🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Tomb 72
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Tomb 72 in Luxor, Hierakonpolis, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Geoglyph
Bir al-Abd Desert Kites (North Sinai)
Late Neolithic (El-Maghara-related) · Sinai Neolithic coastal hunters
First documented North Sinai kites (45 m asl, 31°01′N 33°09′E) on Bardawil lagoon sabkha plain south of Bir al-Abd, bridging Sinai to Negev corridor.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Bagawat Necropolis (Kharga Oasis)
Late Period to Early Islamic (510 BCE–700 CE; peak Christian 4th–7th c) · Persian-Egyptian / Early Christian Coptic
263-mudbrick vaulted domed chapels 4th–7th c with Exodus frescoes above Hibis Persian temple 40 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
el-Hibeh (Teudjoi / Ankyropolis)
Third Intermediate through Late-Byzantine; TI fortress phase · Theban High Priest (21st) → Libyan 22nd → Saite → Graeco-Roman
Third Intermediate border fortress (1070 BCE) with 12 m bastioned wall on Nile cliff — Theban–Tanite frontier garrison, Amenhotep III temple, priestly necropolis and Hibeh papyri.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Antinoopolis – Hadrian's Nile Harbour City of Antinous, Sheikh Abada
Roman to Medieval (130–700 CE) · Greek / Roman / Egyptian / Hadrianic
Hadrian 130 CE Greek polis where Antinous drowned — 400x120 m Nile harbour grid city 350 ha with 18 m arch.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Sacred Alexandria Ridge Inner — Alexandria, Pharos (58-19)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Sacred Alexandria Ridge Inner — Alexandria, Pharos (58-19) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) submerged city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Royal Alexandria Ridge A — Alexandria, Pharos (58-48)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Royal Alexandria Ridge A — Alexandria, Pharos (58-48) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) submerged city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Sinki Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5.5 km SE of Abydos (c.2630 BCE), 12.7 m base, Huni's provincial network.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Little Saqqara Platform A — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-27)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Little Saqqara Platform A — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-27) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Lower Alexandria Ridge I — Alexandria, Pharos (58-36)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Lower Alexandria Ridge I — Alexandria, Pharos (58-36) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Edfu South Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ~2630 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Minor step pyramid 5 km south of Edfu (c.2630 BCE), 21.65 m base, part of Huni network.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Abu Rawash — Lepsius I
Old Kingdom, late 3rd – early 4th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Enormous unfinished 215 m base mudbrick mass at Abu Rawash — Lepsius I — late 3rd/early 4th Dynasty aborted true pyramid, oriented slightly off cardinal.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khui at Dara
First Intermediate Period (8th Dynasty, c.2160–2130 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Herakleopolitan / 8th Dynasty)
Provincial First Intermediate Period pyramid at Dara (midway Asyut–Manfalut) attributed to ephemeral king Khui (8th Dynasty c.2160 BCE).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Zawiyet el-Aryan — Unfinished Pyramid Pit North (Layer Pyramid)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Zawiyet el-Aryan — Unfinished Pyramid Pit North (Layer Pyramid) in Giza, Zawiyet el-Aryan, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attribu…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
El-Badari
Predynastic Badarian (4400–4000 BCE) → Naqada I transition · Badarian (Saharo-Nile early farmers)
Type-site of Badarian culture (c.4400–4000 BCE) — earliest farming culture of Upper Egypt preceding Naqada I: hamlets and 6000+ graves at Badari, Qau, Deir Tasa yielding rippled pottery, turquoise,…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lepsius I Pyramid at Abu Rawash
Late 3rd to early 4th Dynasty (Huni?, c.2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Huni?)
Enormous denuded mound at Abu Rawash north (Lepsius I), sometimes attributed to ephemeral Huni (?) or early 4th Dynasty.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
New Giza Citadel A — Giza (56-06)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
New Giza Citadel A — Giza (56-06) at Giza, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) earthwork of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lower Giza Enclosure B — Giza (56-24)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Lower Giza Enclosure B — Giza (56-24) at Giza, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Mazghuna South Pyramid — Sobekneferu Complex
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1795 BCE (Sobekneferu) · Ancient Egyptian (Sobekneferu)
Southern Mazghuna pyramid 500 m south of north mound: 52 m base, now 18 m mound. Excavated by Mackay 1911. Mudbrick with limestone casing, undulating wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Seila Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–early 4th Dynasty (~2630–2600 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Fayum provincial step pyramid on Gebel el-Rus (c.2630 BCE, up to Sneferu), 25 m base, 6.8 m high, four steps.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Mons Porphyrites — Imperial Porphyry Quarry
Roman Imperial (29 BCE–211 CE, active to 4th c) · Roman Imperial
Mons Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan) is the only imperial porphyry quarry in Roman Empire (29–211 CE) producing purple porphyry for Diocletian and Hadrian pillars, sarcophagi and Pantheon.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Serabit el-Khadim — Turquoise Mines and Hathor Temple
Old Kingdom to New Kingdom (2600–1100 BCE) · Egyptian Sinai expedition / Semitic workers
Serabit el-Khadim is the Middle–New Kingdom turquoise mine and Hathor Temple 2600 BCE–1100 BCE on Sinai plateau 850 m, 45 km E of Suez Gulf.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Unfinished Northern Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan — Baka
4th Dynasty, c.2520 BCE (Baka / Bikheris) · Ancient Egyptian (Baka)
Unfinished pyramid Z2 at northern Zawiyet el-Aryan: enormous square foundation trench 110 m base, oval shaft 15 m deep and 20×25 m, intended pyramid never raised beyond foundation.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tomb
Deir el-Medina — Village Ancillary Tomb TT359 (Thebes)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Deir el-Medina — Village Ancillary Tomb TT359 (Thebes) in Luxor, Deir el-Medina, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–Ne…