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Event archaeological Middle East

Thonis

700 BCE – 800 CE

Sunken Egyptian trading port at the mouth of the Nile, rediscovered underwater with intact temples and colossal statues.

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Standing in 700 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Saba Polity · Middle East 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Kingdom of David and Solomon Polity · Middle East 1500 BCE – 700 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

747 BCE Kushite Conquest of Egypt 745 BCE Sargonid Assyrian Conquests 743 BCE Messenian Wars 720 BCE Cimmerian & Scythian Invasions 710 BCE Lelantine War 700 BCE Great Wall of China