🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Mine Harbor Aqueduct
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Mine Harbor Aqueduct in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient village
Village of Gateway
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Village of Gateway in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Rock-cut
Mere-Inis Rock-Cut Complex
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Mere-Inis Rock-Cut Complex in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Quarry
Abbey Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Abbey Quarry in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Sijilmasa — Trans-Saharan Gold Entrepôt Draa
Midrarid Kharijite foundation 757 CE to Alaouite 1818 destruction · Miknasa Kharijite → Almoravid → Marinid caravan city (Ibn Battuta)
Sijilmasa excavated by Lightfoot & Miller 1988–, Midrarid Kharijite 757, 14th c. Leo Africanus description.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hillfort
Pala-Playa Camp
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Pala-Playa Camp in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) hillfort attributed to Nazca culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Tamuda (Tetouan)
Mauretanian to Late Roman (2nd c BCE–5th c CE; peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Mauri / Phoenician / Roman
Moorish–Roman Tamuda at Tetouan with Punic fort and garum factories destroyed AD 40.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Tumulus
Hillfort Rampart Africa 95 — Morocco Region 11
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Hillfort Rampart Africa 95 — Morocco Region 11 in Morocco Region 11, Morocco is a Neolithic tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient port
Lixus — Mauretanian-Phoenician Atlantic Port Pillars
Phoenician 8th c. BCE → Mauretanian Juba II 25 BCE → Roman Tingitana · Phoenician → Mauretanian (Juba) → Roman
Lixus excavated by Montalban & Ponsich 1947–, Atlantic garum capital of Tingitana.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Sala Colonia (Chellah – Rabat)
Roman / Merinid · Roman / Berber
Roman frontier city at sea, southernmost colonia of Tingitana. Hadrianic walls, capitol, nymphaeum and Merinid necropolis reusing gate.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Basra, Morocco
Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة), nicknamed Basra al-Hamra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة الحَمْراءُ, lit. 'Basra the Red'), was a settlement and historic town in northwestern Morocco.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Khettara of Hagoun High Atlas (High Atlas Hagoun Qanat)
Almoravid to Almohad 1080–1170 CE High Atlas mountain · High Atlas Berber Hagoun (Almoravid mountain oasis)
High mountain khettara 1.8 km 38 shafts to 22 m deep: Almoravid 1080 snowmelt schist 6 L/s to walnut terraces 8 ha 2200 m.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Mogador Island Purple Dye Workshop
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mogador Island Purple Dye Workshop in Marrakech-Safi, Essaouira, Morocco is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Mogador (Essaouira) – Phoenician Isle
Phoenician to Late Antique (7th c BCE–5th c CE; peak 7th–6th c BCE) · Phoenician / Mauretanian / Portuguese
Tiny purple island with earliest Atlantic Phoenician 7th c BCE outpost for murex dye – 'Tyr's Atlantic anchor'.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Temple complex
Tinmel Mosque — Almohad Sanctuary
Almohad (1125–1276) · Berber Almohad (Masmuda)
Tinmel Mosque (1156 CE) is the prototype Almohad mosque at 2200 m in High Atlas where Ibn Tumart, Mahdi of Almohads, fortified village and is buried (Tumart tomb).
🇲🇦 Morocco · Megalith
Msoura Stone Circle
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1500 BCE) · Atlantic Megalithic / Bell Beaker
Msoura (Mzora) Cromlech is Morocco's sole Atlantic megalithic ellipse, 55×45 m of 175 menhirs encircling a 6-m tumulus, 25 km southeast of Asilah. Tallest monolith El Uted (The Pointer) 5.5 m.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Buried city
Buried City of Nahal Well
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Buried City of Nahal Well in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) buried city attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Geoglyph
Plain Geoglyph
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Plain Geoglyph in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Gilda / Rirha
Mauretanian to Islamic (5th c. BCE–8th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Mauretanian / Roman
Rirha (ancient Gilda) on the Sebou River is a Mauretanian city turned Roman colonia, 5th c. BCE–8th c. CE, excavated by Callegarin 2005–.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Kouass
Phoenicio-Punic to Roman (6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE) · Phoenician / Mauretanian / Roman
Kouass (near Asilah) is a Phoenician–Mauretanian port and factory on Atlantic estuary, 6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE, with 5th-c.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Olduvai Gorge Bed IV Site — Atlas (Marrakech)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Olduvai Gorge Bed IV Site in Atlas, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Earthwork
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension — Atlas (Marrakech)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension in Atlas, Morocco is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Zilil (Dchar Jdid / Asilah)
Phoenician / Roman · Roman / Mauretanian
Augustan colonia Iulia Constantia Zilil controlling Loukkos–Tangier road and garum coast. Large forum, basilica, theatre embankment and 5th-c church.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Ifri N'Amr Ou Moussa
Ifri n'Amr Ou Moussa is an archaeological site discovered in 2005, located in the rural commune of Aït Siberne, Khémisset Province, in Western Morocco.