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Buried cities · Mysteria

CategoriesBuried cities

Buried cities

Settlements sealed under ash, sand or silt and excavated centuries later.

Places: 730
Countries: 72
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🇧🇬Bulgaria

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Marea — Western Harbour at Lake Mareotis West (Phi Loxene West)

Ptolemaic to Early Islamic (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine

Western wine harbour of Marea on Lake Mareotis — 90 m quay at –1.2 m and 120 m basin.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Narmouthis — Temple Town Lake Moeris Harbour (Medinet Madi South)

Middle Kingdom to Byzantine (2000 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic

Southern lake approach of Narmouthis at Medinet Madi — 45 m dromos quay and 70 m basin.

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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell

Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype)

Early Neolithic through Early Bronze II (Karanovo I–VII, 6200–2800 BCE) · Karanovo I–VII (Starčevo → Vinča → Gumelnița → Ezero)

Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Sliven Province, Nova Zagora District, Azmak stream plain, Thrace, Bulgaria — Thracian stratotype…

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🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tell

Shabarakh Usu (Bayanzag)

Pleistocene Djadochta Formation (75 Ma) → Neolithic (7000–3000 BCE) → Bronze Age 3000–1000 BCE → Slab Grave Iron Age · Gobi Neolithic microlithic → Afanasievo–Chemurchek Bronze (Gobi) → Slab Grave Iron Age nomadic

Gobi Flaming Cliffs (Bayanzag) — Neolithic pit camps to Chemurchek burials capping Djadochta dinosaur nests (Andrews 1922).

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Thmuis – Mendesian Harbour City at Tell Timai, Delta

Late Period to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Greek / Ptolemaic / Roman

Mendes twin capital — Mendesian Branch harbour 400x150 m with 120 perfume workshops and 70 kilns, now 2 m sebkha.

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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) — Euphrates Palace Terrace

Early Bronze through Iron Age (EBA, Mitanni, Neo-Hittite, Neo-Assyrian) · Hurrian-Mitanni → Neo-Hittite Aramaean → Assyrian province

Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) — Euphrates Palace Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Aleppo Governorate, Euphrates River, Jarabulus District, east bank, Syria — Neo-Hittite/Aramaean royal…

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Kaman-Kalehöyük (Çağırkan Central Mound)

Early Bronze through Ottoman (EB, MBA, LBA-Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman) · Central Anatolian → Hittite → Phrygian (Mushki) → Achaemenid

Kaman-Kalehöyük (Çağırkan Central Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Kırşehir Province, Kaman District, Central Anatolia, Turkey — Multi-period town mound controlling Kızılırmak basin…

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Yesemek Basalt Quarry & Sculpture Workshop (Amanos Piedmont)

Hittite Empire through Neo-Hittite (1375–800 BCE) · Hittite → Neo-Hittite Samʾal

Yesemek Basalt Quarry & Sculpture Workshop (Amanos Piedmont) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Amanos foothills, Yesemek village, Turkey — Empire-scale…

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South)

Roman to Byzantine (130 – 650 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Greco-Roman

Southern necropolis and canal harbour of Antinoopolis 1–3 m buried south of Hadrianic grid — 500 m limestone avenue at –1.5 m and canal quay 80 m.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South) — v2

Roman to Byzantine (130 – 650 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Greco-Roman

Southern necropolis and canal harbour of Antinoopolis 1–3 m buried south of Hadrianic grid — 500 m limestone avenue at –1.5 m and canal quay 80 m.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Abydos – Sacred Lake Harbour of the Osiris Cult, Shunet el-Zebib

Predynastic to Late Antique (3300 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Thinite / New Kingdom / Late

Osiris mysteries canal — Shunet el-Zebib 2700 BCE enclosure (oldest standing 11 m walls) with sacred lake harbour 400x100 m for barque procession.

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🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court)

Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 1010–1130 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan with Colonnade variant)

Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Wash north side, United States — Second-largest…

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🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Salmon Pueblo (Salmon Ruins / San Juan Chaco Outlier)

Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1088–1125, Mesa Verde reoccupation 1180–1250) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde/San Juan)

Salmon Pueblo (Salmon Ruins / San Juan Chaco Outlier) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, San Juan River, Farmington-Bloomfield, United States — Northernmost…

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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Chuera (Chuera / Harab Sawwan) — Steinbau Sanctuary Terrace

Late Chalcolithic through Early Bronze IV (3500–2200 BCE) · Uruk → Early Dynastic Syrian city-state → EBA steppe city

Tell Chuera (Chuera / Harab Sawwan) — Steinbau Sanctuary Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Raqqa Governorate, Balikh–Euphrates steppe, Chuera plain, Syria — Steppe Early Bronze walled…

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🇩🇪 Germany · Buried city

Rungholt – Drowned Wadden Sea Trading Town, North Frisia

Medieval (1150–1362 CE) · Frisian / Danish

Edomsharde marsh capital drowned 16 Jan 1362 Grote Mandrenke — church terp and harbour channel at −1.5 m in Wadden flats 12 km off Pellworm.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Tebtunis – Fayum Lake Moeris Harbour at Umm el-Baragat

Predynastic to Late Antique (3200 BCE – 600 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman

Fayum canal capital — Bahr Yussef harbour 300x100 m now desert sebkha 3 km from shrunken Lake Moeris (40,000 papyri).

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Tebtunis — Canal Bridge Harbour at Kom Umm el-Brigat North (Fayum South)

Middle Kingdom to Byzantine (1991 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman

Northern canal harbour of Tebtunis at Umm el-Brigat — 12 m bridge pier at –1.5 m and 60 m quay.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Akoris — Northern Quarry Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal North (Nile Quarry Port)

New Kingdom to Coptic (1500 BCE – 650 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman

Northern limestone quarry harbour of Akoris 1–2 m under Nile silt below 40 m cliffs — slipway 60 m with rope grooves and quarry chapel.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Akoris — Northern Quarry Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal North (Nile Quarry Port) — v2

New Kingdom to Coptic (1500 BCE – 650 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman

Northern limestone quarry harbour of Akoris 1–2 m under Nile silt below 40 m cliffs — slipway 60 m with rope grooves and quarry chapel.

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🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector)

Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 900–1150 CE, McElmo phase) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chaco Canyon Chacoan)

Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, United States —…

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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Sukas (Sukas / Shuksi) — Phoenician Harbour Ridge

Early Bronze III through Hellenistic (EB, MBA, LB, Phoenician, Iron Greek) · Coastal Syrian → Ugaritic → Phoenician → Greek colonial

Tell Sukas (Sukas / Shuksi) — Phoenician Harbour Ridge is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Latakia Governorate, Jableh District, Mediterranean coast, Syria — Northern Phoenician harbour tell —…

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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Umm el-Marra (Umm el-Marra / Tuba) — Mortuary Complex

Early Bronze III through Middle Bronze II (2800–1700 BCE) with Neolithic substrate · EB Syrian → EB IV elite mortuary → Amorite MBA

Tell Umm el-Marra (Umm el-Marra / Tuba) — Mortuary Complex is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Aleppo Governorate, Jabbul plain, Umm el-Marra basin, Syria — Elite mortuary city with…

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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Barri (Kahat) — Assyrian Palace and Neo-Assyrian Town

Early Dynastic through Parthian (2900 BCE–100 CE) · Early Dynastic Halaf → Mitanni Kahat → Middle & Neo-Assyrian

Tell Barri (Kahat) — Assyrian Palace and Neo-Assyrian Town is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Jaghjagh River, Tell Brak–Nisibis corridor, Syria — Hurrian Kahat then…

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Soknopaiou Nesos — Northern Lagoon Harbour at Dime (Lake Moeris North)

Ptolemaic to Roman (270 BCE – 230 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum / Sobek cult

Northern lagoon harbour of Soknopaiou Nesos at Dime — 60 m quay at –3 m and 200 m crocodile causeway behind evaporite flats.