🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell Qasile
Late Bronze–Iron II (1200–600 BCE) · Philistine–Israelite
Late Bronze–Iron II (1200–600 BCE) tell of Philistine–Israelite in Tel Aviv District, Yarkon River (c.1200 BCE).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Thmuis – Mendesian Harbour City at Tell Timai, Delta
Late Period to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Greek / Ptolemaic / Roman
Mendes twin capital — Mendesian Branch harbour 400x150 m with 120 perfume workshops and 70 kilns, now 2 m sebkha.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Abydos – Sacred Lake Harbour of the Osiris Cult, Shunet el-Zebib
Predynastic to Late Antique (3300 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Thinite / New Kingdom / Late
Osiris mysteries canal — Shunet el-Zebib 2700 BCE enclosure (oldest standing 11 m walls) with sacred lake harbour 400x100 m for barque procession.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Hermopolis Magna – Nile Harbour of Thoth at El-Ashmunein
Predynastic to Medieval (5000 BCE – 1000 CE) · Egyptian / Greek / Roman / Coptic
Thoth capital 2.5 km enclosure — Bahr Yussef-Nile confluence harbour 400x80 m for ibis mummies and Book of Dead papyri.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Mes Aynak
Mauryan 3 c. BCE → Kushan 1–4 c. → Hepthalite 5–6 c. → Turk Shahis 7–9 c. · Gandharan Buddhist → Kabul Shahi Buddhist with metallurgic substrate
Copper-and-Buddhist hill city 40 km SE Kabul (3 c. BCE–9 c. CE) — 400 Buddha statues and 100 ha monasteries atop world's copper shafts.
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city
Koumbi Saleh Market Enclosure East Wall Annex — Southern Extension
Medieval (800-1200 CE) · Ghana Empire
Koumbi Saleh Market Enclosure East Wall Annex — Southern Extension in Hodh Ech Chargui, Nema, Mauritania is a Medieval (800-1200 CE) ancient city attributed to Ghana Empire.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Northern Annex
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Northern Annex in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Dime es-Sobai (Soknopaiou Nesos)
Ptolemaic to Roman (3rd c BCE–3rd c CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Lake Qarun crocodile temple town Dime es-Sobai with 320-m lion dromos to harbour.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Qaryat al-Faw Market Street East Annex — Eastern Outlier
Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) · Kindah
Qaryat al-Faw Market Street East Annex — Eastern Outlier in Riyadh, Wadi al-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia is a Classical (300 BCE-300 CE) ancient city attributed to Kindah.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Mari Palace Western Annex Drain — Northern Annex
Early Bronze Age (2900-1750 BCE) · Mari Culture
Mari Palace Western Annex Drain — Northern Annex in Deir ez-Zor, Tell Hariri, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (2900-1750 BCE) ancient city attributed to Mari Culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Eastern Harbour of Alexandria – Pharos Debris & Caesareum Quays
331 BCE – Medieval (331 BCE – 1422 CE harbour active) · Ptolemaic/Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Alexandria's Portus Magnus — twin harbour, Heptastadion mole and 3500 fallen Pharos blocks 4–12 m down in Eastern Harbour.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient city
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East — Southern Extension
Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) · Thulamela
Thulamela Stone Citadel Annex East — Southern Extension in Limpopo, Kruger, South Africa is a Late Medieval (1400-1700 CE) ancient city attributed to Thulamela.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Ancient city
Najran Al-Ukhdood Northern Enclosure — Western Terrace
Classical (500 BCE-500 CE) · South Arabian
Najran Al-Ukhdood Northern Enclosure — Western Terrace in Najran, Najran, Saudi Arabia is a Classical (500 BCE-500 CE) ancient city attributed to South Arabian.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South — Northern Annex
Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South — Northern Annex in Haryana, Hisar, India is a Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Knidos Temple of Apollo Karneios
Classical to Hellenistic · Dorian Greek, Knidian
Knidos commercial-harbour Apollo Karneios 4th BCE Dorico-Ionic temple beside Aphrodite's Praxiteles temenos, Tekir Burnu.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Harappa Mound F Granary Annex — Northern Annex
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Harappa Mound F Granary Annex — Northern Annex in Punjab, Sahiwal, Pakistan is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Amara West Temple-Town
New Kingdom (Ramesside) to Early Napatan · Egyptian (viceregal) / Kushite
Ramesside viceregal capital town of Kush at Amara West — 200 m walled city of Seti I/Ramesses II c.1300 BCE with Amun temple and external Napatan mini-pyramid cemetery.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Ulug-Depe
Jeitun (6000) → Anau–Namazga (4500–1800) → BMAC → Achaemenid–Parthian 500 BCE–300 CE · Kopet oasis continuous (Jeitun → BMAC → Persian)
Longest-lived oasis tell in southern Turkmenistan (c.6000 BCE–Medieval) at Dushak north of Kaahka — 15 ha mound 32 m high with continuous 8000-year stratigraphy excavated since 2001 by Olivier…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South
Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) · Harappan
Rakhigarhi Citadel Mound Annex 7 South in Haryana, Hisar, India is a Harappan Early-Mature (3200-1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Simitthus (Chemtou)
Numidian to Byzantine (5th c BCE-7th c CE; peak 1st-3rd c CE) · Numidian / Roman / Byzantine
Giallo antico marble capital with imperial quarries.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Karkemish
Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.1400–717 BCE) with Neolithic–Medieval overburden · Hittite viceregal → Neo-Hittite Luwian/Aramaean
Syro-Hittite capital on Euphrates (90 ha twin-mound, basalt orthostats, Storm-God reliefs) at Turkey–Syria border.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Nineveh Kuyunjik Palace Relief Panel 12
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Nineveh Kuyunjik Palace Relief Panel 12 in Nineveh, Kuyunjik, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Tiwanaku Puma Punku Platform H
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tiwanaku Puma Punku Platform H in La Paz, Puma Punku, Bolivia is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Wadi Faynan Copper Smelting Site 15
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Wadi Faynan Copper Smelting Site 15 in Tafilah, Faynan, Jordan is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.