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CategoriesBuried cities
Settlements sealed under ash, sand or silt and excavated centuries later.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Axel Heiberg Lost City North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Colluvial Covered Settlement North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Dune Covered Structure North in Ganga Plain, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Storage Jar Cache East in Danube Plain, Romania is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Adrar Bous Pottery Hill in Western Desert, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Shu Culture 1200–1000 BCE (Sanxingdui period III) · Shu (Sichuan Basin, non-Han?)
Shu Kingdom sacrificial pits (1200–1000 BCE) revealed 1929 and sensationally 1986 with two pits of bronzes unlike Anyang Shang: 2.6 m bronze standing figure, mask with 132 cm protruding eyes, and…
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 in Italy Region 6, Italy is a Neolithic buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Loess Buried Camp East in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian · Sumerian/Amorite Larsa dynasty
Sumerian city-state that dominated southern Mesopotamia under King Rim-Sin (1822–1763 BCE) controlling 10–15 cities before Hammurapi annexed it, making Babylon supreme.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lindenmeier Paleo Site in Altiplano, Bolivia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Watson Brake Mound in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Poverty Point Ridge in Amazonas, Brazil is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Buried city
Early Bronze to Iron (3000–500 BCE) · Canaanite/Phoenician
Sidon — Buried College Site in South Governorate, Phoenician coast, Lebanon is a Early Bronze to Iron (3000–500 BCE) buried city attributed to Canaanite/Phoenician culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Harappan (3300–1300 BCE; mature 2600–1900) · Indus Valley
Type-site of Harappan civilization, walled city on Ravi with citadel, granaries, bead workshops and early example of town planning succeeding pre-Harappan Ravi phase.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Tilki Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Van Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Kozareva Mogila — buried prehistoric tell/village at Burgas Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Koprivec Tell — buried prehistoric tell/village at Ruse Province.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Căscioarele-Ostrovul Tell — buried prehistoric tell/village at Călărași County.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Grek Amele — buried prehistoric tell/village at Diyarbakır Province.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Coptic (2000 BCE – 600 CE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian / Graeco-Roman
Central Nile harbour terrace of Akoris — rock-cut quay 40 m and basin at Tihna cliff foot buried 3–5 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Early Arab (320 BCE – 800 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine Egyptian
Central wine harbour of Marea — 60 m mole and Dionysus press harbour 2.5–5 m under Lake Mareotis silt at Hawariya.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Hadrianic Roman to Byzantine (130–640 CE) · Hadrianic Roman Egyptian (Latin/Greek bilingual)
Central harbour basin of Antinoopolis — Hadrianic quay 68 m and warehouse at Sheikh Ibada buried 4–8 m under Nile silt.
