🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Hajar al-Nasr
Hadjar al-Nasr (Arabic: حجر النسر, lit. 'the vulture's rock') is an ancient fortress located in northern Morocco. It was constructed in the 10th century by the Idrisid dynasty.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Archaeological wonder
Banc d'Arguin National Park
The Banc d'Arguin National Park (Arabic: حوض أركين, romanized: Ḥawḍ ʾArkīn, French: Parc national du Banc d'Arguin) of Bay of Arguin lies in Western Africa on the west coast of Mauritania between…
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Fortress
Castle Kopje
Castle Kopje is an Iron Age site located in east-central Zimbabwe, dating back to the second millennium. It is believed to have been a smaller settlement during the period when the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was at its height.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Clysma
Clysma (Greek: Κλῦσμα, romanized: Klŷsma, lit. 'surf, waves that break'; Coptic: ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲟⲩⲥⲙⲁ, romanized: Peklousma; Arabic: القلزم, romanized: al-Qulzum) was an ancient city and bishopric in Egypt.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Cusae
Cusae (Ancient Greek: Κοῦσαι or Κῶς; Coptic: ⲕⲱⲥⲉⲓ or ⲕⲟⲥⲉⲓ) was a city in Upper Egypt. Its Ancient Egyptian name was qjs (variant qsy), conventionally rendered Qis or Kis, with many further…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
El Harrouch
El Harrouch is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria. It is located on the main N3 road south of Skikda and north of Constantine.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Eles, Tunisia
Eles (also transliterated as Ellès and Al Las) is a village in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located around 35°56′55″N 9°5′50″E, about 13 km northwest of Maktar in Siliana Governorate.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Ghar el-Melh
Ghar el-Melh (Arabic: غارالملح, Ghar al-Milh, "Salt Grotto"), the classical Rusucmona and Castra Delia and colonial Porto Farina, is a town and former port on the southern side of Cape Farina in…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hypselis
Hypselis or Hypsela (Ancient Greek: Ύψηλή; Coptic: ϣⲱⲧⲡ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Irhoud
Jebel Irhoud (Arabic: جبل إيغود, Moroccan Arabic: žbəl iġud) or Adrar n Ighoud (Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵉⵖⵓⴷ, romanized: Adrar n Iɣud), is an archaeological site in Morocco located just…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Khemis Miliana
Khemis Miliana (Arabic: خميس مليانة) is a town in northern Algeria of around 210,000 inhabitants. It is a university town located 120 kilometers west of Algiers.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Kom Ombo
Kom Ombo (Egyptian Arabic: كوم أمبو; Coptic: ⲙ̄ⲃⲱ əmbō or ⲛ̄ⲃⲱ ənbō; Ancient Greek: Ὄμβοι Omboi or Ὄμβος Ombos; or Latin: Ambo and Ombi) is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom…
🇬🇭 Ghana · Temple complex
Larabanga Mosque — Lost Sudanese Mosque
Medieval Sudanese (15th–16th c) · Dagomba–Dyula Islam
Larabanga Mosque (1421 legend, likely 16th c) is the oldest mosque in Ghana and purest Sudanese adobe (Sudanic) with two 12 m pyramidal towers (mihrab and minaret) 8×10 m mud mass, 12 massive toron…
🇳🇬 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…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Archaeological wonder
Valongo Wharf
The Valongo Wharf (Portuguese: Cais do Valongo) is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Arbal
Arbal also known as Domaine d'Arbal, is a village in Oran Province, Algeria, North Africa. Arbal is 167 m above sea level and 26 km south of Oran, on the southern side of the Sebkha d'Oran lakes.
Roman Empire · Archaeological wonder
Aeliae
Aeliae or Æliæ was a Roman-era city in the province of Byzacena. The town must have been of some importance as it was made a bishopric early after the Council of Nicaea and it was a Catholic diocese…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Apis (city)
Apis (Greek: Ἄπις, named for the god Apis), was an ancient seaport town (Polyb. Exc. Leg. 115) on the north coast of Africa, about 18 km west of Paraetonium, sometimes considered located within…
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Mleiha Archaeological Centre
Mleiha Archaeological Centre is a visitor centre and exhibition based around the history and archaeology of the areas surrounding the village of Mileiha in the Emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Archaeological wonder
Ahl al Oughlam
Ahl al Oughlam is an archaeological site and palaeontological site located just outside Casablanca, Morocco. It was discovered in 1985 and first excavated in 1989.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum
The Hyrax Hill site was proclaimed a national monument in 1945 and opened to the public in 1965. This was as a result of startling discoveries of relics by Mrs.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Apollonia (Sicily)
Apollonia (Greek: Ἀπολλωνία) was an ancient city of Magna Graecia in Sicily, which, according to Stephanus of Byzantium, was situated in the neighbourhood of Aluntium and Calacte.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Amr ibn al-As Mosque
The Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ, romanized: Masjid ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ) is a mosque, located in the Fustat neighbourhood of Old Cairo, Egypt.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Kemondo Iron Age Sites
Kemondo Iron Age Sites or KM2 and KM3 are Early Iron Age complex industrial archaeological sites in Kemondo ward, Bukoba Rural District, Kagera Region, Tanzania, excavated by a team led by…