🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Antinoopolis — Northern Harbour Bay of Antinoë (Sheikh Ibada North)
Roman to Byzantine (130 CE – 650 CE) · Roman / Hadrianic
Northern Nile bay of Hadrian's Antinoopolis — 120 m quay at +0.5 m and tetrastyle gate.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Marea — Western Harbour at Lake Mareotis West (Phi Loxene West)
Ptolemaic to Early Islamic (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Western wine harbour of Marea on Lake Mareotis — 90 m quay at –1.2 m and 120 m basin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ayn Sukhna — Galala Northern Anchorage Gallery
Old Kingdom (2700–2180 BCE) with Middle Kingdom reuse · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Northern reef anchorage of Ayn Sukhna — reef channel and ramp at 2–5 m below Galala cliffs north bay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Lisht
Ancient Egypt
Lisht or el-Lisht (Arabic: اللشت, romanized: Al-Lišt) is an Egyptian village located south of Cairo.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Sadd el-Kafara – Wadi Garawi Old Kingdom Dam
Early Old Kingdom (Djoser–Sneferu) · Old Kingdom Egyptians (Memphite)
World's oldest dam (2650 BCE)—110-m Old Kingdom embankment diverting Wadi Garawi floods.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Tebtunis – Fayum Lake Moeris Harbour at Umm el-Baragat
Predynastic to Late Antique (3200 BCE – 600 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman
Fayum canal capital — Bahr Yussef harbour 300x100 m now desert sebkha 3 km from shrunken Lake Moeris (40,000 papyri).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Anthylla
Anthylla (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθυλλα) or Andylla (Ancient Greek: Ἀντυλλα) is an ancient city of Lower Egypt, on the Canopus branch of the Nile River.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Khentkaus II (Abusir)
Old Kingdom (5th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
Queen's pyramid of Khentkaus II (wife of Neferirkare, mother of Neferefre and Nyuserre), completed under Nyuserre with its own papyri archive.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Myos Hormos — Northern Anchorage at Marsa Nakari Mangrove (Marsa Alam North)
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Northern mangrove roadstead of Myos Hormos at Marsa Nakari — timber jetty stumps at –1.5 m behind mangroves.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Southern South Saqqara Pyramid (Shetayet? Complex)
Late Middle Kingdom (13th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished Southern South Saqqara pyramid 100 m south of Khendjer — late 13th-Dynasty 52–60 m mudbrick trench c.1730 BCE, abandoned without burial chamber.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Berenice pet cemetery
The Berenice pet cemetery is a pet cemetery in Berenike, Egypt, dating from the 1st–2nd century CE. It contains the remains of more than 580 individual animals including cats, dogs, and monkeys.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Philadelphia — Kom el-Kharaba Buried City at Fayum East (Gharaba)
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (285 BCE – 370 CE) · Ptolemaic / Greco-Roman Fayum
East Fayum Hippodamian city Philadelphia 1–2 m buried at Kom el-Kharaba — double agora 80×60 m at –1 m and grid 400 insulae.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Antirhodos Island Submerged Palace of Cleopatra
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Antirhodos Island Submerged Palace of Cleopatra in Alexandria, Eastern Harbour, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Akoris — Northern Quarry Valley Harbour at Tihna North
Ptolemaic to Coptic (300 BCE – 500 CE) · Graeco-Roman Egyptian
Northern quarry valley of Akoris — slipway and wadi canal buried 2–4 m for 3-ton block export north.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Euhemeria — Qasr el-Banat Buried Town at Fayum North-Central (Kasr Banat) — v2
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (305 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
North-central Fayum grain port Euhemeria 1–2 m buried at Qasr el-Banat — double Harpocrates temple at –1 m and harbour basin 100×80 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Northern Annex
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Northern Annex in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Bakchias — Kom el-Atl Buried Settlement at Fayum Central (Umm el-Atl) — v2
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (270 BCE – 300 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
Central Fayum vineyard port Bakchias 1–2 m buried at Kom el-Atl — Soknobkonneus temple at –1 m and wine press.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Aswan Old (Low) Dam North Spur — First Cataract Gravity Buttress
British colonial (Anglo-Egyptian) · Anglo-Egyptian, French engineers
1902 610-m gravity masonry 180-sluice Low Dam north spur 6 km above High Dam, world's largest masonry then.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Headless Pyramid — Saqqara North (Lepsius XXIX)
Old Kingdom, late Fifth Dynasty (or First Intermediate Period 10th Dynasty, if Merikare) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom — 5th Dynasty / Herakleopolitan 10th Dynasty)
The 'Headless Pyramid' (Lepsius XXIX / Steinkepyramide XXIX) lies 120 m east of the Pyramid of Teti at Saqqara, catalogued by Lepsius 1843 as headless because no casing survives.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Pero-nakhet (Abu Billah) – Delta Emporion of the Canopic Coast
Bronze Age to Hellenistic (1570 – 300 BCE) · Hyksos / New Kingdom Egyptian / Late Period
15th c. BCE Thutmose III naval arsenal town on Canopic delta sandbar — quay now –1.5 to –3 m under Idku lagoon fish farms.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Karanis (Kom Aushim)
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (3rd c BCE–5th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Roman
Ptolemaic–Roman grain city Karanis with 85 ha mudbrick and papyri archive.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Deir el-Hagar (Egyptian Deir el-Hagar)
Roman (mid-1st c CE) · Roman Egyptian
Roman sandstone temple Deir el-Hagar on Dakhla oasis — Nero to Domitian.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
El-Gabal el-Ahmar
El-Gabal el-Ahmar (Arabic: الجبل الأحمر) is a quarry located today within the boundaries of modern-day Cairo, near Nasr City. The name means "The Red Hill".
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Northern Unfinished Pyramid Zawiyet Aryan
Old Kingdom · 4th Dynasty Egyptian
Northern Unfinished Pyramid Zawiyet Aryan at Zawiyet el-Aryan, North, Egypt is a Old Kingdom pyramid of the 4th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c.