🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Buried city
Colluvial Covered Settlement North
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Colluvial Covered Settlement North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Dune Covered Structure North
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Dune Covered Structure North in Ganga Plain, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Buried city
Storage Jar Cache East — Danube Plain (Bucharest)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Storage Jar Cache East in Danube Plain, Romania is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Buried city
Moundville Ceremonial Mound — Andean Ecuador (Quito)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Adrar Bous Pottery Hill
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Adrar Bous Pottery Hill in Western Desert, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 in Italy Region 6, Italy is a Neolithic buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Loess Buried Camp East — Coastal Plain (Tel Aviv)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Loess Buried Camp East in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Buried city
Lindenmeier Paleo Site — Altiplano (La Paz)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lindenmeier Paleo Site in Altiplano, Bolivia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Watson Brake Mound — Veracruz (Veracruz)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Watson Brake Mound in Veracruz, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Buried city
Poverty Point Ridge
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Poverty Point Ridge in Amazonas, Brazil is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Buried city
Sidon — Buried College Site
Early Bronze to Iron (3000–500 BCE) · Canaanite/Phoenician
Sidon — Buried College Site in South Governorate, Phoenician coast, Lebanon is a Early Bronze to Iron (3000–500 BCE) buried city attributed to Canaanite/Phoenician culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Wupatki Pueblo (Wupatki National Monument — Sinagua Great House)
Pueblo III (Sinagua-Ancestral Puebloan, 1100–1250 CE) · Sinagua–Ancestral Puebloan (Cohonina/Sinagua with Ancestral Puebloan)
Wupatki Pueblo (Wupatki National Monument — Sinagua Great House) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Arizona, Coconino County, Flagstaff–Little Colorado, Wupatki Basin, Sunset Crater vicinity,…
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Sultana-Malu Roșu (Sultana Tell and Eneolithic Flat Necropolis)
Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița, 5000–3900 BCE) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI) Eneolithic
Sultana-Malu Roșu (Sultana Tell and Eneolithic Flat Necropolis) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Călărași County, Mânăstirea Commune, Mostiștea Lake terrace, Danube plain, Romania —…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Aztec West Ruin (Aztec Ruins National Monument — West House)
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1110–1125, Mesa Verde 1150–1275) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde)
Aztec West Ruin (Aztec Ruins National Monument — West House) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Animas River, Aztec town, North San Juan basin, United States —…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Sabi Abyad (Balikh Valley Neolithic Mound Cluster)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B through Late Bronze (7550–1200 BCE) four mounds · PPNB → Pottery Neolithic → Halaf → Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic → Middle Assyrian
Tell Sabi Abyad (Balikh Valley Neolithic Mound Cluster) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Raqqa Governorate, Balikh River valley, Tell Abyad District, Syria — Four-mound Neolithic village…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) — Euphrates Palace Terrace
Early Bronze through Iron Age (EBA, Mitanni, Neo-Hittite, Neo-Assyrian) · Hurrian-Mitanni → Neo-Hittite Aramaean → Assyrian province
Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) — Euphrates Palace Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Aleppo Governorate, Euphrates River, Jarabulus District, east bank, Syria — Neo-Hittite/Aramaean royal…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South)
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.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector)
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 900–1150 CE, McElmo phase) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chaco Canyon Chacoan)
Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, United States —…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Fekheriye (Guzana / Sikani) — Bilingual Statue Terrace
Middle Bronze through Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) · Hurrian Mitanni → Aramaean Guzana → Neo-Assyrian
Tell Fekheriye (Guzana / Sikani) — Bilingual Statue Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur source, Ras al-Ain District, Syria — Aramaean city-state Guzana…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepecik Höyük (Çiftlik / Melendiz Plain)
Aceramic Neolithic through Early Bronze (7000–2700 BCE) · Cappadocian Aceramic → Early Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic (Melendiz)
Tepecik Höyük (Çiftlik / Melendiz Plain) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Niğde Province, Çiftlik District, Melendiz plain, Cappadocia, Turkey — Cappadocian Neolithic obsidian-processing…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Karanis — Western Granary Quarter at Kom Aushim West (Fayum West)
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 500 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
Western granary quarter of Karanis 1–3 m buried west of main tell — vaulted horrea 30×15 m and canal sluice at –2 m.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Höyücek (Höyücek Höyük / Burdur Sanctuary)
Late Neolithic through Early Bronze (6400–2700 BCE) · Burdur–Antalya Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic shrine phase → Lakes EBA
Höyücek (Höyücek Höyük / Burdur Sanctuary) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Bucak District, Burdur–Antalya foothills, Turkey — Neolithic–Chalcolithic sanctuary village with…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Tebtunis — Southern Sobek Temple Quarter at Umm el-Baragat South (Fayum South) — v2
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.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Jinderis (Jindires / Gindaros) — Hilltop Stronghold
Chalcolithic through Roman (Chalcolithic, EBA, Iron, Hellenistic-Roman Gindaros) · Afrin chalcolithic → Amuq EBA → Aramaean → Hellenistic-Roman Gindaros
Tell Jinderis (Jindires / Gindaros) — Hilltop Stronghold is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Aleppo Governorate, Afrin District, Afrin River plain, Kurd-Dagh, Syria — Afrin plain hilltop tell…