🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Khami Ruins Outlier — Nok Valley (Jos)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Khami Ruins Outlier in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Paramonga Fortress Pyramid
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Paramonga Fortress Pyramid in Nubia, Nigeria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Mound
Ngala / Ndufu Mound (Chad Basin)
Iron Age to Kanem-Bornu · Chad Basin
Firki classic mound 5 m with cattle-trail causeways visible on SAR; compound enclosures vs kraals detected by magnetometry.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Gajiganna Culture Complex (Borno)
Chad Basin Late Stone Age · Gajiganna culture
Urn-field mound complex defining Gajiganna culture bridging Saharan and sub-Saharan pastoralism before Kanem.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Kingdom of Benin
The Kingdom of Benin or Empire of Benin, also known as Great Benin, is a traditional kingdom in southern Nigeria.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Ile-Ife
Yoruba Early/Middle Period (1st mill.–16th c; classical 12th–15th c) · Yoruba (Ifè)
Yoruba city producing hyper-naturalistic brass heads and potsherd pavements with unique locally-made High-Lime glass beads.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Ifè Opa Oranmiyan Stele Base
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Ifè Opa Oranmiyan Stele Base in Osun, Ife, Nigeria is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Benin City Earthwork Emotan Sector Moat Iya
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Benin City Earthwork Emotan Sector Moat Iya in Edo, Benin City, Nigeria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Zilum (Chad Basin Proto-city)
Iron Age Sahel / Nok contemporary (550–350 BCE) · Gajiganna culture
12-ha 550 BCE Gajiganna proto-city with 5-m ditch and early Sahelian iron furnace.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Ancient Kano City Walls
Hausa Kingdom of Kano to Sokoto (1095–1807 CE; peak 14th–18th c.) · Hausa (Kano)
Ancient Kano City Walls (Badala) are West Africa's most impressive earthwork: 14 km main wall, 10 m high with 40 m base and moat, plus outer and inner walls totalling 40 km, founded 1095 CE by…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
Yoruba Classic to Modern (400 BP–present) · Yoruba (Ife–Oyo)
Osun-Osogbo is the 75 ha sacred primary high forest along Osun River (buffer 47 ha) Yoruba goddess Osun's abode, UNESCO 2005 criteria ii, iii, vi.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city
Wukari (Jukun) – Benue Valley Palace Area
Jukun Kwararafa (c. 1300–1900 CE; peak 16th–18th c) · Jukun (Kwararafa confederacy)
Capital of the Jukun–Kwararafa Benue empire, Wukari's palace enclosure (400×350 m) houses the Aku Uka sacred kingship shrine and town walls that controlled Benue–Cameroon corridor...
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Rim and Mai Hills
Kanem-Bornu to Kano (13th–18th c.) · Kanuri / Hausa
Paired frontier hills with 3 km refuge walls and indigo pits (50).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Sine-Saloum Shell Midden South
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Sine-Saloum Shell Midden South in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Mound
Kursakata Mound (Borno) – Firki Stratigraphy
Iron Age to Historic Kanem · Chad Basin (Gajiganna → Kanem-Bornu)
7 m deep tell preserving 3000-year fishing-pastoralist sequence; fish bones, cord roulette ceramics and copper imports show trans-Saharan contact before Arab records.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Susa Acropole Temple Platform — Nubia (Khartoum)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Susa Acropole Temple Platform in Nubia, Nigeria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Gwoza Hills Settlements
Iron Age to present (500 BCE–present) · Mandara / Wandala / Kanuri
Mandara terrace villages with 10 km stone terraces and iron forges.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Rock art
Kagoro Rock Gongs
Iron Age to Kagoro Kingdom (500 BCE–present) · Nok / Kagoro (Southern Kaduna)
Quartzite gong field (6 slabs) with Kpop fort walls (2 km).
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tell
Unj Goza Mound
Gajiganna to Kanem (1800 BCE–800 CE) · Gajiganna / Kanem-Bornu
Lake Chad basin tell 12 m high with Gajiganna sequence 1800 BCE–800 CE.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Kagara, Niger State
Kagara is a community in Niger State, Nigeria, the headquarters of the Rafi Local Government Area.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Lejja
Lejja is a community of 33 villages in Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria. Lejja is mainly inhabited by the Igbo people and is located on the edge of the Benue Plateau, which has rich laterite and…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Archaeology of Zilum
Zilum is a settlement of the Gajiganna culture located in the Chad Basin of northeastern Nigeria, 72 km north of Maiduguri in Borno State and is dated to ca 600-400 BCE.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex — Northern Annex
Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) · Igbo-Ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex — Northern Annex in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Igbo-Ukwu.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex — Eastern Outlier
Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) · Igbo-Ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu Workshop Mound South Annex — Eastern Outlier in Anambra, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (800-1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Igbo-Ukwu.