🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Bir el Ater
Bir el Ater (Arabic: بئر العاتر) is a city located in far eastern Algeria. It is located towards the border with Tunisia, around 87 kilometers south of Tebessa and just beyond the Sahara.
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🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Bir el Ater (Arabic: بئر العاتر) is a city located in far eastern Algeria. It is located towards the border with Tunisia, around 87 kilometers south of Tebessa and just beyond the Sahara.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Aïn Turk (Arabic: عين ترك) nearby Bouira (Algeria) is a commune in Bouïra Province, Algeria. It is about 100 km from Algiers.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Auzia was a Roman-Berber colonia in present-day Sour El-Ghozlane, Algeria. The area was located around 150 km south-east of Algiers, in the ancient province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Civitas Popthensis was an ancient Roman-Berber city located in the present-day Henchir Kssiba area in the municipality of Ouled Moumen in Souk Ahras Province, Algeria.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Khemis Miliana (Arabic: خميس مليانة) is a town in northern Algeria of around 210,000 inhabitants. It is a university town located 120 kilometers west of Algiers.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Tuareg Amazighs
mountain range in southeastern Algeria
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
ancient Roman-Berber city situated in present-day Saneg, Algeria
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Punic (6th c BCE) – Roman – Christian (5th c CE) · Punic / Mauretanian / Roman
Coastal UNESCO port with Punic necropolis (6th c BCE tophet), Roman forum, theatre, and two Christian basilicas (Salsa martyr shrine) on promontory with offshore islet. Numidian–Ma...
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Punic to Byzantine (4th c BCE – 7th c CE) · Punic / Numidian / Roman
Seybouse spa city with marble-lined north baths (45×35 m), hillside theatre (62 m) restored by Joly 1905, and Byzantine citadel reusing theatre seats. Hot aquae still flow 28°C.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Miliana (Arabic: مليانة) is an Algerian commune in the Aïn Defla province, serving as the capital of Miliana district approximately 114 kilometres (71 mi) southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient village
Punic–Numidian to Roman (3rd c BCE – 7th c CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Dramatic cliff village on limestone spur 500 m above plain, Tiddis preserves Numidian houses, Mithraeum in cave, sanctuary of Saturn, and Roman arch framing Cirta view. Berthier ex...
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman (100 CE – 7th c CE; Trajanic foundation) · Roman (Numidia, Legio III Augusta veterans)
The northern insula quarter of the perfect Trajanic grid city (12×12 insulae), Timgad North exposes veterans' houses, library with mosaic, northern baths and market, beyond the bli...
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fort Howe Archaeological Complex in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Late Antique (3rd c BCE-7th c CE; industrial peak 1st-3rd c CE) · Numidian / Roman
Pottery Sigus.