🇪🇬 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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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Karanis — Central Insula Granary Complex at Kom Aushim
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (3rd c. BCE – 5th c. CE) · Graeco-Roman Egyptian (Ptolemaic cleruchs, Roman veterans)
Central granary insula of Karanis — twin vaulted granaries at Kom Aushim buried 3–6 m with papyrus jar.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III (Dahshur)
Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
12th-Dynasty Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dahshur — 105 m mudbrick mass c.1860 BCE, blackened core, first quartzite vault and basalt pyramidion, abandoned for Hawara.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Wadi Abbadi Ancient Canal & Desert Road Canalization (Eastern Desert)
New Kingdom to Roman · Pharaonic–Ptolemaic–Roman Eastern Desert officials
Canalized desert road on Wadi Abbadi 35 km east of Edfu: 1.2 km channel with 8 plastered cisterns for gold caravans.
🇪🇬 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Senebkay (Abydos)
Second Intermediate Period (Abydos Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian (Abydos polity)
Abydos Dynasty pyramid-tomb of Senebkay discovered 2014 — tiny South Abydos pyramid c.1650 BCE with quartzite sarcophagus and Book of the Dead, proving lost Abydos kingdom.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Marea — Southern Vineyard and Press Complex at Lake Mareotis South
Ptolemaic to Early Arab (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Ptolemaic / Byzantine
Southern vineyard of Marea — 4 presses and saqiya canal 4.5 m linking to harbour, now 1.8 m silted south chora.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Ahmose I (Abydos)
Early New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian (Theban — founder of New Kingdom)
Last pharaonic pyramid — cenotaph pyramid of Ahmose I (c.1550 BCE) at South Abydos — 52.5 m mudbrick/limestone terraced memorial to Osiris, bridge to Valley of the Kings.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Karanis — Southern Lake Harbour Pier at Kom Aushim
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (3rd c. BCE – 350 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Southern lake pier of Karanis — 32 m limestone pier and basin 380 m south of town, now 2.5–4 m under fields.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Minufiyya Basin Canal & Dyke System (Nile Delta Apex Margins)
Old Kingdom to modern (4th Dyn–Aswan High Dam 1970) · Memphite–Fayum basin engineers; Islamic fellahin maintenance
Delta apex basin system 58 km NW Cairo: 22-km Bahr Shibin canal + 9 dykes forming 14 flood basins (18 km²).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Myos Hormos — Eastern Reef Channel Harbour at Marsa Nakari
Mid-Holocene reef to Late Roman · Roman Egyptian
Outer reef channel of Myos Hormos — 22 m reef cut with Roman concrete at 2–5 m breach at Marsa Nakari.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Berenike — Wadi Harit Road Outlet Harbour Hinterland
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian / Eastern Desert Arabs
Inland wadi harbour outlet of Berenike — silted canal and caravanserai linking lagoon to Coptos road.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ayn Sukhna — Galala Northern Anchorage Gallery
Old Kingdom (2700–2180 BCE) with Middle Kingdom reuse · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Northern reef anchorage of Ayn Sukhna — reef channel and ramp at 2–5 m below Galala cliffs north bay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Ameny Qemau (South Saqqara)
Second Intermediate Period incipient / late Middle Kingdom · Ancient Egyptian
Early 13th-Dynasty quartzite-sarcophagus pyramid of Ameny Qemau at South Saqqara — 52 m base c.1793 BCE with intact monolithic sarcophagus and canopic chest.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
White Pyramid of Amenemhat II (Dahshur)
Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
12th-Dynasty White Pyramid of Amenemhat II at Dahshur North — ~50 m Tura-limestone-cased ruin c.1929 BCE, heavily quarried 'white' predecessor to Black Pyramid.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Soknopaiou Nesos — Western Lagoon Anchorage at Dime
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (270 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Egyptian
Western fishing lagoon of Soknopaiou Nesos — 65 m lee basin with jetty, now dry silt at Dime west.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Headless Pyramid (Lepsius XXIX)
Late Middle Kingdom / Second Intermediate Period (13th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
13th-Dynasty unfinished mudbrick pyramid at South Saqqara (Lepsius XXIX) — 52.5 m base 'Headless Pyramid' with robbed casing and unfinished quartzite burial chamber, c.1720–1640 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Southern South Saqqara Pyramid (Shetayet? Complex)
Late Middle Kingdom (13th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished Southern South Saqqara pyramid 100 m south of Khendjer — late 13th-Dynasty 52–60 m mudbrick trench c.1730 BCE, abandoned without burial chamber.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Sinai Nawamis Road (Route of the Nawamis — Serabit to Ain Huderah)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I (Ghassulian–Arad, Maadi–Buto) · Sinai–Negev Chalcolithic (Ghassulian, South Sinai pastoral)
25-km Sinai nawamis beehive road (3800–3200 BCE) with 15 mustatil-like platforms linking coast to Serabit mines.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Senwosret III (Dahshur)
Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian
12th-Dynasty pyramid of Senwosret III at Dahshur North — 105 m base c.1878 BCE, 78 m high, famous for queens' jewellery and hidden entrance.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Akoris — Northern Quarry Valley Harbour at Tihna North
Ptolemaic to Coptic (300 BCE – 500 CE) · Graeco-Roman Egyptian
Northern quarry valley of Akoris — slipway and wadi canal buried 2–4 m for 3-ton block export north.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Southern Extension
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Southern Extension in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Northern Annex
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Northern Annex in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Western Terrace
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Western Terrace in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.