🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Wadi Hawar (Wadi Howar) – Yellow Nile
Early Holocene to Late Antiquity (9500 BCE–500 CE) · Holocene Saharan pastoral / Nubian
1000-km Yellow Nile former tributary with 400 Holocene pastoral scatters 9500–2000 BCE.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient city
Aetokremnos
Aetokremnos is a rock shelter near Limassol on the southern coast of Cyprus. It is widely considered to host some of the oldest evidence of human habitation of Cyprus, dating to around 12,000 years…
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Thuburbo Parvum
Carthaginian to Byzantine (4th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Punic / Roman
Sister city to Thuburbo Majus with olive press park (15 presses).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Jaina Island
Jaina Island is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site and artificial island in the present-day Mexican state of Campeche.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Indrapura (Champa)
Indrapura or Đồng Dương was the capital city of the kingdom of Champa from 875 AD until 982, or until 12th century AD. It was built and ruled under the reign of Buddhist king Indravarman II (r.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Amioun
Amioun (Arabic: أميون, romanized: Amyūn; Greek: Αμιούν) is the capital of the predominantly Greek Orthodox Koura District (from the Greek word χώρα (Khôra) which etymologically means "space,"…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Dharanikota
Dharanikota is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the site of ancient Dhanyakataka, which was the capital of the Satavahana dynasty that ruled in the Deccan…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Echelidae
Echelidae or Echelidai (Ἐχελίδαι) was a deme of ancient Attica. It was so called from the hero Echelus, and lay between Peiraeeus and the Heracleium, in or near a marshy district, and possessed a…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Euroea (Epirus)
Euroea or Euroia (Ancient Greek: Εὔροια; also transcribed as Eurœa) was a city in Epirus, in western Greece, during late antiquity. It was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic invasions.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Banasa — Thamusida Upstream Twin Port Colony
Mauretanian capital briefly → Roman colony Julia Valentia Banasa 33 BCE · Mauretanian Bocchus → Roman colony
Banasa excavated by Thouvenot 1930s, Tabula Banasitana 177 CE citizenship tablet for Zegrenses.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Ancient city
Floridablanca (Patagonia)
The Spanish settlement Nueva Colonia y Fuerte de Floridablanca was established in San Julian Bay in 1780 and abandoned four years later due to scurvy.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Hammam Essalihine
Hammam Essalihine (Arabic: حمام الصالحين Ḥammām aṣ-Ṣāliḥīn, lit. "The Bath of the Righteous"; Latin: Aquae Flavianae) is an ancient Roman bath situated in the Aurès Mountains in the El Hamma District…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Chia Jani
Chia Jani is an archaeological site in Iran's Kermanshah Province. It is located near the village of Palang Gerd, on the Qouchemi stream, which flows to the Ravand River about 3 km (1.9 mi) south, in…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Bejucal (Mesoamerican site)
Bejucal is a Maya archaeological site in the Petén Department of Guatemala. It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of El Zotz and was subservient to that city.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Darnis (Derna)
Greek to Islamic (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Pentapolis metropolis at Derna with harbour moles and layered cathedral-mosque.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hypselis
Hypselis or Hypsela (Ancient Greek: Ύψηλή; Coptic: ϣⲱⲧⲡ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb…
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Augila Oasis Complex
Garamantian to Islamic (5th c. BCE–present) · Garamantian / Berber / Islamic
Herodotean palm grove oasis with foggaras and ksour granaries (200 chambers).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Cynopolis
Cynopolis (Greek: Κυνόπολις and Κυνῶν πόλις for "city of the dog") was the Hellenistic toponym for two cities in ancient Egypt. Both Cynopolis superior and Cynopolis inferior were bishoprics in Christian times.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
El Kseur
El Kseur (Kabyle: Leqṣeṛ; Arabic: القصر) is a commune in northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province. The Béni Mansour–Bejaïa railway serves this community with SNTF rail service.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Aulon (Messenia)
Aulon (Ancient Greek: Αὐλών) was a town in ancient Messenia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pausanias. Its site is unlocated.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Acre, Israel
Acre ( AH-kər, AY-kər), known in Hebrew as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō, IPA: [ˈako]) and in Arabic as Akka (Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā, IPA: [ˈʕak.ka]), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern…
🇦🇱 Albania · Ancient city
Byllis
Byllis (Albanian: Bylis; Greek: Βύλλις; Latin: Byllis) or Bullis or Boullis (Βουλλίς) was an ancient city and the chief settlement of the Illyrian tribe of the Bylliones, traditionally located in…