Archaeological Sites in Algeria
Ancient City of Diana Veteranorum
A Roman-Berber city founded under Emperor Trajan (98-117 AD) to settle veterans of the Legio III Augusta in what is now Ain Zana, Batna Province, Algeria. It grew from a vicus to a municipium,…
Aqueduc Maurétanien de Cherchell
The Cherchell aqueduct supplied water to Caesarea Mauretaniae, capital of Roman Mauretania, in modern Algeria. Built in the 1st century AD, likely during the reign of King Juba II, it ran at least 45…
Aqueduc Romain
The Roman aqueduct of Constantine (ancient Cirta) in Algeria was built to supply water to the city, once capital of the Numidian kingdom and later a major center of Roman North Africa. Its arches and…
Djemila
Founded in the late 1st century AD, Djemila (ancient Cuicul) is a Roman city in Algeria's mountainous northeast renowned for its exceptional preservation [1]. The site exemplifies a unique adaptation…
Gemellae Fortress Roman
Gemellae was a Roman fort and settlement on the Sahara Desert fringe in modern Algeria, situated 25 km south and 19 km west of Biskra and 5 km southwest of M'Lili village [1]. The site likely…
Hammam Essalihine
Hammam Essalihine is an ancient Roman thermal bath complex situated in the Aurès Mountains of northeastern Algeria, approximately 7 kilometers from Khenchela in El Hamma District [1]. The therapeutic…
Historic Site Tipasa
Tipasa (c. 6th c. BC – 6th c. AD) began as a Phoenician trading post on Algeria's central coast before Rome transformed it into a strategic colonial base for conquering Mauretania. The site preserves…
Jedars
The Jedars are thirteen Berber funerary monuments near Tiaret, Algeria, dating from the 4th to 7th century AD. Three stand on Jabal Lakhdar and ten on Jabal Arawi, with square bases ranging from…
Ksar el Kaoua
Ksar el Kaoua is a Roman castle dating to the 3rd century AD, likely constructed during the reign of Emperor Constantine I, situated in the ancient Roman province of Mauritania Caesarea. The site,…
Ksar Lalla Fatma
Ksar Lalla Fatma is a Berber-Roman villa complex in northeastern Algeria, located within a cork oak forest near Oued Djenane in the Commune of El-Ayoun, wilaya of El-Tarf [1]. Dating to the 4th…
La basilique Sainte-Crispine
The Basilica of Sainte-Crispine in Tebessa (ancient Theveste), Algeria, is one of the largest surviving early Christian basilicas in North Africa. Built c. 400 AD in a pagan necropolis outside the…
Les Ruines
Identified with Tipasa, a coastal archaeological complex 65 km west of Algiers in northern Algeria, comprising Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins. The earliest Phoenician tombs…
Madghacen
Madghacen is a royal Numidian mausoleum near Batna, Algeria, dating to the 3rd-4th century BCE and considered the oldest royal funerary monument in the Maghreb. The circular stone structure measures…
Massinissa Mausoleum
The Massinissa Mausoleum is a Numidian royal necropolis dating to the 3rd–2nd century BC, located in El Khroub, Constantine Province, Algeria[1][2]. The monument houses the tomb of King Masinissa…
M'Daourouch
(1st-5th c. AD) M'daourouch sits at the site of the ancient Berber-Roman town of Madauros in Numidia.[1]
Negrine
Negrine is a town in Tebessa Province, northeastern Algeria, situated at 279 m elevation on the site of ancient Casae Nigrae (also known as Nigrenses Maiores), a settlement of Roman North Africa in…
Rapidum
Rapidum was a Roman fort and settlement in Mauretania Caesariensis, established in the 1st century AD approximately 100 km south of modern Algiers [1]. Located between Castellum Tingitanum and Auzia…
Remains of Roknia
The Remains of Roknia are a megalithic necropolis in Guelma Province, northeastern Algeria, featuring over 3,000 dolmens spread across approximately 2 km along a cliff edge[1]. These ancient burial…
Roman Bridge of Mina, Relizane
A ruined Roman bridge spanning the Oued Mina at the western entrance to Relizane, Algeria. Dating to the 1st century AD, it served the ancient Roman settlement of Mina in the province of Mauretania…
Roman Ruins of Djemila
Djémila (ancient Cuicul) is a Roman ruins site in northern Algeria, featuring one of North Africa's best-preserved Roman urban complexes [1]. Built on a mountain slope, the site includes a forum,…
Roman Ruins of Tébessa
Tebessa (ancient Theveste) is a historic city in eastern Algeria founded during the Roman era in the 1st century AD, situated at 838 metres elevation between the Aures massif and the…
Roman Ruins Timgad
Timgad (Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi) was founded in 100 AD by Emperor Trajan as a military colony for retired soldiers, located about 35 km east of Batna in Algeria. Inscribed as a…
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania
The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a funerary monument located on the road between Cherchell and Algiers in Tipaza Province, Algeria[1].
Ruins of Hippo (Hippo Regius)
Ancient city near modern Annaba in northeastern Algeria, first settled by Phoenicians from Tyre around the 12th century BC. Became a major Roman city in North Africa, home to St. Augustine who served…
Ruins of Ténès
Ancient Mediterranean port in northern Algeria built on the site of Phoenician and Roman colonies known as Cartennae. Founded as a Phoenician port in or before the 8th century BC, it fell under…
Saldae (Béjaïa)
Saldae was a Roman veteran colony founded by Augustus in 27-26 BC in Mauretania Caesariensis, at modern Bejaia in eastern Algeria. The town occupied two mountain spurs separated by a ravine, with…
Siga
Siga was a Berber, Phoenician, and Roman port city located near present-day Aïn Témouchent in Algeria[1]. During the Roman era, it functioned as a settlement in western Mauretania Caesariensis,…
Site de Tiklat
The Site de Tiklat is located near El Kseur in Bejaia Province, Algeria, and corresponds to the ancient Roman colony of Tubusuctu. Founded in the 1st century AD by Augustus and settled with veterans…
Tazoult (Lambaesis)
Lambaesis (modern Tazoult) is a Roman archaeological site in northeastern Algeria, 11 km southeast of Batna. Established as the permanent base of Legio III Augusta under Emperor Hadrian around…
Théâtre Romain Khmissa (Ancient Thubursicum, Roman Theatre)
Khemissa, ancient Thubursicum Numidarum, is a 65-hectare Roman and Byzantine archaeological site in northeastern Algeria's Souk Ahras Province. Originally a Berber Numidian settlement, it was…
The Roman Bridge (Elguentra)
El Kantara is a Roman bridge spanning the narrow Rhoufi Gorge in Biskra Province, Algeria, built by the Third Augustan Legion in the 1st century AD. The gorge, dubbed Calceus Herculis (Hercules'…
Thibilis
Thibilis was a Roman and Byzantine era town in ancient Numidia, located in present-day northeastern Algeria in the commune of Sellaoua Announa near Guelma (ancient Calama) [1]. The settlement…
Tiddis Ruins
Tiddis (Castellum Tidditanorum) is a Roman city built on a dramatic hillside in the Gorge of Khreneg near Constantine, Algeria, often called the City of the Gods for its many sanctuaries. Founded as…
Tombeau de Tin Hinan
The Tomb of Tin Hinan is a monumental Berber mausoleum on a hilltop near the oasis of Abalessa in the Hoggar Mountains, southern Algeria, dating to the 3rd-5th century AD. The circular stone…
Trajan's Arch
The Arch of Trajan is a Roman triumphal arch located in Timgad, near Batna, Algeria [1]. Built between the later 2nd century and early 3rd century AD, the arch reaches a height of 12 metres (39 ft)…