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GPS coordinates of Serabit el-Khadim — latitude.to

latitude.to · 2024

Coordinate verification 29.0353,33.4555

Serabit el-Khadim — Turquoise Mines and Hathor Temple

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Halud Vihara — Wikipedia

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Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Coordinate verification and general overview

Halud Vihara

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Jedars — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Description: tombs situated on tops of two hills Frenda area 30 km S Tiaret

Djeddars of Frenda — Berber Royal Tombs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Medracen — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Medracen — Royal Mausoleum of Numidia

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewikimapia.org

Mons Claudianus Quarries — Wikimapia

Wikimapia · 2024

Map including 19.8 m column

Mons Claudianus — Roman Granodiorite Quarry

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Mons Claudianus — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Coordinate verification 26°48′33″N

Mons Claudianus — Roman Granodiorite Quarry

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Osu Castle — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Coordinates and history verification

Christiansborg Castle — Osu Castle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitetrek.zone

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania — Trek.zone 36°34′30″N 2°33′10″E

Trek.zone · 2024

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania — Tipasa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania — Wikipedia

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Coordinates and description verification

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania — Tipasa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Saint Catherine's Monastery — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Saint Catherine Monastery — Sacred Monastery of Sinai

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Serabit el-Khadim — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Serabit el-Khadim — Turquoise Mines and Hathor Temple

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sitakot Vihara — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Coordinate verification and general overview

Sitakot Vihara

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tinmel — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Tinmel Mosque — Almohad Sanctuary

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Valley of the Golden Mummies — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Coordinates and discovery verification

Valley of the Golden Mummies — Bahariya Oasis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitecoptic-heritage.org

Wadi Natrun Monasteries — Coptic

Coptic Church · 2023

Wadi Natrun Monasteries — Desert Fathers

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Habitats troglodytiques — UNESCO tentative Tunisia 2020

UNESCO · 2020 · UNESCO

Matmata — Berber Pit Dwellings

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ksours de Tunisie — UNESCO tentative 2020

UNESCO · 2020 · UNESCO

Ksours listing including Chenini

Chenini — Berber Hilltop Ksar

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ksours de Tunisie — UNESCO tentative 2020

UNESCO · 2020 · UNESCO

Ksar Ouled Soltane — Fortified Granary

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe — UNESCO

UNESCO · 2011 · UNESCO

Island of Meroe — Archaeological Sites

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2011Open source

Websiteeeescience.utoledo.edu

Mons Porphyrites — Eastern Desert quarry Harrell 26°45′N

J. Harrell · 2010

Coordinate 26°45.92′N 33°34.30′E

Mons Porphyrites — Imperial Porphyry Quarry

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2010Open source

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