🇪🇹 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.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Quarry
Edge Ben Quarry
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Edge Ben Quarry in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) quarry attributed to Roman 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Wadi Hammamat Petroglyphs Eastern Desert
Predynastic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Predynastic Egyptian and later quarrying expeditions
Wadi Hammamat – Eastern Desert wadi between Nile and Red Sea dense with 5,000+ petroglyphs (Predynastic hunters, 4000 BCE ostrich boats, Pharaonic quarrying inscriptions Old Kingdom–Roman).
🇪🇬 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 · Rock-cut
Deir el-Bersha Quarry and Nomarch Tombs
Old to Middle Kingdom (2600–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (Hare Nome)
Nomarch tombs and quarry road with colossus-on-sledge painting (1900 BCE).
🇪🇬 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Akoris — Central Harbour Terrace at Tihna el-Gabal
Middle Kingdom to Coptic (2000 BCE – 600 CE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian / Graeco-Roman
Central Nile harbour terrace of Akoris — rock-cut quay 40 m and basin at Tihna cliff foot buried 3–5 m.
🇪🇬 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.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Quarry
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Pipestone National Monument Quarries
Archaic to present (1000 BCE–present) · Sioux (Dakota/Lakota/Nakota), Oneota predecessors
2,000-year sacred catlinite quarries: 3000 pits in Sioux quartzite cliff plus thunderbird petroglyphs.
🇵🇪 Peru · Quarry
Port Playa Quarry
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Port Playa Quarry in Ancash, Peru is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) quarry attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Quarry
Middle Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Middle Quarry in River Nile State, Sudan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan 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.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Quarry
Heath Mine
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Heath Mine in Alentejo, Portugal is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Quarry
Quarry of Sura-Hillfort
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Quarry of Sura-Hillfort in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.