Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Submerged-Variant·🇪🇬 Egypt Region 4, Egypt
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About Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 in Egypt Region 4, Egypt is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Iron Age; Culture: Regional culture Submerged-Variant; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: limestone, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Submerged-Variant submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
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 1916
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 400 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
On the ground
Structures & features
12.6902° N · 79.5689° E · 768 m · 3 mapped features
- Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 — primary structure12.6917° N · 79.5706° E
- Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 — Northern Wallwallwall at Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 — hydraulic feature12.6912° N · 79.5670° E
- Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 — Southern Templetempletemple at Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 — hydraulic feature12.6898° N · 79.5670° E