🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Philadelphia — Kom el-Kharaba Western Buried City (Fayum East West)
Ptolemaic to Roman (256 BCE – 400 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek
Western estate of Philadelphia at Kom el-Kharaba — 85 m vineyard wall and 70 m granary quay.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (256 BCE – 400 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek
Western estate of Philadelphia at Kom el-Kharaba — 85 m vineyard wall and 70 m granary quay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Late Roman (1800 BCE – 300 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman Fayum
Southern temple harbour of Tebtunis 1–2 m buried south of Soknebtynis — 70 m canal quay and mammisi at –1 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Late Roman (1800 BCE – 350 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman Fayum
Crocodile temple quarter of Narmouthis 1–2 m buried at Medinat Ghoran — Renenutet birth-house and sacred lake 40×30 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Late Roman (1800 BCE – 350 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman Fayum
Crocodile temple quarter of Narmouthis 1–2 m buried at Medinat Ghoran — Renenutet birth-house and sacred lake 40×30 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Roman to Mamluk (25 BCE – 1450 CE) · Roman / Islamic (Ayyubid-Mamluk)
Western mangrove bay of Quseir al-Qadim at Marsa Nakari west — gypsum quay at –1.2 m and 14th c. Islamic warehouses.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Heracleion Central Temple Amun-Gereb Statue Base in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Thonis-Heracleion Submerged Stele of Nectanebo in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 400 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Southern town of Euhemeria at Qasr el-Banat — 70 m house block at –2.5 m and 90 m wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Western Terrace in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Eastern Outlier in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Pharos Eastern Harbour Submerged Breakwater in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Thonis Agridi Submerged Ptolemaic Anchorage in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Old Kingdom → First Intermediate → Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom → First Intermediate → Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE)
Kom el-Hisn in Beheira Governorate, Western Delta, Khatatba, Egypt is a Old Kingdom → First Intermediate → Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) settlement attributed to Old Kingdom → First Intermediate →…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tumulus
Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) · Early Dynastic
Abydos Umm el-Qaab Royal Enclosure East Annex — Eastern Outlier in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Early Dynastic (3100-2686 BCE) tumulus attributed to Early Dynastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze I (Timnian–Beersheva) · Sinai–Negev Late Neolithic (Timnian, Ghassulian)
20 Sinai gateway kites (arms 60–140 m) funneling Ibex through Kossaima Pass — navamis-associated.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Philae Temple of Isis Kiosk of Trajan East Screen in Aswan, Philae, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Abu Simbel Small Temple Hathor Facade South in Aswan, Abu Simbel, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom)
Sneferu Bent Pyramid Satellite East Chapel in Giza, Dahshur Bent Satellite, Egypt is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) pyramid attributed to Ancient Egyptian (Old Kingdom).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Pharaonic to Islamic (1870 BCE – 642 CE) · Pharaonic / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine / Early Islamic
Trajanic canal harbour 500×300 m silted 2 m under Suez – lock gates at +2 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Abydos Temple of Seti I Corridor of Kings in Sohag, Abydos, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.