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Egypt

341 places in the atlas, 87 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

Kinds found here

Pyramids126
Ancient cities124
Tombs86
Buried cities77
Archaeological wonders75
Ancient ports62
Temple complexes38
Submerged sites35
Tells34
Mounds27
Ancient villages25
Rock art sites15

How well established

Verified331
Accepted2
Contested5
Hypothetical2
Pseudo1

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Aswan Governorate10
Giza Governorate, South Saqqara10
Giza Governorate9
South Saqqara, Memphis Necropolis9
Minya Governorate7
Luxor Governorate6

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Verified331 Widely accepted2 Contested5

Memphis Necropolis, South Saqqara

Sohag Governorate5

Faiyum Governorate4

Giza Governorate, Abusir4

Memphis Necropolis, Saqqara North4

Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage only

Excavation

Partially excavated113 Excavated84 Excavation ongoing67 Buried43 Submerged28 Unexcavated4 Not applicable2

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Ancient cities

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇪🇬 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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Hypothetical

🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Thinis – Lost Capital of the Thinite Nome, Abydos Region

Predynastic to Old Kingdom (3200–2686 BCE) · Egyptian Naqada III / Early Dynastic / Thinite

Menes thinite capital c. 3100 BCE — Manetho homeland of Dyn 1–2, no mound found under 8 m Nile silt at Girga (5 km hypothetical).

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Sais – Buried Saite Capital Harbour at Sa el-Hagar

Early Dynastic to Late Antique (3500 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian Saite / Persian / Greek mercenary / Ptolemaic

Saite 26th Dyn capital 664 BCE — Neith enclosure 700x600 m with walls 20 m thick and harbour 600x300 m now sebkha at +2 m under 8 m silt.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site

Myos Hormos — Central Wadi Silted Harbour (Quseir al-Qadim Central)

Hellenistic to Late Antique (274 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman

Central basin of Myos Hormos at Quseir al-Qadim — 90 m coral quay at –1.2 m and 120 m silted lagoon.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site

Berenike Troglodytica — Northern Lagoon Harbour (Foul Bay North)

Hellenistic to Late Antique (275 BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman

Northern lagoon harbour of Berenike Troglodytica — 70 m fort mole at –1.5 m and fort wall.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site

Wadi Gawasis — Northern Anchorage at Mersa Gawasis North (Saww North)

Middle Kingdom (1991–1783 BCE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian

Northern Pharaonic anchorage of Wadi Gawasis north — 55 m breakwater at –1.5 m and cedar timbers.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Karanis — Eastern Granary Harbour Pier at Kom Aushim East (Fayum North-East)

Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE – 500 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian

Eastern lake harbour of Karanis at Kom Aushim — 55 m granary pier at –0.5 m on Moeris shore.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site

Quseir al-Qadim — Southern Roman Anchorage (Leukos Limen South)

Roman to Early Islamic (1 CE – 800 CE) · Roman / Byzantine / Early Islamic

Southern roadstead of Quseir al-Qadim — 65 m coral breakwater at –3 m and mangrove quay.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Soknopaiou Nesos — Eastern Submerged Harbour at Dime es-Sebua East (Lake Moeris)

Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Roman

Eastern isthmus harbour of Soknopaiou Nesos at Dime — 50 m causeway quay at –1 m and isthmus basin.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site

Ayn Sukhna — Southern Old Kingdom Harbour (Galala South Gallery)

Old Kingdom (2650–2200 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian

Southern Pharaonic harbour of Ayn Sukhna — 75 m jetty at –1.5 m and 10 gallery caves with Khufu jars.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Antinoopolis — Northern Harbour Bay of Antinoë (Sheikh Ibada North)

Roman to Byzantine (130 CE – 650 CE) · Roman / Hadrianic

Northern Nile bay of Hadrian's Antinoopolis — 120 m quay at +0.5 m and tetrastyle gate.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site

Antirhodos Island – Cleopatra's Sunken Palace Island

Ptolemaic to Late Antique (c. 300 BCE – 365 CE submerged) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman

Cleopatra's palace island in Alexandria Eastern Harbour — Ptolemaic royal isle now 6 m down with sphinx and granite palaces.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Marea — Western Harbour at Lake Mareotis West (Phi Loxene West)

Ptolemaic to Early Islamic (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine

Western wine harbour of Marea on Lake Mareotis — 90 m quay at –1.2 m and 120 m basin.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Narmouthis — Temple Town Lake Moeris Harbour (Medinet Madi South)

Middle Kingdom to Byzantine (2000 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic

Southern lake approach of Narmouthis at Medinet Madi — 45 m dromos quay and 70 m basin.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Thmuis – Mendesian Harbour City at Tell Timai, Delta

Late Period to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Greek / Ptolemaic / Roman

Mendes twin capital — Mendesian Branch harbour 400x150 m with 120 perfume workshops and 70 kilns, now 2 m sebkha.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South)

Roman to Byzantine (130 – 650 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Greco-Roman

Southern necropolis and canal harbour of Antinoopolis 1–3 m buried south of Hadrianic grid — 500 m limestone avenue at –1.5 m and canal quay 80 m.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South) — v2

Roman to Byzantine (130 – 650 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Greco-Roman

Southern necropolis and canal harbour of Antinoopolis 1–3 m buried south of Hadrianic grid — 500 m limestone avenue at –1.5 m and canal quay 80 m.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Abydos – Sacred Lake Harbour of the Osiris Cult, Shunet el-Zebib

Predynastic to Late Antique (3300 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Thinite / New Kingdom / Late

Osiris mysteries canal — Shunet el-Zebib 2700 BCE enclosure (oldest standing 11 m walls) with sacred lake harbour 400x100 m for barque procession.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Tebtunis – Fayum Lake Moeris Harbour at Umm el-Baragat

Predynastic to Late Antique (3200 BCE – 600 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman

Fayum canal capital — Bahr Yussef harbour 300x100 m now desert sebkha 3 km from shrunken Lake Moeris (40,000 papyri).

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Tebtunis — Canal Bridge Harbour at Kom Umm el-Brigat North (Fayum South)

Middle Kingdom to Byzantine (1991 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman

Northern canal harbour of Tebtunis at Umm el-Brigat — 12 m bridge pier at –1.5 m and 60 m quay.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Akoris — Northern Quarry Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal North (Nile Quarry Port)

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.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Akoris — Northern Quarry Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal North (Nile Quarry Port) — v2

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.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Soknopaiou Nesos — Northern Lagoon Harbour at Dime (Lake Moeris North)

Ptolemaic to Roman (270 BCE – 230 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum / Sobek cult

Northern lagoon harbour of Soknopaiou Nesos at Dime — 60 m quay at –3 m and 200 m crocodile causeway behind evaporite flats.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Soknopaiou Nesos — Northern Lagoon Harbour at Dime (Lake Moeris North) — v2

Ptolemaic to Roman (270 BCE – 230 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum / Sobek cult

Northern lagoon harbour of Soknopaiou Nesos at Dime — 60 m quay at –3 m and 200 m crocodile causeway behind evaporite flats.

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Abu Mena

Thinis – Lost Capital of the Thinite Nome, Abydos Region

Sais – Buried Saite Capital Harbour at Sa el-Hagar

Myos Hormos — Central Wadi Silted Harbour (Quseir al-Qadim Central)

Berenike Troglodytica — Northern Lagoon Harbour (Foul Bay North)

Wadi Gawasis — Northern Anchorage at Mersa Gawasis North (Saww North)

Karanis — Eastern Granary Harbour Pier at Kom Aushim East (Fayum North-East)

Quseir al-Qadim — Southern Roman Anchorage (Leukos Limen South)

Soknopaiou Nesos — Eastern Submerged Harbour at Dime es-Sebua East (Lake Moeris)

Ayn Sukhna — Southern Old Kingdom Harbour (Galala South Gallery)

Antinoopolis — Northern Harbour Bay of Antinoë (Sheikh Ibada North)

Antirhodos Island – Cleopatra's Sunken Palace Island

Marea — Western Harbour at Lake Mareotis West (Phi Loxene West)

Narmouthis — Temple Town Lake Moeris Harbour (Medinet Madi South)

Thmuis – Mendesian Harbour City at Tell Timai, Delta

Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South)

Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South) — v2

Abydos – Sacred Lake Harbour of the Osiris Cult, Shunet el-Zebib

Tebtunis – Fayum Lake Moeris Harbour at Umm el-Baragat

Tebtunis — Canal Bridge Harbour at Kom Umm el-Brigat North (Fayum South)

Akoris — Northern Quarry Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal North (Nile Quarry Port)

Akoris — Northern Quarry Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal North (Nile Quarry Port) — v2

Soknopaiou Nesos — Northern Lagoon Harbour at Dime (Lake Moeris North)

Soknopaiou Nesos — Northern Lagoon Harbour at Dime (Lake Moeris North) — v2