🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Lepsius I Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 3rd–4th Dynasty transition (~2613 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished giant mudbrick pyramid at Abu Rawash (Lepsius I), c.2613 BCE?, 17 m stump, 150+ m base.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Tell el-Maskhuta (Pithom)
MK through Roman; Saite-Persian peak · Middle Kingdom → Hyksos → Saite Necho II → Persian Achaemenid → Ptolemaic
Wadi Tumilat gateway tell — Middle Kingdom fort, Hyksos, Saite grain silos (600 m³) and Darius I canal station, biblical Pithom/Heroöpolis.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
el-Hibeh (Teudjoi / Ankyropolis)
Third Intermediate through Late-Byzantine; TI fortress phase · Theban High Priest (21st) → Libyan 22nd → Saite → Graeco-Roman
Third Intermediate border fortress (1070 BCE) with 12 m bastioned wall on Nile cliff — Theban–Tanite frontier garrison, Amenhotep III temple, priestly necropolis and Hibeh papyri.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Pi-Ramesses (Qantir / Piramesse)
Hyksos → New Kingdom capital → Third Intermediate (Tanis reuse) · Hyksos → Thutmoside → Ramesside 19th Dynasty → 21st Dynasty Tanis shift
New Kingdom Delta capital (18 km²) of Ramesses II over Avaris — stables for 480 chariot horses, bronze workshops and Pelusiac harbour, buried under Qantir silt.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Kom el-Khilgan (Khilgan)
Predynastic Chalcolithic to Early Dynastic · Buto-Maadi Culture → Naqada II-III interaction
Delta Predynastic tell (1.2 ha) with Buto-Maadi houses and Naqada graves interdigitated — key for Lower vs Upper Egyptian state formation, c.3500 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Northern Luxor Reservoir Central — Luxor, Thebes (53-26)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Northern Luxor Reservoir Central — Luxor, Thebes (53-26) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) tell of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
New Luxor Hilltop Inner — Luxor, Thebes (53-23)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
New Luxor Hilltop Inner — Luxor, Thebes (53-23) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) tell of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Eastern Luxor Village West — Luxor, Thebes (53-41)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Luxor Village West — Luxor, Thebes (53-41) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) tell of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
New Giza Citadel A — Giza (56-06)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
New Giza Citadel A — Giza (56-06) at Giza, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) earthwork of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Tell el-Yahudiya
MB Second Intermediate (Hyksos) → Late/Ptolemaic Jewish · MB Hyksos → New Kingdom On → Ptolemaic Jewish community (Onias IV)
MB Hyksos rampart fortress with Leontopolis Onias Jewish temple (160 BCE) — type-site for Tell el-Yahudiya incised ware bridging Hyksos and Jewish Egypt.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
Sukuh Pyramid Temple
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Sukuh Pyramid Temple in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
River Cut Section West — Delta (Mansoura)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
River Cut Section West in Delta, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Nubwenet
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2320 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Queens pyramid of Nubwenet, wife of Pepi I, far eastern row of Pepi I queens field. Side 21 m, height 21 m (equilateral section), limestone core with recut Tura casing fragments.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Buried Pyramid of Sekhemkhet
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, c.2645 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished step pyramid of Sekhemkhet (c.2645 BCE, 3rd Dynasty), southwest of Djoser. Henri Zakaria Goneim 1951-54 excavated alabaster sarcophagus (empty) and gold armlets.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Qadesh-Barnea (Ain el-Qudeirat)
Iron I–II (c.1200–600 BCE) · Israelite/Judahite → Assyrian Negev administration
Stratified Iron Age desert fortress (65 × 55 m) at the oasis spring Ain el-Qudeirat, identified with biblical Kadesh-Bar...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Nedjeftet
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2325 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid recorded by Leclant mission south of Pepi I field for Nedjeftet (variant Wadjebten-related name, wife of Pepi I). 20 m base, unpublished Lauer sketches.