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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 500 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
Western granary quarter of Karanis 1–3 m buried west of main tell — vaulted horrea 30×15 m and canal sluice at –2 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 500 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
Western granary quarter of Karanis 1–3 m buried west of main tell — vaulted horrea 30×15 m and canal sluice at –2 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (c.260 BCE – 450 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Peak Fayum metropolis on Lake Moeris — harbour pier and quay 1–3 m under lake-edge reeds, papyrus capital of Arsine.