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Settlements sealed under ash, sand or silt and excavated centuries later.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Underground city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Lower Saqqara Necropolis East — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-32) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) underground city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Underground city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Saqqara Sanctuary West — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-26) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) underground city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (600–1200 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic (Colonial–Sedentary) → Early Classic
Snaketown East Darby Hohokam Settlement is the field-house hamlet cluster 3 km east of Snaketown's ballcourt on the Gila north terrace — Rice's Pima–Gila settlement model periphery.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early to Middle Bronze (3100–2100 BCE) · Ninevite V → EBA Urban → Akkadian
Titriş Höyük Outer Settlement is the 28-ha extramural sprawl beyond the walled lower town — together 43 ha, the largest EBA city in the Turkish Euphrates zone before state formation.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Underground city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Saqqara Settlement Inner — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-04) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) underground city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (800–1200 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic–Classic Gila Bend phase
Gatlin Site Gila Bend Hohokam Village is the platform-mound village at the Gila River's great bend 80 km southwest of Phoenix — an isolated Hohokam outpost where the Gila bends 90 degrees.
🇲🇹 Malta · Underground city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Eastern Hypogeum Settlement B — Hypogeum, Paola (59-18) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Early Historic (regional) underground city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hittite Empire (Old to New Kingdom) · Hittite (Nesite with Hurrian scribes)
Hittite administrative second capital (c.1600–1180 BCE, peak 1400–1200 BCE) on two hills Ağılönü and Tepelerarası, built by Hatti kings as storehouse/forward capital during Kaskaean wars when Hattusa…
🇲🇹 Malta · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Hypogeum Necropolis Inner — Hypogeum, Paola (59-09) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B · Arabah/South Levantine LPPNB (Basta–Ba'ja horizon)
LPPNB cliff-gorge two-storey village with siq entry, burned houses and children's mass-grave.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Derinkuyu Fortress Outer — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-43) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇲🇹 Malta · Underground city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Eastern Hypogeum Platform Outer — Hypogeum, Paola (59-40) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Chalcolithic (regional) underground city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Derinkuyu Sanctuary North — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-47) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Royal Derinkuyu Reservoir Inner — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-48) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Saqqara Sanctuary East — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-06) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Early Bronze Jezirah 0–III (Chalcolithic to Early Dyn to Akkadian) · North Mesopotamian Jezirah (Ebla-Mari world)
Circular double-walled Early Bronze city (c.3400–2200 BCE, EJ 0–III) in 130mm rainfall steppe — proof Jezirah cities flourished without southern irrigation via dry-farming + wadi runoff.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Byzantine; EBA III–MBA II, Hittite, Neo-Hittite, Assyrian (Iron II) · Euphrates–Islahiye EBA → Neo-Hittite Luwian → Neo-Assyrian provincial
56-m Neo-Assyrian provincial tell (Azâ) with EBA–Iron II fortified town and moat between Sajur and Euphrates.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Upper Saqqara Enclosure II — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-15) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Underground city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Central Saqqara Necropolis Inner — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-28) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Classical (regional) underground city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to Mitanni (4000 BCE–1300 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic → Ninevite V → Hurrian Akkadian → Mittani (Hurrian Urkesh)
Tell Mozan (Urkesh) Satellite Mound is the 6.2-ha southern suburb 800 m south of Tell Mozan — the Hurrian capital Urkesh, city of Kumarbi at the Taurus piedmont.
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Adulis — South Storehouse Quay North (Second Sector, Eritrea) in Northern Red Sea, Adulis South Storehouse, Eritrea is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Royal Derinkuyu Reservoir I — Derinkuyu, Cappadocia (59-33) at Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey is a Medieval (regional) ancient city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Neolithic → EB → MB → LBA Amarna → Iron → Persian → Crusader (7000 BCE–1300 CE) · Levantine (Amorite → Egyptian/Hittite → Phoenician → Crusader)
Akkar plain tell-town (Neolithic–Crusader) — EB rampart, Amarna Irqata, Phoenician and Crusader castle on 30 ha.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3200–1950 BCE) · West Anatolian Early Bronze → Hittite scatter
Küllüoba Höyük South Extension exposes the EBA II–III domestic quarter 80 m south of the central burnt compound (Level II).
