🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Darnis (Derna)
Greek to Islamic (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman / Byzantine / Islamic
Pentapolis metropolis at Derna with harbour moles and layered cathedral-mosque.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Antinoopolis — Northern Harbour Bay of Antinoë (Sheikh Ibada North)
Roman to Byzantine (130 CE – 650 CE) · Roman / Hadrianic
Northern Nile bay of Hadrian's Antinoopolis — 120 m quay at +0.5 m and tetrastyle gate.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Upano — Kilimope Plateau North Gardens at Sangay (Upano North) — v2
Formative to Regional Development (500 BCE – 600 CE) · Upano / Kilmope / Sangay
Upano north plateau Kilimope 400 platforms 10×20 m and 20 km road segments with garden ridges 600–980 m; Upano gardens.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Philadelphia — Kom el-Kharaba Buried City at Fayum East (Gharaba)
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (285 BCE – 370 CE) · Ptolemaic / Greco-Roman Fayum
East Fayum Hippodamian city Philadelphia 1–2 m buried at Kom el-Kharaba — double agora 80×60 m at –1 m and grid 400 insulae.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Euhemeria — Qasr el-Banat Buried Town at Fayum North-Central (Kasr Banat) — v2
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (305 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
North-central Fayum grain port Euhemeria 1–2 m buried at Qasr el-Banat — double Harpocrates temple at –1 m and harbour basin 100×80 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Bakchias — Kom el-Atl Buried Settlement at Fayum Central (Umm el-Atl) — v2
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (270 BCE – 300 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
Central Fayum vineyard port Bakchias 1–2 m buried at Kom el-Atl — Soknobkonneus temple at –1 m and wine press.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Uruk Buried Eanna Precinct Limestone Temple Foundation
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Uruk Buried Eanna Precinct Limestone Temple Foundation in Muthanna, Uruk, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Pasargadae Buried Cyrus Garden Canal 3
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Pasargadae Buried Cyrus Garden Canal 3 in Fars, Pasargadae, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇵🇭 Philippines · Submerged site
Butuan – Balangay Harbour Settlement, Agusan del Norte
Late 1st millennium CE (c. 900–1300 CE) · Butuanon / Srivijaya-linked / Song Chinese trade
Balangay boatyard with 9 plank boats 8–15 m at 2 m silt – Agusan wharf 60 m inland.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Ekron (Tel Miqne) – Philistine Olive Oil Harbour City
Middle Bronze to Neo-Babylonian (c. 2000 – 603 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Judahite / Assyrian / Babylonia
Philistine olive oil harbour industrial city – 115-press oil zone and Sorek canal basin 30 m at –1.5 m.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Zabalam (Tell Ibzeikh) – Sumerian Temple Harbour on Iturungal
Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa (c. 2900 – 2000 BCE) · Sumerian / Lagash-Umma / Ur III / Isin-Larsa
Inanna's canal port on Lagash–Umma waterway – Iturungal harbour revetment 40 m at –2 m.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Dur-Katlimmu (Tell Sheikh Hamad) – Assyrian Port on Khabur
Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian (c. 1500 – 600 BCE) · Mitanni / Middle Assyrian / Neo-Assyrian
Khabur river provincial port – quay 60 m and lower town harbour basin 100×60 m silted east of tell.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Buried city
Kilwa Kisiwani — Buried Palace Husuni North (Tanzania)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kilwa Kisiwani — Buried Palace Husuni North (Tanzania) in Lindi, Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribut…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Buried city
Ai Khanoum — Buried Palace North (Kunduz, Afghanistan)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Ai Khanoum — Buried Palace North (Kunduz, Afghanistan) in Takhar, Ai Khanoum, Afghanistan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribut…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Buried city
Oc Eo — Buried Canal North (Mekong, Vietnam)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Oc Eo — Buried Canal North (Mekong, Vietnam) in An Giang, Oc Eo, Vietnam is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age.…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Troy Buried Citadel VIh North Bastion
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Troy Buried Citadel VIh North Bastion in Çanakkale, Hisarlık Troy, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.