🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Mtambwe Mkuu — Pemba Island Swahili Town
Swahili (11th–16th c. CE) · Swahili
Mtambwe Mkuu — Pemba Island Swahili Town in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (11th–16th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Mkokotoni Ruins — Pemba North
Swahili (13th–15th c. CE) · Swahili
Mkokotoni Ruins — Pemba North in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (13th–15th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Port town with Friday mosque on Mkokotoni creek.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Fortress
Pujini Palace — Mkama Ndume Citadel
Swahili (15th c. CE) · Swahili (Mohamed bin Abdulaziz?)
Pujini Palace — Mkama Ndume Citadel in Pemba Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (15th c. CE) fortress attributed to Swahili (Mohamed bin Abdulaziz?).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Sai Island
Kerma Classic to New Kingdom to Napatan (2500 BCE–750 BCE, plus later) · Kerma and Egyptian colonial (New Kingdom)
12 km Nubian Nile island with Kerma pyramids and New Kingdom pharaonic fortress (2500 BCE–Ottoman).
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Manda Island
Manda is an island of the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, known for the prosperous 9th century ports of Takwa and Manda town.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Jaina Island
Jaina Island is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site and artificial island in the present-day Mexican state of Campeche.
🇮🇷 Iran · Megalith
Kharg Island
Kharg Island (Persian: جزیره خارگ, Persian pronunciation: [xɒːrɡ]), also spelled Khark Island and often referred to as the "Forbidden Island", is a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
Sehel Island
Predynastic to Roman (3200 BCE–364 CE; peak New Kingdom and Ptolemaic) · Ancient Egyptian
Granite islet with ~600 cataract boulder inscriptions including Famine Stela 32 columns and predynastic boats.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Agilkia Island
Agilkia Island (also called Agilika; Arabic: أجيليكا, from Old Nubian: ⲁ̅ⲅⲗ̅, romanised: agil, "mouth") is an island in the reservoir of the Old Aswan Dam along the Nile River in southern Egypt; it…
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Al Aryam Island
Al Aryam Island (Arabic: جزيرة الاريام) is an island in the Persian Gulf off the west coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It was formerly known as Bu Khushaishah.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Archaeological wonder
Al Khor Island
Al Khor Island (Arabic: جزيرة الخور), also known as Jazirat bin Ghanim or Purple Island, is an island located in the municipality of Al Khor on the northeast coast of Qatar.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Archaeological wonder
Berezan Island
The Berezan island is situated in the Black Sea at the entrance of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary, Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Marawah Island
Marawah (Arabic: مَرَوَح, romanized: Marawaḥ) is a low-lying island off the coast of the Al Dhafra region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
