🇦🇷 Argentina · Buried city
Pen Rig Mere Buried Settlement
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Pen Rig Mere Buried Settlement in Catamarca, Argentina is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) buried city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Jerablus Tahtani South — Euphrates Burned Level
EBA I–III to MBA (2900–1800 BCE) · EBA Syro-Euphrates (Kish-related) → MBA Carchemish
EBA fortified oval town 2400 BCE — tomb 21 elite & burn Level III (Peltenburg).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Palmyra
Hellenistic to Roman (Palmyrene Empire interlude) · Aramaean Palmyrene → Roman
Desert oasis emporium on Silk Road (1st c. BCE–273 CE) — 'Bride of the Desert' — caravans of Queen Zenobia who challenged Rome (267–272 CE, sacked by Aurelian).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Daimabad
Savalda → Late Harappan → Daimabad → Malwa → Jorwe 2300–1000 BCE · Late Harappan intrusive over Deccan Chalcolithic
Southernmost Harappan outpost (2200–1000 BCE) on Pravara River in Maharashtra, 20 ha mound famous for Daimabad hoard — four Late Harappan bronze sculptures (elephant, rhinoceros, chariot and bull,…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Betatakin Cliff Dwelling
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Betatakin Cliff Dwelling — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Buried city
Buried City of Nahal Well
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Buried City of Nahal Well in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) buried city attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Buried City of Roxby Burn
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Buried City of Roxby Burn in Chiapas, Mexico is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Ridge Grotto Buried Settlement
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Ridge Grotto Buried Settlement in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Tell Ramad — Mount Hermon Piedmont Neolithic Village
PPNB to Late Neolithic (8200–5300 BCE) · PPNB → Pottery Neolithic Yaumoukian /Halaf
PN white-ware hill village 7000 BCE — Veisselle Blanche & deformed skulls (Contenson).
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Ridge-Scar Buried Settlement
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ridge-Scar Buried Settlement in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Buried city
Tre Mains Buried Settlement
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tre Mains Buried Settlement in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city
Standing Down Buried Settlement
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Standing Down Buried Settlement in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Buried city
Buried City of Takht Abbey Well
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Buried City of Takht Abbey Well in British Columbia, Canada is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) buried city attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
İkiztepe Samsun — Black Sea Buried Village and Cemetery
Late Chalcolithic to EBA III (4200–2000 BCE) · Pontic Chalcolithic–EBA (Bafra horizon; Maikop affinities)
Pontic coastal necropolis 4200–2000 BCE — 600 graves, arsenical bronze.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Buried city
Buried City of Marsh
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Buried City of Marsh in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Moss Cairn Buried Settlement
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Moss Cairn Buried Settlement in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) buried city attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Ovcharovo Tell — Targovishte Ritual House Tell
Early Neolithic to Chalcolithic (5700–4300 BCE) · Karanovo II–VI → Kodžadermen–Gumelniţa
Ritual house tell 5700 BCE — plaster floor with 13 inhumations (Todorova).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Beydar Field I — Nabada Lower Extensions
Early Jazira I–V (3100–2100 BCE) · Early Jazira Hurrian precursor → Akkadian
EJ II Nabada planned insula 2420 BCE — tablet sealings & kiln quarter (Lebeau).
🇱🇾 Libya · Buried city
Cist Port Buried Settlement
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Cist Port Buried Settlement in Fezzan, Libya is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) buried city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Tell Aswad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8700–7500 BCE; phases I–III) · PPNB Levantine (Ghuta facies)
PPNB Ghuta village 8700 BCE — plastered skulls & earliest barley (Stordeur).
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Megiddo
Chalcolithic to Iron Age / Persian · Canaanite → Egyptian → Israelite
Strategic tell commanding Via Maris (Egypt-Mesopotamia road) through Jezreel, occupied 7000 BCE–586 BCE with 26 strata, Thutmosis III 1457 BCE battle (first battle in recorded history), Canaanite…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Buried city
Buried City of Brown
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Buried City of Brown in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) buried city attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Peñasco Blanco — Chaco Canyon Outer Great House West
Pueblo II–III (1050–1140 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
Cliff-point Great House 1050 CE — oval arc & solstice pictograph.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Judaidah (Tell al-Judaidah)
Neolithic to Iron; Amuq A-B emphasis · Amuq A/B Neolithic → Ubaid → EBA → Iron Syro-Hittite
Amuq A Neolithic type mound (18 ha) — earliest Amuq painted village (c.6000 BCE) through Iron, defining northern Levantine Neolithic base.