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🇹🇳 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.
🇬🇷 Greece · Fortress
Classical (5th c. BCE) · Athenian
Oenoe Fortress — Myoupolis in Attica, Greece is a Classical (5th c. BCE) fortress attributed to Athenian.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1850–1000 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom)
Rectangular island fortress (c.1850 BCE, renovated through New Kingdom) on second cataract islet, granary and customs depot between Semna and Mirgissa.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture
Medinet Habu — Migdol Gate Ancillary Bastion (Thebes) in Luxor, Medinet Habu, Egypt is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron…
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Chachapoya (600–1470 CE) pre-Inca Chachapoya, later Inca garrison 1470 · Chachapoya (Warriors of the Clouds) → Inca
Amazonas Kuelap excavated by Langlois 1930s, 584 m fortress Walls breach 20 m, 412 houses, Chachapoya cloud city.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Fortress
Roman frontier (30 BCE–285 CE Tocolosida aux fort; 40 CE Claudian) · Roman Mauretania Tingitana frontier auxilia
Tocolosida surveyed by Euzennat 1960s, Volubilis limes hamlet 5 km.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Chorasmian (Khorezm) 4 c. BCE–8 c. CE · Khorezmian (Chorasmian) with Kangju–Kushan phases
Khorezmian hilltop fortress complex (c.4 c. BCE–7 c. CE) on the Kyzylkum edge near Ayazkol lake — three forts: Ayaz Kala 1 (4 c. BCE–2 c.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom · Ancient Egyptian
Compact island fortress mid-stream in Batn el-Hajar (≈ 351 km south of Aswan) built by Senusret III on narrow Askut Island between Shalfak and Mirgissa, controlling the rock-choked channel where…
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) · Iron Age fortified culture; Inca
Sacsayhuamán — Muyucmarca Tower Base North (Cusco) in Cusco, Sacsayhuamán, Peru is a Iron Age to Classical (700 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Iron Age…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Fortress
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Fortress of Kistvaen Barrow in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) fortress attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Fortress
Bagratid (7th c. church; 10th c. Vahram Paphlavuni castle 1026; Seljuk captured 1236) · Bagratid Pahlavuni princes (Vahram) with church 1026 and bath
Amberd excavated by Harutyunyan 1963–64, Pahlavuni family castle 1026.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Fortress
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian gold mining
Ghozza — Eastern Desert Gold Mine and Fort in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) fortress attributed to Ptolemaic Egyptian gold mining.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Fortress
Achaemenid to Kushan (500 BCE–200 CE) · Bactrian then Kushan frontier
Dilberjin Tepe — Balkh Oasis Fortress in Balkh Province, Afghanistan is a Achaemenid to Kushan (500 BCE–200 CE) fortress attributed to Bactrian then Kushan frontier.
🇬🇷 Greece · Fortress
Classical (404 BCE) · Athenian
Phyle Fortress — Parnes Foothills in Attica, Greece is a Classical (404 BCE) fortress attributed to Athenian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Lycian (600 BCE) · Lycian
Trbmsa (Telmessos inland) — Telmessos Upland Fort in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Lycian (600 BCE) fortress attributed to Lycian.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Fortress of Justinian (Albanian: Kalaja e Justinianit) or simply known as Tirana Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Tiranës) is a castle in Tirana, Albania.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Antibes (, US also, French: [ɑ̃tib]; Occitan: Antíbol [anˈtibu]) is a seaside resort city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Fortress
Urartian (735–714 BCE) · Urartian (Rusa I)
Urartian (735–714 BCE) fortress of Urartian (Rusa I) in Van Province, Van Plain (c.735 BCE).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Fortress
Kushan (100 BCE–300 CE) → Afrighid Khwarazm (400–800 CE) → abandon desertification · Khwarazmian (Kushan–Afrighid) with Bactrian influence
Kushan–Afrighid desert fortress town (c.100 BCE–800 CE) in the Berkut-Kala oasis on the northern Amu Darya delta near Ellikkala — 8 ha square fortified palace with 2 km wall (Afrighid Khwarazmian)…
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.900–1470 CE) Huaura – Chancay – Inca · Huaura – Chancay (Coastal)
Acaray (often misattributed as 'Inca fortress') crowns a tabular hill 6 km inland in the lower Huaura Valley, Lima, at 250 m.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Old Kingdom precursors; Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom · Ancient Egyptian
Southernmost bastion of Egyptian 12th Dynasty canal road, first founded as Old Kingdom copper smelting settlement (2500 BCE) then rebuilt by Senusret I and massively expanded by Senusret III as…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom, 18th–19th Dynasty, ~1345 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Amarna and Ramesside)
Akhenaten fortified temple-town on Nile west bank (c.1345 BCE), 200×100 m fortress with Aten temple.
