Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 in Italy Region 4, Italy is a Neolithic buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city

Altar Platform West

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age

Altar Platform West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Ur

Ubaid to Persian (c.3800 BCE–300 BCE; Early Dynastic/Ur III peak 2600–2000 BCE) · Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Persian

Sumerian city-state of the moon god Nanna (Sîn), Ur famous for Woolley's excavations 1922–34: Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu (2112 BCE) best-preserved ziggurat, Royal Cemetery with Standard of Ur, Pu-abi's…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city

Troy (Hisarlik)

Early Bronze Age to Byzantine (Troy I c.3000 BCE – Troy IX 85 CE–500 CE) · Anatolian / Mycenaean-associated / Greek / Roman

Mound of Hisarlik with 9 settlement layers Troy I–IX (3000 BCE–500 CE) plus Homeric epic city Troy VI/VII.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Beşik-Sivritepe

Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA

Beşik-Sivritepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell

Urdoviza

Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA

Urdoviza — buried prehistoric tell/village at Dobrich Province.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Tepecik (İnegöl)

Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA

Tepecik (İnegöl) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Bursa Province.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Narmouthis — Southern Crocodile Temple Quarter at Medinet Madi

Middle Kingdom to Coptic (1840 BCE – 600 CE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman

Southern temple quarter of Narmouthis — Amenemhat III Renenutet temple and crocodile pools at Medinet Madi buried 2.5–5 m.

🇬🇷 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 Western Borehole Field

Early Bronze Age to Classical (3000 – 373 BCE) · Mycenaean / Achaean Greek

Western lagoon core field of Helike — 28 boreholes at 3–6 m with 373 BCE tsunami sand sealing Classical city.

🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city

Helike — Selinous River Mouth Tsunami Horizon

Early Bronze Age to Classical (3000 – 373 BCE) · Achaean Greek, river engineers

Selinous delta tsunamiite of Helike — 45 cm graded tsunami sand at 2.8–4 m with marine forams mixed with fluvial gravel.

🇺🇸 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.

🇲🇽 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…

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site

Ravenser Odd – Humber Estuary Lost Port

Medieval (1235 – 1362 CE) · Anglo-Norman / Hanse

13th-century Humber port that briefly outranked Hull — parliamentary borough lost 1362 to storms and sand-spit destruction, now under Humber silt.

🇨🇾 Cyprus · Buried city

Enkomi – Buried Bronze Age Harbour of Alashiya, Mesaoria Plain

Late Bronze Age (1600–1050 BCE) · Cypriot-Alashiyan / Mycenaean / Levantine

Alashiya capital 1600 BCE — Pedieos estuary harbour 400x200 m silted 3 km inland with Cyclopean walls 15 m thick and copper oxhide ingots.

🇵🇱 Poland · Buried city

Jomsborg – Legendary Viking Harbour Fortress of the Jomsvikings

Viking Age (960–1043 CE) · Norse Jomsviking / Slavic (hypothesized)

Jomsviking fortress harbour c. 960 — saga stone arch over Dziwna channel for 30 ships; 90 m Srebrna Góra earthwork proved natural dune (hypothetical).

🇳🇱 Netherlands · Buried city

Reimerswaal – Drowned City of Zeeland, Oosterschelde

Medieval (1200–1632 CE) · Dutch / Flemish / Zeelandic

Zeeland third city 1374 — 84 m church and brick quays at −3 m in Oosterschelde, drowned 1530–1632 after St Felix flood.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Narmouthis — Temple Town Lake Moeris Harbour (Medinet Madi South)

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.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell

Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype)

Early Neolithic through Early Bronze II (Karanovo I–VII, 6200–2800 BCE) · Karanovo I–VII (Starčevo → Vinča → Gumelnița → Ezero)

Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Sliven Province, Nova Zagora District, Azmak stream plain, Thrace, Bulgaria — Thracian stratotype…

🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Thmuis – Mendesian Harbour City at Tell Timai, Delta

Late Period to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Greek / Ptolemaic / Roman

Mendes twin capital — Mendesian Branch harbour 400x150 m with 120 perfume workshops and 70 kilns, now 2 m sebkha.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Abydos – Sacred Lake Harbour of the Osiris Cult, Shunet el-Zebib

Predynastic to Late Antique (3300 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Thinite / New Kingdom / Late

Osiris mysteries canal — Shunet el-Zebib 2700 BCE enclosure (oldest standing 11 m walls) with sacred lake harbour 400x100 m for barque procession.

🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court)

Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 1010–1130 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan with Colonnade variant)

Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Wash north side, United States — Second-largest…

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