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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient port
Old Kingdom 4th Dynasty (2620–2500 BCE, Sneferu–Khufu) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Southern annex of the world's oldest harbour (Khufu) with 8 rock-cut galleries storing mortised cedar boats and 150 anchors, plus Merer papyrus dump. South mole stub now -1 m.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman to Byzantine (1st–7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine (Numidia)
Southernmost Numidian walled town 32 ha facing Hodna chott, Thubunae dominates Sahara margin with 1.8 km circuit and Donatist basilica; 411 Conference bishop list.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Punic to Roman (5th c BCE – 5th c CE) · Punic / Roman (Tripolitania–Cyrenaica border)
Lonely Syrtis salt post at Syrtis Major's southernmost bay, Paliurus marks the dangerous coastal road's water point between Leptis and Berenice; still salt flats.
🇱🇾 Libya · Fortress
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (3rd c BCE – 7th c CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine (Cyrenaica–Marmarica)
Desert–lagoon frontier tower at Marmarica's Cyrenaica edge, Boreum guarded the coastal road's last water before Egyptian desert and lagoon fishery.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Hausa hill tradition (c. 1200–1900 CE) · Hausa (Katsina frontier villages)
Sandstone ridge fort village with Holocene rock gongs (cupules ringing when struck) and Hausa rubble forts against bandits, near Katsina corridor.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Hadrianic to Byzantine (125 CE – 7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine (Cyrenaica)
Hadrian's Cyrenaican harbour foundation with mole, basilica and cisterns, linking Pentapolis coastal road; Synesius epistles mention bishop.
🇫🇷 France · Ancient village
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Ancient village
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Fortress
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine
Frontier fortlet on steppe ridge with Roman farm and Byzantine quadrangle fort (80×60 m) reusing inscriptions, on Thelepte–Cillium road.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Classical · Classical
Classical submerged-city at Central Anatolia.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic to Roman (4th c BCE – 6th c CE) · Punic / Roman
Coastal Sahel village near Pheradi Maius harbour, with Punic bottle cisterns and Roman house mosaics, controlling coastal lagoon salt.
🇫🇷 France · Ancient village
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic megalithic at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Bronze Age · Bronze Age
Bronze Age rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon ancient-village at Central Anatolia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon ancient-village at Central Anatolia.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman (1st–7th c CE; colony under Trajan) · Roman (Numidia)
Mountain road colony with large baths fed by Aurès springs, arch of Caracalla and Byzantine chapel, on Theveste–Lambaesis road.
🇫🇷 France · Geoglyph
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic geoglyph at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Geoglyph
Iron Age · Iron Age
Iron Age geoglyph at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Jomon · Jomon
Jomon megalithic at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Geoglyph
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic geoglyph at Central Anatolia.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Roman (1st–5th c CE) · Roman
Olive press village with Roman counterweights and vats still visible among olive groves, typical of High Tell oleoculture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Pyramid
Classical · Classical
Classical pyramid at Central Anatolia.
