🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Socotra Governorate
Yemeni governorate that makes up the Socotra Archipelago in the Guardafui Channel
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Valley of the Golden Mummies
archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Bahriya
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Abu Ghurab Sun Temple of Niuserre
Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty (2455–2425 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom solar cult)
Abu Ghurab Sun Temple of Niuserre (5th Dynasty, 2455–2425 BCE) is the best preserved of six sun temples (Userkaf and Niuserre survive).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
El-Lisht (Itj-tawy necropolis)
Middle Kingdom (12th Dyn) · Ancient Egyptian
Mit Rahina–Itj-tawy necropolis El-Lisht with pyramids of Amenemhat I and Senwosret I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Syene Granite Quarries
Old Kingdom to Roman (2700 BCE–500 CE; peak 1500–30 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian / Roman
Syene (Aswan) granite quarries are Old–Ptolemaic hardstone source producing 100-m-long unfinished obelisk of Hatshepsut (1,200 t) abandoned in bedrock crack, plus sarcophagi, colossi and pavements…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient port
Wadi al-Jarf
Old Kingdom 4th Dynasty (c. 2620–2500 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Wadi al-Jarf on the Gulf of Suez is the world's oldest harbour, 4th Dynasty c. 2600 BCE, Khufu's Red Sea port for Sinai copper and turquoise expeditions.