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Leontopolis (Tell el-Muqdam / Taremu) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Leontopolis (Tell el-Muqdam / Taremu)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Oxyrhynchus (El-Bahnasa) – City of Papyri — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

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Oxyrhynchus (El-Bahnasa) – City of Papyri

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Pelusium (Tell el-Farama / Sin) – Delta Gateway — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Pelusium (Tell el-Farama / Sin) – Delta Gateway

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Tamuda (Tétouan / Wadi Martil) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Tamuda (Tetouan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Zilil (Dchar Jdid / Asilah) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Zilil (Dchar Jdid / Asilah)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Banasa (Sidi Ali Bou Djenoun) – Colony on the Sebou — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Banasa may refer to: Iulia Valentia Banasa, a Roman-Berber city in northern Morocco Banasa (bug), a shield bug genus in the tribe Pentatomini

Banasa (Sidi Ali Bou Djenoun) – Colony on the Sebou

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Hasankeyf — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Tell history and Ilısu project

Hasankeyf Höyük

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Kavuşan Höyük — TAY Project

TAY Project · 2024 · Wikimedia

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

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Salat Tepe — TAY Project

TAY Project · 2024 · Wikimedia

Salat Tepe (Salat Cami Yanı)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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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

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Sicca Veneria — Vici.org 24722

Vici.org · 2023 · Vici

Sicca Veneria (El Kef) – Numidian Cult Citadel

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Articledoi.org

On the Discovery of a Roman Fortified Site in Gafsa, Southern Tunisia, Based on High-Resolution X-Band Satellite Radar Data

M. Lasaponara · 2022 · Remote Sensing

Capsa (Gafsa) – Fossatum Oasis City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Articledoi.org

Barham et al. — Evidence for earliest structural wood 476 ka at Kalambo Falls

Larry Barham, Geoff Duller · 2023 · Nature

Kalambo Falls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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