🇪🇬 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.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Yesemek Quarry and Sculpture Workshop
Hittite Empire to Neo-Hittite (c.1375–800 BCE; main workshop 900–800 BCE) · Hittite / Neo-Hittite (Sam'al/Aramean patronage)
Largest Iron Age stone sculpture workshop in the Near East, Yesemek operated as Hittite (1375–1335 BCE) then Neo-Hittite quarry (900–800 BCE) with unfinished basalt sphinxes, lions, mountain gods and…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Catpund Quarry and Standing Stone
Neolithic to Norse · Shetland Neolithic / Norse
Steatite quarry and standing stone at Catpund, worked from 3000 BCE to Norse times.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Bal Esker Quarry
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Bal Esker Quarry in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Quarry
Jala Salina Mine
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Jala Salina Mine in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) quarry attributed to Roman culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Necropolis Quay Mine
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Necropolis Quay Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Quarry
Grey Mine
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grey Mine in Oruro, Bolivia is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a fortified…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Quarry of Varna-Ring
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Quarry of Varna-Ring in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Quarry
Quarry of Marsh
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Quarry of Marsh in Sicily, Italy is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) quarry attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Quarry
Burgh Mine
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Burgh Mine in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) quarry attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Necropolis
Theuchira (Tocra) North Necropolis
Greek to Late Antique (7th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek (Cyrenean) / Roman
Quarry-necropolis north of Tocra with 120 chamber tombs.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Kom Ombo North Quarry (Desert Quarry Road)
Ptolemaic to Roman (180 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman (Upper Egypt)
Desert quarry supplying Kom Ombo's double temple with stuck naos.
🇱🇾 Libya · Quarry
Antipyrgos West Quarry (Tobruk West)
Greek to Byzantine (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica–Marmarica)
Mesa quarry for Tobruk harbour works with slip road cart ruts.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Wadi el-Hudi Amethyst Mines
Old to New Kingdom (2600–1100 BCE; peak 2050–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)
Middle Kingdom amethyst mining landscape with 14 quarries and fortified miners' fort.