Uninhabitable Equator

I remember reading somewhere that some intellectuals from the medieval period thought the equator would be uninhabitable because it would be too hot. That made me ponder about a worldbuilding idea - what if there was a planet with an equator that had a climate too hot for humans to live? My question is, if this is possible how could this planet's topography/size/weather patterns differ from our own? Is it possible to make this uninhabitable zone seasonal (so that the humans can perhaps, live underground when the weather warms up)? I want to create a planet that's more or less habitable in all other latitudes, but if that's not plausible, I'd like to hear your reasoning.

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