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😊 Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes

Lifestyles & Culture Senegal

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🔺 Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur: Site of Memphis

Archaeology & Antiquity Egypt

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🏜️ Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou

Lifestyles & Culture Morocco

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🧑 The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa: Pinnacle Point Site Complex

Archaeology & Antiquity South Africa

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🏛️ Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae: Ruins of town of Elephantine

Archaeology & Antiquity Egypt

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🏛️ Roman Amphitheatre: Seressi

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Tunisia

The Roman Amphitheatre at Seressi is a substantial amphitheatre in central Tunisia that reflects Roman provincial infrastructure during the imperial p…

🏜️ Bedouin Desert Clothing Practices

Lifestyles & Culture Algeria

Bedouin desert clothing practices refer to the traditional robes and garments worn by Bedouin and Tuareg populations across the Sahara and arid region…

🏝️ Djerba – Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory: Mosquée Guellala

Museums & Memorials Tunisia

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🧑 Sibhudu Cave

Archaeology & Antiquity South Africa

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🌍 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

Lifestyles & Culture Togo

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⚖️ Mauritania's Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws

Politics & Government Mauritania

Mauritania's Apostasy and Blasphemy Laws represent a legal framework in northwestern Africa that criminalizes the renunciation of Islam and religious …

🏝️ Moyenne Island

Parks Squares Hills & Mountains Seychelles

Moyenne Island is a granite island in Seychelles that was transformed from a degraded landscape into a protected nature reserve through decades of res…

🏜️ Ghardaia

Lifestyles & Culture Algeria

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🌋 Danakil Depression

Earth Sciences & Nature Ethiopia

Danakil Depression is a geothermal zone in northeastern Ethiopia that contains the lowest point on the African continent. The depression lies in the A…

🌍 Andrefana Dry Forests: Réserve Spéciale d'Ankarana

Parks, Hills & Mountains Madagascar

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🏛️ Roman Amphitheatre: Uchi Maius

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Tunisia

Uchi Maius Amphitheatre is a Roman entertainment structure in northwestern Tunisia that demonstrates provincial engineering standards during the High …

🏝️ Djerba – Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory: Mosquée Esselaouti

Museums & Memorials Tunisia

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🏛️ The Red Monastery

Museums Memorials & Monuments Egypt

The Red Monastery is a functioning Coptic Orthodox monastic settlement situated near Sohag in Upper Egypt's Sohag Governorate. The monastery takes its…

🏛️ Roman Amphitheatre: Sufetula

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Tunisia

The Roman Amphitheatre at Sufetula is a ruined arena in central Tunisia that demonstrates the urban infrastructure of a prosperous Roman provincial ci…

🏕️ ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape

Parks Squares Hills & Mountains South Africa

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🏜️ M'doukel Oasis

Adventures & Experiences Algeria

M'doukel Oasis is a small settlement in Batna Province in northeastern Algeria that depends on underground aquifers to support human habitation in the…

🏛️ Archaeological Site of Carthage: Land of the Roman House

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Tunisia

The Land of the Roman House forms part of the Archaeological Site of Carthage in modern-day Tunisia. The remains preserved here represent residential …

🦴 Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa: Taung Skull Fossil Site

Archaeology & Antiquity South Africa

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🏛️ Roman Amphitheatre: Thaenae

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Tunisia

The Roman Amphitheatre at Thaenae is a second-century arena in central Tunisia that demonstrates the spread of Roman entertainment infrastructure acro…

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