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Excavation ongoing places tagged “necropolis”

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇵🇪Peru

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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city

Pupput

Punic to Islamic (6th c BCE–9th c CE; peak 2nd–4th c) · Punic / Roman / Early Christian / Byzantine

1.2-ha rescue site under Hammamet with 3000+ tombs, House of Horses mosaics and Commodan colonia remains.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock-cut

El-Hawawish

Old Kingdom to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE; peak 2300–2100 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian

El-Hawawish is the Old–Middle Kingdom cliff necropolis of Akhmim (Panopolis, 9th nome) on eastern desert edge, 800+ rock-cut tombs 3000–1800 BCE on 1.5 km wadi terrace.