🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Capernaum
Capernaum ( kə-PUR-nay-əm, -nee-əm; Hebrew: כְּפַר נַחוּם, romanized: Kfar Naḥum, lit. 'Nahum's village'; Arabic: كَفْرْ نَاحُومْ, romanized: Kafr Nāḥūm) was a fishing village established during the…
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hermopolis (Greek: Ἑρμοῦ πόλις), also known as Hermopolis Mikra (City of Hermes/Thoth Small; Latin: Hermopolis Parva), was the Greek name for two cities in ancient Egypt, both in the Nile Delta, and…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Capernaum ( kə-PUR-nay-əm, -nee-əm; Hebrew: כְּפַר נַחוּם, romanized: Kfar Naḥum, lit. 'Nahum's village'; Arabic: كَفْرْ نَاحُومْ, romanized: Kafr Nāḥūm) was a fishing village established during the…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Anglo-Saxon to Late Medieval (630 – 1350 CE) · Anglo-Saxon / East Anglian / Norman English
England's great medieval port lost to 700 years of North Sea erosion — churches, friary and quay now mapped 300–900 m offshore on Dunwich Bank.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Aphidna (Ancient Greek: Ἄφιδνα) or Aphidnae or Aphidnai (Ἀφίδναι) was one of the twelve ancient towns of ancient Attica.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Elefsina (Greek: Ελευσίνα, romanized: Elefsína) or Eleusis ( eh-LEW-siss; Ancient Greek: Ἐλευσίς, romanized: Eleusís) is a suburban city and a municipality within the Athens metropolitan area in…
🇩🇰 Denmark · Ancient city
Dankirke was a Danish Iron Age settlement in south-west Jutland, located near the later town of Ribe. It was divided into East Dankirke and West Dankirke.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Anshan (Elamite cuneiform: 𒀭𒍝𒀭 Anzan; Sumerian: 𒀭𒊓𒀭𒆠 Ansanᴷᴵ, 𒀭𒊭𒀭𒆠 Anšanᴷᴵ) modern Tall-e Malyan (Persian: تل ملیان), also Tall-i Malyan, was an Elamite and ancient Persian city.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Middle Bronze – Persian (2000–300 BCE) · Canaanite–Phoenician–Persian
Middle Bronze – Persian (2000–300 BCE) tell of Canaanite–Phoenician–Persian in Northern District, Akko Plain (c.2000 BCE).
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient city
Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE) · Prussians with Danes/Swedes (Truso emporium)
Truso (Janów Pomorski) Viking Age Trading Settlement in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Elbląg County, Janów Pomorski on Drużno Lake bank, Poland is a Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE) Prussians with…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Dynastic – Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) · Early Dynastic–Akkadian
Early Dynastic – Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) tell of Early Dynastic–Akkadian in Raqqa Governorate, Lake Assad (c.2600 BCE).
🇧🇼 Botswana · Ancient city
Claim 1885 discovery of 'ancient' ruins (claimed 1000+ years) · Claimed unknown builder 'similar to Zimbabwe' / Phoenician by Farini
Farini's 1885 'Phoenician' half-bow walls in Kalahari — 1964 proven dolerite sill natural ridge.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Amphidolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιδολίς) or Amphidolia (Ἀμφιδολία) was a town of the Pisatis district in ancient Elis.
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) · Slavic + Scandinavians (Rurik, Ladoga Varangians)
Staraya Ladoga – Russia's First Capital (Aldeigjuborg) in Leningrad Oblast, Volkhov District, Staraya Ladoga on Volkhov river, Russia is a Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) Slavic +…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Middle Bronze – Iron Age (2000–900 BCE) · Hyksos–Philistine
Middle Bronze – Iron Age (2000–900 BCE) tell of Hyksos–Philistine in Southern District, Negev Border (c.2000 BCE).
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient city
Iron Age Dacian (1st c. BCE – 106 CE, La Tène to Trajan) · Dacians (Decebalus, Burebista)
Costești-Blidaru Dacian Fortress in Hunedoara County, Orăștie Mountains, Costești village, Blidaru hill, Romania is a Iron Age Dacian (1st c.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
The Cotzumalhuapa archaeological culture is from the piedmont area of the Escuintla Department, Guatemala.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Old Kingdom (2650–2200 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Southern Pharaonic harbour of Ayn Sukhna — 75 m jetty at –1.5 m and 10 gallery caves with Khufu jars.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Early Islamic (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Western wine harbour of Marea on Lake Mareotis — 90 m quay at –1.2 m and 120 m basin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Predynastic to Late Antique (3200 BCE – 600 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman
Fayum canal capital — Bahr Yussef harbour 300x100 m now desert sebkha 3 km from shrunken Lake Moeris (40,000 papyri).
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bābā Jān Tepe (Tappa), an archeological site in north-eastern Lorestan province (34° north latitude, 47° 56' east longitude), on the southern edge of the Delfān plain at approximately 10 km from…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Anthylla (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθυλλα) or Andylla (Ancient Greek: Ἀντυλλα) is an ancient city of Lower Egypt, on the Canopus branch of the Nile River.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antiquity (5th c. BCE – 238 CE) · Sindian / Bosporan Greek
Central drowned harbour quarter of Gorgippia — quay and warehouse at 1.2–3.5 m under Anapa Bay central.
