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Mounds made of layer upon layer of settlement.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Middle Bronze Age to Roman (2000 BCE–200 CE) · Canaanite / Phoenician / Sea Peoples (Sikils)
Tel Dor — Phoenician Port in Carmel Coast, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Roman (2000 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Canaanite / Phoenician / Sea Peoples (Sikils).
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West in Ganga Plain, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Jemdet Nasr to Old Babylonian / Neo-Babylonian, c.3100–580 BCE · Sumerian → Akkadian → Babylonian
Twin tells of Kish — Ingharra (Temple Mound) and Uhaimir (Palace Mound) with ziggurats. Tell Uhaimir ziggurat (Ekišiba, Temple of Zababa) 30 × 40 m base, 13 m extant mudbrick massif with plano-convex…
🇨🇱 Chile · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Precucuteni III to Cucuteni A3 (5200–4300 BCE) · Precucuteni → Cucuteni–Tripolye A (Cucuteni A)
Cucuteni A ditch-fort 4700 BCE — 20 burnt houses palisaded (Dumitrescu).
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Chalcolithic (2450–700 BCE) Kayatha culture · Kayatha–Ahar–Malwa sequence
Kayatha — Ujjain Chalcolithic Type Site in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chalcolithic (2450–700 BCE) Kayatha culture tell attributed to Kayatha–Ahar–Malwa sequence.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Amazonas, Brazil is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Silt Sealed Workshop South in Euphrates Valley, Syria is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) 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.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Baiae Submerged Villa North in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Buried Dune Field Village South in Danube Plain, Romania is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EB to Roman (c.3000 BCE–200 CE; karum 2100–1700 BCE, 22k tablets) · Anatolian → Old Assyrian karum (kārum) → Hittite Kanesh
Kültepe is ancient Kanesh/Nesa — the Assyrian merchant colony (karum) with 22,000 Old Assyrian cuneiform tablets (largest OB archive) documenting bronze–silver...
🇪🇨 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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age, c.3000–2600 BCE (Sialk III-IV) · Proto-Elamite
High platform (proto-ziggurat) on South Tappeh at Tepe Sialk (c.3000–2600 BCE, Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Neolithic to Sassanian (c.5000 BCE–632 CE; Uruk period city 4000–3100 BCE) · Sumerian / Babylonian / Persian
Type site for Uruk period and first true city (c.4000–3100 BCE), Uruk at peak 2900 BCE housed 50,000–80,000 inside 9.5 km city wall built by Gilgamesh (per Epic).
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Cist Grave Field West in Ohio Valley, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Hajji Firuz to Iron I (c.5000–900 BCE) · Hajji Firuz → Early Transcaucasian → Iron
Burton-Brown 1948 type-site near Rezaiyeh (Urmia) giving K-stage Geoy sequence: Gurney’s Parallels to Pisdeli ware: Hajji Firuz burnished, Geoy M painted orange-over-buff, and Hasanlu Grey ware…
🇲🇦 Morocco · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Nabta Playa Calendar Extension in Atlas, Morocco is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Crusader (3500 BCE–1260 CE) · Canaanite / Israelite / Crusader
Tel Yoqne'am — Jokneam in Carmel foothills, Israel is a Early Bronze Age to Crusader (3500 BCE–1260 CE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite / Crusader.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age (c.800–600 BCE; Mannean–Median 750–600) · Mannean → Median → Neo-Assyrian sphere
Baba Jan in eastern Lorestan is a Mannean–Median fortified manor complex — Central and East Mounds with pillared halls, painted plaster and Iron II ceramics. Go...
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Pedra Furada Shelter in Colorado Plateau, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
