🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Castellum Tidditanorum
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman (Cirtan)
Cirtan confederation castellum with 14-towered walls and oil presses.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Rock Art of Djelfa — Atlas Saharan
Neolithic to Protohistoric (Bubalus → Bovid pastoral → Libyco-Berber) · Capsian Neolithic pastoralists then Garamantian–Libyco-Berber
Ouled Nail Atlas 1162 ram-engravings 7000–3000 BCE, Bubalus ram 1.2 m with headdress, CapSian cattle pastoral transition.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Submerged site
Caesarea Iol — Harbour North Breakwater (Cherchell)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Caesarea Iol — Harbour North Breakwater (Cherchell) in Tipaza, Cherchell, Caesarea Iol, Algeria is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged ci…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Submerged site
Hippo Regius — Harbour North Mole (Annaba, Algeria)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Hippo Regius — Harbour North Mole (Annaba, Algeria) in Annaba, Hippo Regius, Algeria is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attribut…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Siga (Takembrit)
Numidian to Byzantine (6th c BCE–7th c CE; peak 3rd c BCE–2nd c CE) · Massaesylian Numidian / Punic / Roman
Numidian royal capital Siga (Takembrit) of Syphax at the Tafna mouth.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient port
Siga Outer Harbour (Takembrit Offshore)
Numidian to Late Antique (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian (Masaesyli) / Roman (Mauretania)
Syphax's harbour with 200 m submerged rubble mole and purple middens.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Ad Maiores
Roman to Byzantine (104 CE–7th c. CE) · Roman
Trajanic desert camp 130×80 m anchoring Fossatum Negrine segment.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Vescera (Biskra)
Roman to Byzantine (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Limes military colony at Biskra oasis with camp and Triton mosaic.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Zarai
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Customs station famed for 202 CE Zarai Tariff (longest Latin customs law).
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Foggara of Tit — Ouled Sidi Mahdi Foggaric Chain (Tit Oasis Foggaras)
Medieval Zenata Berber to early modern (1100–1600 CE) · Zenata Berber / Touat oases
Tit village foggaras (320 m) in Tidikelt–Touat transition: 8 foggaras totaling 11.2 km with 135 shafts (6–12 m) tapping Continental Intercalaire sandstone aquifer at In Salah depression.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tiddis (Castellum Tidditanorum)
Numidian / Roman (Berber stronghold to late antique) · Numidian / Roman
Cliff-hanging Berber-Roman 'mini Delphi' on Guelaa plateau with stepped streets, bazina tombs and aqueducts.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Tipasa
Phoenician / Roman / Early Christian · Phoenician / Roman / Christian
Phoenician-Roman-Christian cape town with Great 7-aisle basilica (largest in Africa) and St Salsa martyrion.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Mansourah — Marinid Fortified City of Tlemcen
Marinid (1299–1307 CE) · Berber Marinid / Zayyanid
Mansourah is the 1299–1307 Marinid siege-camp turned fortified city 4 km W of Tlemcen, built by Sultan Abu Yaqub to blockade Zayyanid Tlemcen for 8-year siege (longest medieval siege in Maghreb).
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Cirta
Numidian to Ottoman (3rd c. BCE–present; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Numidian / Carthaginian / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Cirta (modern Constantine, Qusanṭīnah) is the Tunisian Tell's most dramatic city, perched on a limestone mesa girded by the 300-m-deep Rhumel gorge with four bridges.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Altava (Ouled Mimoun) – Mauretanian Frontier
Roman to Vandal–Mauretanian Kingdom (1st c – 7th c CE) · Roman / Mauretanian–Berber kingdom of Altava
Most westerly Roman castrum in Algeria, Altava became 6th c Mauretanian kingdom capital of chieftain Masuna rex gentium Mauraorum, with Latin church inscriptions documenting Romano...
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Kalaa of Beni Hammad — Hammadid Fortified City
Islamic Hammadid (1007–1152 CE) · Berber Hammadid / Zirid
Kalaa (Qal'a) of Beni Hammad is the 1007 CE Hammadid capital 1418 m in Hodna mountains, UNESCO 102.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Necropolis
Necropolis of Combe Ness Spur
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Necropolis of Combe Ness Spur in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Cuicul Extramural Quarter (Djemila Outskirts)
Roman (1st–6th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Southern suburb of Cuicul beyond Severan Arch with fullery and funerary basilica.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Rusuccuru
Phoenicio-Punic to Medieval (5th c. BCE–16th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Byzantine
Rusuccuru (modern Dellys) is a Phoenician–Roman port on Algeria's Kabyle coast, founded 5th c. BCE as Carthaginian fish-salting station.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Castellum Tingitanum (El Asnam / Chlef)
Roman (1st–7th c CE) · Roman (Mauretania Caesariensis)
Cheliff valley fortified village with Donatist basilica, inscription of martyrdom 304 CE, and earthquake-prone castellum walls.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Djémila (Cuicul)
Roman (Trajanic to Byzantine; peak Severan 2nd–3rd c) · Roman / Berber / Christian
Mountain Roman ridge town at 900 m with Arch of Caracalla, Severan baths and finest polychrome mosaics.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Tumulus
Medracen — Royal Mausoleum of Numidia
Numidian Late Iron Age (300–100 BCE) · Berber Numidian / Masseayli
Medracen (Madghacen) is the 19 m high bazina royal mausoleum of Numidian Berber kings (c.300 BCE), largest pre-Roman bazina in North Africa, 59 m diameter drum with 60 Doric half-columns and cornice,…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Tumulus
Djeddars of Frenda — Berber Royal Tombs
Late Antique Berber (Vandal–Byzantine–early Islamic transition) · Berber Christian/Jetar
Djeddars of Frenda are 13 Berber royal pyramid-mausoleums (4th–7th c CE) on two Tiaret plateau hills 30 km S of Tiaret, square bazina with pyramidal steps 20×20 m base, 18 m high with chapels and…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork
Earthworks of Avenue-Tel Kistvaen
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Earthworks of Avenue-Tel Kistvaen in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) earthwork attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.