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4 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Roman to Merinid (1st c CE to 14th c) · Roman / Mauretanian / Merinid Islamic
Roman port Sala Colonia beneath Merinid walled necropolis with stork-colonised minaret and Roman spolia throughout Islamic masonry.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mauretanian to Islamic (5th c. BCE–8th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Mauretanian / Roman
Rirha (ancient Gilda) on the Sebou River is a Mauretanian city turned Roman colonia, 5th c. BCE–8th c. CE, excavated by Callegarin 2005–.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Phoenician to Islamic (6th c BCE–8th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Phoenician / Mauri / Roman
River limes fort Thamusida with Praetorium frescoes and cohors II Syrorum camp.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mauretanian to Late Roman (4th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Mauri / Phoenician / Roman
Augustan veterans' colonia Banasa on Sebou with Tabula Banasitana and double forum.
