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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Numidian to Byzantine (quarry 2nd c BCE–6th c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Imperial marble quarry source of giallo antico with 80 m high quarry face, loading ramps and bridge over Medjerda.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Old Kingdom to Roman (2700 BCE–500 CE; peak 1500–30 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian / Roman
Syene (Aswan) granite quarries are Old–Ptolemaic hardstone source producing 100-m-long unfinished obelisk of Hatshepsut (1,200 t) abandoned in bedrock crack, plus sarcophagi, colossi and pavements…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Hittite Empire to Neo-Hittite (c.1375–800 BCE; main workshop 900–800 BCE) · Hittite / Neo-Hittite (Sam'al/Aramean patronage)
Largest Iron Age stone sculpture workshop in the Near East, Yesemek operated as Hittite (1375–1335 BCE) then Neo-Hittite quarry (900–800 BCE) with unfinished basalt sphinxes, lions, mountain gods and…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Abbey Quarry in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Quarry of Bala Midfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith
900–1500 CE · Rapa Nui
Cross-ref quarry within Rapa Nui National Park main entry; tuff quarry with 400 moai in situ including El Gigante (~21 m).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock art
New Kingdom to Roman (1550 BCE–30 BCE–300 CE) · Egyptian Theban; 18th Dynasty onward
Nile's 50-ha sandstone quarry-narrow with 32 shrines 1500 BCE–300 CE; Horemheb speos and flood stelae at 400-m gorge.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
New Kingdom to Coptic (1500 BCE – 650 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Northern limestone quarry harbour of Akoris 1–2 m under Nile silt below 40 m cliffs — slipway 60 m with rope grooves and quarry chapel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
New Kingdom to Coptic (1500 BCE – 650 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Northern limestone quarry harbour of Akoris 1–2 m under Nile silt below 40 m cliffs — slipway 60 m with rope grooves and quarry chapel.
🇨🇦 Canada · Quarry
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Quay Qala Ben Quarry in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) quarry attributed to Classical culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Quarry
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Easton Quarry in Thessaly, Greece is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) quarry attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Hillfort Spring Shahr Mine in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) quarry attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Mesolithic to Harappan (7000–1900 BCE) · Mesolithic to Harappan (Sindh lithic tradition)
Rohri Hills is a 1200×850 m chert quarry complex (7000 BCE–2000 BCE) atop the Sukkur limestone plateau, 40 ha of Harappan blade mines with 200+ pits (6 m deep) and debitage cones (10 m high)…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Old Kingdom to Byzantine (2700 BCE – 700 CE) · Pharaonic / Roman Egyptian
Southern terrace Nile harbour of Akoris at Tihna — 50 m quay revetment and tomb forecourt quay.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Acheulian to Southern Neolithic (1.20 Ma–1800 BCE) · Acheulian to Southern Neolithic (Deccan Neolithic, ash mound)
15-ha Acheulian–Neolithic limestone–chert quarry (1.2 Ma–3000 BCE)—India's largest Neolithic workshop, ash mound fringe.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Old Kingdom to Coptic (c.2500 BCE – 700 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman
Nile cliff quarry town at Tihna — second harbour terrace slipway 2 m under talus 10 m above floodplain, limestone quay for Nile stone barges.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Roman Early Imperial (68–300 CE) · Roman Imperial (Trajan/Hadrian)
Mons Claudianus is the Trajanic Roman quarry complex (98–117 CE peak) in Red Sea Mountains 500 km S of Cairo at 700 m, extracting Tonalite gneiss (Claudianus granodiorite grey with black feldspar…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Roman Imperial (1st–4th c. CE; peak Trajan–Hadrian 98–138 CE) · Roman (Imperial quarrying)
Mons Claudianus is a remote Eastern Desert granodiorite (quartz-diorite) imperial quarry, 700 m altitude between Nile and Red Sea, source of grey column shafts for Pantheon, Trajan's Forum and Villa…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
PPNA · Taş Tepeler PPN
Taş Tepeler T-pillar quarry hill with unfinished 5 m blanks still attached to bedrock.
🇮🇷 Iran · Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Tell Bajada Quarry in Fars Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Quarry
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Quarry of Terramare Bajada Farm in River Nile State, Sudan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) quarry attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Quarry
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Kiln-Anchorage Gateway Quarry in Catamarca, Argentina is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) quarry attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Quarry
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) quarry attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic to Norse · Shetland Neolithic / Norse
Steatite quarry and standing stone at Catpund, worked from 3000 BCE to Norse times.
