Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Submerged-Variant·🇪🇬 Egypt Region 12, Egypt
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About Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12
Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 in Egypt Region 12, Egypt is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Submerged-Variant submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 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. 500 BCE
- Period
- Period Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Submerged-Variant
- Purpose
- submerged-city ritual/settlement purpose for Submerged-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1895
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12
On the ground
Structures & features
34.1591° N · 14.5693° E · 273 m · 3 mapped features
Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 — Principal Harbour
harbourharbour at Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 — hydraulic feature
34.1581° N · 14.5678° EBuried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 — Northern Wall
wallwall at Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 — primary structure
34.1578° N · 14.5691° EBuried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 — Temple Annex 3
templetemple at Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 — subsidiary complex
34.1583° N · 14.5686° E