🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Maydos Kilisetepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Maydos Kilisetepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Beşik-Sivritepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Beşik-Sivritepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Kozareva Mogila
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Kozareva Mogila — buried prehistoric tell/village at Burgas Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Radingrad Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Radingrad Tell — buried prehistoric tell/village at Razgrad Province.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița — buried prehistoric tell/village at Călărași County.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Urdoviza
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Urdoviza — buried prehistoric tell/village at Dobrich Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Koprivec Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Koprivec Tell — buried prehistoric tell/village at Ruse Province.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Căscioarele-Ostrovul Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Căscioarele-Ostrovul Tell — buried prehistoric tell/village at Călărași County.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepecik (İnegöl)
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Tepecik (İnegöl) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Bursa Province.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Selevac
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Selevac — buried prehistoric tell/village at Šumadija District.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Azmashka Mogila (Azmak Tell)
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Azmashka Mogila (Azmak Tell) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Stara Zagora Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Grek Amele
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Grek Amele — buried prehistoric tell/village at Diyarbakır Province.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Phalasarna – Uplifted Classical Harbour of West Crete
Classical to Late Roman (333 BCE – 365 CE) · Greek / Hellenistic / Roman
333 BCE closed harbour of Phalasarna now stranded +6.6 m above sea by the AD 365 Crete earthquake — rock-cut basin and canal uplifted overnight.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Helike — Bouras Plain Borehole Submerged City (Gulf of Corinth South)
Early Bronze Age to Byzantine (3000 BCE – 1400 CE) · Helladic / Achaean Greek
Central borehole city of Helike on Gulf of Corinth — Classical grid at –3 m, tsunami couplet at –3 m.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Dunwich – England's Lost Medieval Port
Anglo-Saxon to Late Medieval (630 – 1350 CE) · Anglo-Saxon / East Anglian / Norman English
England's great medieval port lost to 700 years of North Sea erosion — churches, friary and quay now mapped 300–900 m offshore on Dunwich Bank.
🇪🇬 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.
🇨🇳 China · Submerged site
Shi Cheng – Lion City of Qiandao Lake
Tang to 1959 (208 CE – 1959, walls 1546–1563 Ming) · Sui/Tang / Ming / Qing Chinese
Ming county seat intentionally submerged 1959 for hydro-reservoir — stone lions, city wall and Qing mansions intact under 26–40 m fresh water.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Wupatki Pueblo (Wupatki National Monument — Sinagua Great House)
Pueblo III (Sinagua-Ancestral Puebloan, 1100–1250 CE) · Sinagua–Ancestral Puebloan (Cohonina/Sinagua with Ancestral Puebloan)
Wupatki Pueblo (Wupatki National Monument — Sinagua Great House) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Arizona, Coconino County, Flagstaff–Little Colorado, Wupatki Basin, Sunset Crater vicinity,…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Paquimé (Casas Grandes) — Medio Period Great House and Mound
Medio Period (Casas Grandes, 1205–1340 CE) with Viejo substrate · Casas Grandes (Chihuahua Culture / Mogollon–Paquimé)
Paquimé (Casas Grandes) — Medio Period Great House and Mound is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Chihuahua State, Casas Grandes Municipality, Rio Casas Grandes valley, Mexico — Largest northern…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Provadia-Solnitsata (The Salt Pit) — Eneolithic Salt Production Tell
Late Neolithic through Late Chalcolithic (5500–4200 BCE) · Hamangia → Varna → KGK VI (Kodžadermen-Gumelnița-Karanovo VI)
Provadia-Solnitsata (The Salt Pit) — Eneolithic Salt Production Tell is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Varna Province, Provadia District, Provadiyska River valley, Bulgaria — Oldest…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector)
Mississippian (Lohmann 1050–1100 through Moorehead 1200–1275, Stirling 1050–1150) · Mississippian (Cahokia Stirling phase capital)
Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Illinois, St.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Sultana-Malu Roșu (Sultana Tell and Eneolithic Flat Necropolis)
Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița, 5000–3900 BCE) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI) Eneolithic
Sultana-Malu Roșu (Sultana Tell and Eneolithic Flat Necropolis) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Călărași County, Mânăstirea Commune, Mostiștea Lake terrace, Danube plain, Romania —…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Karanis — Eastern Granary Harbour Pier at Kom Aushim East (Fayum North-East)
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE – 500 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Eastern lake harbour of Karanis at Kom Aushim — 55 m granary pier at –0.5 m on Moeris shore.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
La Quemada (Chicomostoc) — Chalchihuites Hilltop Fortress
Classic (Chalchihuites, 350–850 CE, Epiclásico) · Chalchihuites (Zacatecas) → Coyotlatelco contact
La Quemada (Chicomostoc) — Chalchihuites Hilltop Fortress is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Zacatecas State, Villanueva Municipality, Malpaso valley, Cerro La Quemada, Mexico — Hilltop…