🇪🇬 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…
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
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…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Kellia ("the Cells"), referred to as "the innermost desert", was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monastic community spread out over many square kilometers in the Nitrian Desert about 65 km (40 mi)…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, late Third Dynasty (c.2635–2600 BCE, unfinished) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty)
Lepsius I is the huge denuded square mound (215 × 215 m, ~20 m high) on the Abu Rawash plateau 7–8 km northwest of Giza, catalogued by Lepsius in 1842 as Pyramid No.I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Bahriya
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Sneferu Bent Pyramid Satellite East Chapel in Giza, Dahshur Bent Satellite, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Edfu South Small Step Pyramid Nag el-Mamariya in Luxor, Edfu South, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Tell el-Dab'a — Palace F Ancillary Garden (Avaris) in Sharqia, Tell el-Dab'a, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Northern Annex in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Abu Rawash — Lepsius 1 Ancillary Quarry North (Djedefre) in Giza, Abu Rawash, Lepsius 1, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attribute…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Abydos South — Ahmose Pyramid Ancillary Temple in Sohag, Abydos, Ahmose Pyramid, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Abydos Temple of Seti I Corridor of Kings in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Giza Queen's Pyramid G IIIa Substructure in Giza, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Ipi — Pyramid Ancillary Causeway (Saqqara) in Giza, Saqqara, Ipi Pyramid, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old–New Ki…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Kalabsha — Mandulis Temple North Pylon (Nubia) in Aswan, Kalabsha, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New Ki…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Archaeological wonder
Kumma or Semna East is an archaeological site in Sudan. Established in the mid-12th Dynasty of Egypt, it served as a fortress of ancient Egypt in Nubia.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Menouthis Submerged Church North Aisle in Alexandria, Menouthis, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Saqqara — Teti Pyramid North Chapel Complex (Memphis) in Giza, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed t…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Temple of Abad Howe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Thonis-Heracleion Submerged Stele of Nectanebo in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE–750 CE Canopus branch port extention, Justinian baths 500 CE) submerged 750 CE after 1303 liquefaction 1303 Crete 9 8.0? · Ptolemaic → Roman → Byzantine Canopic branch pilgrim shrine of Serapis and Osiris shrine
Canopus Goddio 2000 Byzantine and Osiris Serapis.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Early Holocene to Late Antiquity · Saharan Epipalaeolithic, Old Kingdom expeditions, Ptolemaic and Coptic oasis settlers
Kharga Oasis scarp petroglyphs from Holocene wet-phase savanna to Coptic, on caravan route.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom 4th–5th Dynasty (c.2600–2450 BCE) Lepsius recorded as missing pyramid I · Old Kingdom (possible Huni/unattributed large base 215 m traced by satellite)
Lepsius I 215 m enclosure listed by Lepsius 1842, Barta suggests Huni 3rd Dynasty prototype?