🇩🇿 Algeria · Cave
Rig Ach Grotto
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Rig Ach Grotto in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) cave attributed to Mississippian culture.
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🇩🇿 Algeria · Cave
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Rig Ach Grotto in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) cave attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Petroglyph Aqueduct in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient village
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Syke-Strath Ancient Village in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) ancient village attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Fort Howe Archaeological Complex in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Roman culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Tassili n'Ajjer Sefar Painted Gallery Central in Illizi, Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Earthworks of Pediment in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) earthwork attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Late Antique (3rd c BCE-7th c CE; industrial peak 1st-3rd c CE) · Numidian / Roman
Pottery Sigus.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Epipaleolithic to Late Pastoral (c.8000 BCE–1000 CE; major painting phases Round Head 6000 BCE–5000 BCE, Pastoral 4500–2000 BCE) · Kel Tamasheq predecessor hunter-gatherer / Pastoral Neolithic / Garamantes
72,000 km² sandstone plateau with one of world's largest rock art concentrations: 15,000 engravings and paintings spanning 6000 BCE–first centuries CE – Bubalus, Round Head (10,000–6000 BCE,…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (4th c BCE-7th c CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Christian
Hercules city Thibilis.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Sanhaja Berber to Marinid · Touat Zenete–Sanhaja oasis
Touat Adrar: 84 foggaras 140 km Africa's densest Sahara foggara corridor 27.87N.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Rock art
Early Holocene to 1st millennium CE (10,000 BCE–500 CE) · Saharan hunter-pastoralist (Capsian, Pastoral Neolithic)
Tassili n'Ajjer Tin Merzouga – Saharan sandstone forest with 15,000+ paintings/engravings (10,000 BCE–500 CE) in the Tin Merzouga erg-edge sector: Round Head period giant pastoral figures (Jabbaren),…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Phoenician to Arab (12th c. BCE – 7th c. CE; Augustinian 354–430 peak) · Phoenician / Numidian / Roman
Augustine coastal capital — Numidian-Roman 60 ha city whose Seybouse estuary moles now 1–3 m offshore.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Islamic Berber (900–1050 CE) Tidikelt Zenata · Zenata Berber Tidikelt (Algerian Sahara)
Tidikelt foggara 3.8 km 84 shafts 8–14 m with 12-notch peigne comb sharing 18 ha In Salah oasis 1050 CE.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hydraulic works
Almoravid to Saadian · Zenete Berber oases (Gourara)
Gourara Timimoun: 42 foggaras 68 km gallery 12th c. irrigating 1,200 ha Sahara oasis 29.26N.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (5th c BCE-11th c CE; peak 2nd-4th c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Plateau colony Madauros.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (122-431 CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Roman military
Plateau fort Rapidum.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (75-647 CE; peak 2nd-4th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine
Legionary Theveste with arch.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Numidian to Byzantine (5th c BCE-7th c CE; peak 2nd-3rd c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Twin theatre city Khamissa.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Hydraulic works
Almoravid to Marinid (11th–14th c.) · Zenaga Berber oasis (Figuig ksour)
Figuig oasis: 14 khettaras 28 km Atlas piedmont irrigating 650 ha seven-ksar border oasis 32.12N 1.23W.