🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Buried City of New Sura
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Buried City of New Sura in Ancash, Peru is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇵🇱 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).
🇦🇷 Argentina · Buried city
Pen Rig Mere Buried Settlement
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pen Rig Mere Buried Settlement in Catamarca, Argentina is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) buried city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Buried city
Tre Mains Buried Settlement
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tre Mains Buried Settlement in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city
Standing Down Buried Settlement
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Standing Down Buried Settlement in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Buried city
Buried City of Takht Abbey Well
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Buried City of Takht Abbey Well in British Columbia, Canada is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) buried city attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Buried city
Buried City of Brown
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Buried City of Brown in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) buried city attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Thinis – Lost Capital of the Thinite Nome, Abydos Region
Predynastic to Old Kingdom (3200–2686 BCE) · Egyptian Naqada III / Early Dynastic / Thinite
Menes thinite capital c. 3100 BCE — Manetho homeland of Dyn 1–2, no mound found under 8 m Nile silt at Girga (5 km hypothetical).
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Euhesperides
Archaic to Hellenistic (600–250 BCE) · Greek / Hellenistic
Abandoned c.250 BCE lagoon promontory synoecized to Berenice, preserved smash floors under sabkha.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Buried city
Nahal Down Buried Settlement
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Nahal Down Buried Settlement in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) buried city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Plain Mega-Tell
Ubaid to Neo-Assyrian (4500 BCE–600 BCE; peak LC 3700 BCE) · Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic → Ninevite 5 → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian
LC mega-nucleation 3700 BCE — 15 ha then 80 ha hollow-way town.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Buried city
Buried City of Hunstanton Plateau
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Buried City of Hunstanton Plateau in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) buried city attributed to Jōmon culture.