🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Abu Mena
Late Roman to Early Byzantine 4th–7th c. CE, peak 5th–6th c. · Coptic Christian / Byzantine Egyptian
Desert pilgrimage city of Saint Menas, 4th–7th c., now endangered by water table rise.
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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Sbeitla (Sufetula)
Roman to Early Islamic (Flavian to 7th c; peak 2nd–5th c) · Roman / Berber / Byzantine
Mid-steppe Roman-Byzantine city with triple Capitol temples, olive-press quarter and five Byzantine basilicas.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Takht Abbey Well Archaeological Complex
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Takht Abbey Well Archaeological Complex in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Jerash (Gerasa)
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (c.332 BCE–749 CE, peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Graeco-Roman / Nabataean / Byzantine / Umayyad
One of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities in the Near East, Gerasa was a Decapolis city with colonnaded cardo, two tetrapylons, Hadrian's Arch (129 CE), Oval Plaza, Temple of Artemis and Temple of…
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Jaffa (Tel Yafo) – Ancient Harbour of the Andromeda Reef
Middle Bronze to Ottoman (c. 1800 BCE – 1917 CE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Phoenician / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader / Ottoman
Biblical reef harbour of Andromeda – Byzantine seawall and Ottoman jetty 1–5 m down in Andromeda Reef gap.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Pelusium Eastern Sea Harbour (Sinus Pelusiacus Open Harbour)
Saite to Byzantine (664 BCE – 640 CE) · Saite / Persian / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Open sea roadstead of Pelusium – rubble breakwater and anchor field 2–4 m off east beach.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Haluza (Elusa) Negev Kite Field (Haluza dunes fringe, Israel)
Early Bronze to Byzantine (EB II to Byzantine, 3300 BCE–600 CE) · Negev Early Bronze (Arad) to Nabatean–Byzantine
11 Haluza dune-fringe kites (3300 BCE–Byzantine reuse) with sinking circles — Negev farming adaptation.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Abad Down Brancaster Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Abad Down Brancaster Pyramid in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Geoglyph
Geoglyphs of Alignment-Brancaster
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Geoglyphs of Alignment-Brancaster in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) geoglyph attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Pyramid
Step Pyramid of Kara Kistvaen
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Step Pyramid of Kara Kistvaen in Ohio, United States is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Buried city
Buried City of Baraka Circle
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Buried City of Baraka Circle in Petén, Guatemala is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) buried city attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Aquae Regiae
Numidian to Byzantine (2nd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman
Hot-spring road station with bath complex and Byzantine granary fort.
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Ma'agan Michael Byzantine Reservoir & Aqueduct
Byzantine (Justinianic) · Byzantine Palestina Prima
Byzantine 6.5-ha reservoir (c.530 CE) on Nahal Taninim — Caesarea hinterland water buffer.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tall Hisban (Heshbon)
EB through Mamluk; Iron II and Byzantine peaks · EB dolmen-builders → Iron Moab/Ammon → Nabataean → Roman/Byzantine Esbus → Mamluk
Biblical Heshbon on Dead Sea escarpment — Iron Moabite/Ammonite town to Hasmonaean, Roman Esbus, Byzantine mosaics and Mamluk farm, 15 m within 150×110 m mound.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Belalis Maior
Numidian to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 2nd–5th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Belalis Maior (Henchir el-Faouar) dominates a platform 8 km northeast of Béja, a fertile Tell city excavated by Mahjoubi since 1960. Revealed: monumental capitol (peripteral), Byzantine citadel 6th c.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Fortress
Ard Bury Fortress
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Ard Bury Fortress in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) fortress attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Rock art
Hunstanton-Force Rock Shelter
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Hunstanton-Force Rock Shelter in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) rock art attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Buried city
Buried City of Castle
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Buried City of Castle in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) buried city attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Hillfort
Cwm Hill Fort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Cwm Hill Fort in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Quarry
Easton Quarry
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Easton Quarry in Thessaly, Greece is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) quarry attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
High Fortress
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
High Fortress in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) fortress attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hagia Sophia
Late Antiquity / Byzantine 532–537 CE, Ottoman additions 1453– · Byzantine Greek to Ottoman Islamic
Justinian's 537 CE dome on pendentives – seminal Byzantine basilica-monsoon turned mosque.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Umm ar-Rasas (Kastron Mefaa)
Roman to Umayyad (3rd–8th c CE; Byzantine peak 5th–8th c) · Roman / Byzantine / Ghassanid / Umayyad
Desert frontier city on Via Nova Traiana, Umm ar-Rasas contains Roman castrum, five Byzantine churches with superb mosaic floors, and the intact 14×6 m mosaic map in St Stephen's Church (718 CE) –…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Reservoir of Kuma-Hinton in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.