city and a former diocese of the Catholic Church in the old state of Numidia, in present-day Algeria.

Madauros (M'Daourouch) – University City of Apuleius

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Makthar — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Mactaris (Makthar) – Numidian-Roman City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Rapidum (Sour Djouab / Masqueray) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Rapidum (Sour Djouab / Masqueray)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetayproject.org

Salat Tepe — TAY Project

TAY Project · 2024 · Wikimedia

Salat Tepe (Salat Cami Yanı)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sitifis (Sétif) – Mauretania Sitifensis Capital — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Sitifis (Sétif) – Mauretania Sitifensis Capital

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Thenae — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Thenae or Thenai (Ancient Greek: Θεναί), also written Thaena and Thaenae, was a Carthaginian and Roman town (civitas) located in or near Thyna, now a suburb of Sfax on the Mediterranean coast of…

Thaenae (Thyna) – Roman Byzacena Port

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Theveste (Tébessa) – Legionary Colonia — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Theveste (Tébessa) – Legionary Colonia

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Thyna archaeological site — MapCarta

MapCarta · 2024 · MapCarta

Thaenae (Thyna) – Roman Byzacena Port

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Capsa (Iustiniana) — Pleiades 324684

R. Hitchner et al. · 2023 · Pleiades

Capsa (Gafsa) – Fossatum Oasis City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitevici.org

Sicca Veneria — Vici.org 24722

Vici.org · 2023 · Vici

Sicca Veneria (El Kef) – Numidian Cult Citadel

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitemonash.edu

Dakhla Oasis Project — Deir el-Hagar

Monash University · 2023 · Dakhla Oasis Project

Deir el-Hagar (Egyptian Deir el-Hagar)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

El-Lisht — UNESCO Memphis necropolis 86

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

El-Lisht (Itj-tawy necropolis)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Gobero — Wikipedia 17°05′N 9°31′E

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikipedia

The Gobero archaeological site, dating to around 8000 BCE, is the oldest known cemetery in the Sahara Desert.

Gobero

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Kalabsha — UNESCO Nubian Monuments 88

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

UNESCO listing and relocation

Temple of Kalabsha (Talmis)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelatitude.to

Karanis — latitude.to 29°31′02″N 30°54′07″E

Latitude.to · 2023 · Latitude.to

Karanis (Kom Aushim)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitearoundus.com

Mumba Cave — AroundUs -3.53833,35.29670

AroundUs · 2023 · AroundUs

Mumba Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Old Town of Ghadamès — UNESCO 362

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Inscription and boundaries

Old Town of Ghadames

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Thimlich Ohinga — UNESCO 1450

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Thimlich Ohinga

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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