🇩🇿 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.
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🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
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 · Ancient city
Phoenician to Arab (12th c. BCE – 7th c. CE; Augustinian 354–430 peak) · Phoenician / Numidian / Roman
Augustine coastal capital — Numidian-Roman 60 ha city whose Seybouse estuary moles now 1–3 m offshore.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Tumulus
Late Numidian–Mauretanian (25 BCE–23 CE) · Berber Mauretanian / Hellenistic Roman
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania (Kbour er Roumia) is the 32 m high Numidian–Mauretanian royal tomb 32 km W of Algiers on Sahel ridge 261 m with 60 columns (Ionic below, Doric above) and 4 false doors.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
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
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 · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Tassili n'Ajjer — Tin Merine North Gallery in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed t…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Medieval Ibadite (11th–14th c to present continuous) · Ibadite Berber (Mozabite) / Rustumid
M'Zab Valley is the intact 11th c Ibadite Pentapolis 480 m deep limestone hamada: 5 fortified ksour (Ghardaïa, Beni Isguen, El Atteuf, Melika, Bou Noura) each on hill with pyramidal mosque-minaret,…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Timgad — Trajan Arch Ancillary Insula North (Thamugadi) in Batna, Timgad, Algeria is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient 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 · Fortress
Roman (Hadrianic–Late Antique, 126–430 CE) · Roman
Gemellae (Mlili) is the pivot of the Fossatum Africae Saharan limes, a Hadrianic legionary vexillation fort 200×190 m with rounded corners and double ditch, guarding the Seguia–Oued Djedi passage.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Necropolis
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
Roman (1st–6th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Southern suburb of Cuicul beyond Severan Arch with fullery and funerary basilica.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hillfort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Roxby Dale Hill Fort in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Petroglyph Aqueduct in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
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
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
Gunugus or Gunugu (Punic: 𐤂𐤍𐤂𐤍, gngn) was a Berber and Carthaginian town in northwest Africa in antiquity.
🇩🇿 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 · Fortress
Roman (1st–5th c CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Pass fort on northern Aurès road, Thamallula guards the Belezma gap with courtyard fortress and road village.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
ancient Roman-Berber city situated in present-day Saneg, Algeria
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Tassili n'Ajjer Sefar Painted Gallery Central in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Tassili Sefar — Ancillary Gallery North (Tassili, Algeria) in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Sefar, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (5th c BCE-7th c CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Twin theatre city Khamissa.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Earthworks of Pediment in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) earthwork attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.