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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Khambhat Paleochannel Structure North in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–2000 BCE, Helmand Culture) · Helmand / Mundigak–Shahr-i Sokhta
Helmand Culture capital 55 km NW of Kandahar — 75×32 m Bronze Age palace with 10 m sequence.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Tell
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Tell Fan-Moss Burgh in County Kerry, Ireland is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) tell attributed to Nazca culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Head-Smashed-In Jump Extension in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Ottoman (peak Neo-Hittite to Roman) · Kura-Araxes → Neo-Hittite → Achaemenid → Commagenean → Roman
Capital mound of Commagene (Samosata) on a Euphrates meander, now island in Atatürk Reservoir. Pre-dam excavations revea...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Neolithic–Iron Age (6000–600 BCE) Halaf→Aramaean Guzana · Halaf culture then Aram (Guzana)
Tell Halaf Extension — Guzana Outer Town Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Neolithic–Iron Age (6000–600 BCE) Halaf→Aramaean Guzana tell attributed to Halaf culture then Aram (Guzana).
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Atlit North Bay Submerged Village West in Pavlopetri Coast, Greece is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pavlopetri Outlier House South in Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze III – Iron II (to Late Roman) · Amorite/Aramaean – Luwian
Idlib plain fortified tell (2500–550 BCE) with 30-season Japanese excavation sequence.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Axel Heiberg Lost City North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tell
Late Kanem-Bornu (15th–18th c. CE) · Kanuri (Bornu)
Lake-fishery satellite tell west of Bornu capital on Nguru fen fen.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Colluvial Covered Settlement North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Fermanville Submerged Pier West in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Foshan Submerged Platform East in Dwarka Coast, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pavlopetri Outlier House South in Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Lycia Coast, Turkey is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Kenchreai Harbour Mole East in Florida Shelf, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Dune Covered Structure North in Ganga Plain, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Menouthis Church Extension South in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Halaf → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian (615 BCE lib) → Hellenistic → Islamic · Halaf → Mitanni Hurrian → Middle & Neo-Assyrian → Islamic
Neo-Assyrian library tell — 400 tablets of Gilgamesh (615 BCE Huzirina).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (2800–1600 BCE) Nabada · Early Dynastic Nabada (150 tablets)
Tell Beydar North Field — Nabada Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (2800–1600 BCE) Nabada tell attributed to Early Dynastic Nabada (150 tablets).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Medes to Early Bronze (c.7000 BCE–Medes 7th c. BCE) · Medes–Achaemenid transition plus prehistoric Tappeh
Nine-period mound 15 km SSW of Qazvin with Halil Tepe–like sequence: Median mudbrick fortress + intact brick vault & rampart (oldest in Iran), Edriss Iron-Age citadel, Ozbaki Maad temple?
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic to Proto-Elamite (6800–3000 BCE) · Khuzestan Susiana to Proto-Elamite
Chogha Mish — Khuzestan Protourban Center in Khuzestan Province, Iran is a Neolithic to Proto-Elamite (6800–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Khuzestan Susiana to Proto-Elamite.
