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41 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇪🇬 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 Roman (300 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Roman
Eastern isthmus harbour of Soknopaiou Nesos at Dime — 50 m causeway quay at –1 m and isthmus basin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 400 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Eastern vineyard sector of Bakchias at Kom el-Atl — 280 m estate wall and canal at –2.5 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (305 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Greek / Ptolemaic / Roman
Fayum island harbour — Soknopaios crocodile temple dromos 400 m to lake harbour 200x100 m now 2 km from receded Birket Qarun.
🇪🇬 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 (300 BCE – 600 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman (Diocletian)
Western feeder harbour of fort Dionysias at Qasr Qarun — 50 m quay at –2 m and 90 m canal.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (256 BCE – 400 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek
Western estate of Philadelphia at Kom el-Kharaba — 85 m vineyard wall and 70 m granary quay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Late Roman (1800 BCE – 300 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman Fayum
Southern temple harbour of Tebtunis 1–2 m buried south of Soknebtynis — 70 m canal quay and mammisi at –1 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Late Roman (1800 BCE – 300 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman Fayum
Southern temple harbour of Tebtunis 1–2 m buried south of Soknebtynis — 70 m canal quay and mammisi at –1 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (285 BCE – 370 CE) · Ptolemaic / Greco-Roman Fayum
East Fayum Hippodamian city Philadelphia 1–2 m buried at Kom el-Kharaba — double agora 80×60 m at –1 m and grid 400 insulae.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (285 BCE – 370 CE) · Ptolemaic / Greco-Roman Fayum
East Fayum Hippodamian city Philadelphia 1–2 m buried at Kom el-Kharaba — double agora 80×60 m at –1 m and grid 400 insulae.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 350 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Eastern granary quarter of Theadelphia at Bat el-Harun — 60 m houses at –2 m and 45 m canal.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Late Roman (1800 BCE – 350 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman Fayum
Crocodile temple quarter of Narmouthis 1–2 m buried at Medinat Ghoran — Renenutet birth-house and sacred lake 40×30 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Late Roman (1800 BCE – 350 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman Fayum
Crocodile temple quarter of Narmouthis 1–2 m buried at Medinat Ghoran — Renenutet birth-house and sacred lake 40×30 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
West-central Fayum vineyard village Theadelphia 1–2 m buried at Bat el-Harun — Psenpheros temple 15×12 m at –1 m and canal quay 50 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
West-central Fayum vineyard village Theadelphia 1–2 m buried at Bat el-Harun — Psenpheros temple 15×12 m at –1 m and canal quay 50 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 400 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Southern town of Euhemeria at Qasr el-Banat — 70 m house block at –2.5 m and 90 m wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (305 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
North-central Fayum grain port Euhemeria 1–2 m buried at Qasr el-Banat — double Harpocrates temple at –1 m and harbour basin 100×80 m.
