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🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hassuna Buried Level I Pit House 3 in Nineveh, Hassuna, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Tell Afis Buried Iron Age House B in Idlib, Tell Afis, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Lost city
Late Pre-Columbian (c.700 – 1600 CE) · Xinguano tradition (Kuikuro ancestors)
Upper Xingu plaza town 8 km east of classic Kuhikugu — ring ditch, 700 m causeway and terra preta, 14 ha, 900–1350 CE.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Submerged site
Qatabanian to Himyarite (c. 700 BCE – 400 CE) · Hadrami South Arabian / Himyarite
Incense road river harbour 200 m silted in Wadi Hadramawt – warehouses sealed 4th c. Himyar sack.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Lost city
Formative to Regional Development (c.500 BCE – 800 CE) · Kilamope / Upano cultures
Upano Valley eastern plateau lidar city 12 km east of Sangay — twin platforms, 20 mounds and causeway-field grid 500 BCE–800 CE.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Submerged site
Funan to Khmer (2nd c. BCE – 1200 CE) · Funan (Austroasiatic) / Indianized / Khmer
Funan moated canal port 3 km² – brick quay 100 m buried 2 m under Mekong delta paddy.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Early Dynastic to Neo-Assyrian (c. 2700 BCE – 612 BCE) · Assyrian / Mitanni / Neo-Assyrian
Assyrian capital's Tigris quay – 60 m limestone quay with winged lamassu harbour gate under fields.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Seleucid to Byzantine (c. 280 BCE – 1200 CE) · Seleucid Greek / Carian / Byzantine
Maeander river harbour 18 km inland – quay buried 5 m at Kuyucak plain.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Great Zimbabwe — Buried Valley Midden North (Great Enclosure) in Masvingo, Great Zimbabwe, Buried Midden, Zimbabwe is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 …
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Mardikh (Ebla) — Lower Town Buried Sector South in Idlib, Tell Mardikh, Syria is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to B…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Merv — Sultan Kala Buried Citadel North in Mary, Merv, Sultan Kala, Turkmenistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bro…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Old Dongola — Buried Church North (Nubia, Sudan) in Northern, Old Dongola, Sudan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bro…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Byzantine (2000 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic
Southern lake approach of Narmouthis at Medinet Madi — 45 m dromos quay and 70 m basin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Roman to Byzantine (130 – 650 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Southern necropolis and canal harbour of Antinoopolis 1–3 m buried south of Hadrianic grid — 500 m limestone avenue at –1.5 m and canal quay 80 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
New Kingdom to Coptic (1500 BCE – 650 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Northern limestone quarry harbour of Akoris 1–2 m under Nile silt below 40 m cliffs — slipway 60 m with rope grooves and quarry chapel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
New Kingdom to Coptic (1500 BCE – 650 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Northern limestone quarry harbour of Akoris 1–2 m under Nile silt below 40 m cliffs — slipway 60 m with rope grooves and quarry chapel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (270 BCE – 230 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum / Sobek cult
Northern lagoon harbour of Soknopaiou Nesos at Dime — 60 m quay at –3 m and 200 m crocodile causeway behind evaporite flats.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 400 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Eastern vineyard sector of Bakchias at Kom el-Atl — 280 m estate wall and canal at –2.5 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE – 600 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman (Diocletian)
Western feeder harbour of fort Dionysias at Qasr Qarun — 50 m quay at –2 m and 90 m canal.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Hellenistic / Byzantine Egyptian
Eastern Mareotis harbour of Marea behind Lake Mareotis — 90 m Pharos mole at –1.5 m and eastern quay with chirho dumps.
🇪🇬 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.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Late Pre-Columbian (200 BCE – 900 CE) · Acre (Beni) geoglyph builders
Western Acre Capixaba 300 m circle ditch 3 m deep with embankment and 120 m square 2 m high under pasture — causeway 400 m links.
🇪🇬 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.
