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🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Giza Queen's Pyramid G Ia East Face in Giza, East Field, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Hawara Pyramid Labyrinth South Wing in Fayoum, Hawara, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Sinki Small Step Pyramid Abydos South in Sohag, Sinki, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Old Kingdom to New Kingdom (2600 – 1200 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Northern Galala pharaonic anchorage of Ayn Sukhna — sandstone quay at –1.5 m and 100 m slipway for Sneferu Sinai fleet.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Old Kingdom to New Kingdom (2600 – 1200 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Northern Galala pharaonic anchorage of Ayn Sukhna — sandstone quay at –1.5 m and 100 m slipway for Sneferu Sinai fleet.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Lepsius XXIV Pyramid Abusir South in Giza, Abusir, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Old Kingdom · 4th Dynasty Egypt (Sneferu to Khufu horizon)
North wing 55 m of world's oldest large dam (Old Kingdom) breached during construction.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Tomb 72 in Luxor, Hierakonpolis, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Middle to New Kingdom (2055–1435 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian
Theban cliff triple terraces: Mentuhotep 2055 BCE and Hatshepsut Djeser-Djeseru with Punt reliefs.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Tomb U-j Chamber 3 in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Old Kingdom to Ptolemaic · Old–New Kingdom Pharaonic, Ptolemaic Greek Egyptian
2.1-km Pharaonic granite canal linking unfinished obelisk quarry to First Cataract Nile.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (c.260 BCE – 450 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Peak Fayum metropolis on Lake Moeris — harbour pier and quay 1–3 m under lake-edge reeds, papyrus capital of Arsine.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Third Intermediate (21st–22nd Dynasty) capital; Late Period · 21st Dynasty Tanite → Libyan 22nd Dynasty → Saite → Greek
Delta Third Intermediate capital (177 ha) built entirely from Pi-Ramesses spolia — 21st dynasty walled city with intact royal gold burials, biblical Zoan.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Late Dynastic to Arab (c. 600 BCE – 640 CE) · Egyptian / Persian / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Mendesian Nile canal port – quay 120 m and grain horrea at –0.5 m on migrated Mendesian branch.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Old Kingdom to Ptolemaic (2480 BCE–30 BCE; peak Middle Kingdom 12th Dyn) · Ancient Egyptian
Montu war-falcon temple at El-Tod with Sesostris granite pillars and Tod Treasure hoard.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Predynastic to Old Kingdom (Naqada I–III to 2686 BCE; peak Naqada III) · Egyptian (Predynastic Naqada II–III / Early Dynastic)
Predynastic megacity 3500 BCE 5 ha yielding Narmer Palette, earliest 12 m mudbrick fort, HK6 elephant burial and painted Tomb 100.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Hellenistic (1570 – 300 BCE) · Hyksos / New Kingdom Egyptian / Late Period
15th c. BCE Thutmose III naval arsenal town on Canopic delta sandbar — quay now –1.5 to –3 m under Idku lagoon fish farms.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Elkab Rock Tomb 8 West Wall in Luxor, Elkab, Egypt is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Roman (c.280 BCE – 150 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Myos Hormos system southern mangrove lagoon at Marsa Nakari — 0.5–1.5 m mangrove-enclosed harbour 18 km south of Marsa Alam, Nechesia hypothesis.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, late Twelfth Dynasty (c.1900 BCE, Fayum expansion period) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)
Qasr el-Sagha is the isolated, unfinished limestone temple on the barren plateau north of the Fayum depression, first described by Georg Schweinfurth 1884 and fully planned by German excavators.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty · Ancient Egyptian
Small queens pyramid immediately north of the Pyramid of Teti at Saqqara, built for Queen Iput I, daughter of Unas and wife of Teti, mother of Pepi I.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c.1890 BCE (Senwosret II / Sesostris II) · Ancient Egyptian (Senwosret II)
Pyramid of Senwosret II at Illahun (El-Lahun) desert edge Faiyum: 48 m high mudbrick pyramid (107 m base) with limestone casing, northern annex enclosure and 8 queen's pyramids (including Queen…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Byzantine (c.1800 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman
Fayum southern Tebtunis on Bahr canal mouth — quay and bridge harbour basin 1–2 m under field silt, cartonnage papyrus source.
🇪🇬 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.
