Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Submerged-Variant·🇪🇬 Egypt Region 6, Egypt
About
About Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6
Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 in Egypt Region 6, Egypt is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Late Holocene; Culture: Regional culture Submerged-Variant; Field status: excavated; Materials: mudbrick, plaster; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Submerged-Variant submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Submerged-Variant
- Purpose
- submerged-city ritual/settlement purpose for Submerged-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1885
- Excavation
- Excavated
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6
c. 800 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6
On the ground
Structures & features
10.4347° S · 130.0626° E · 454 m · 3 mapped features
- Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 — primary structure10.4366° S · 130.0620° E
- Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 — Northern Wallwallwall at Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 — primary structure10.4344° S · 130.0637° E
- Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 — Temple Annex 3templetemple at Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 — subsidiary complex10.4356° S · 130.0621° E