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CategoriesAncient ports
Harbours, quays and anchorages that moved cargo before the coastline shifted.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient port
Old Kingdom 4th Dynasty (2620–2500 BCE, Sneferu–Khufu) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Southern annex of the world's oldest harbour (Khufu) with 8 rock-cut galleries storing mortised cedar boats and 150 anchors, plus Merer papyrus dump. South mole stub now -1 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient port
Ptolemaic to WWII El Alamein (330 BCE Paraetonium to 1942 WWII Montgomery Rommel bastion) · Ptolemaic Paraetonium port → WWII British (Mersa Matruh fortress 1940–42)
Marsa Matruh Paraetonium and WWII bastion Rommel-Montgomery 1942 battle field.
🇨🇦 Canada · Submerged site
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Sunken City off Varna-Ring in British Columbia, Canada is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Roman culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Submerged site
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Submerged Harbour of Hope Port in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) submerged city attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient port
Iron Age Phoenician (1050 BCE Amathus port) through Ptolemaic to Roman harbour 1st c. CE submerged 365 CE quake · Phoenician Greek Cypriot Amathus (Aphrodite temple) 800 BCE large vase Amathus 1.85 m Louvre
Amathus Petit excav, vase 1.85 m 700 BCE.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Submerged site
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Sunken City off Cairn Khirbet in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) submerged city attributed to Harappan culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Punic to Roman (5th c BCE – 5th c CE) · Punic / Roman (Tripolitania–Cyrenaica border)
Lonely Syrtis salt post at Syrtis Major's southernmost bay, Paliurus marks the dangerous coastal road's water point between Leptis and Berenice; still salt flats.
🇺🇸 United States · Submerged site
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Sunken City off Burn Dhara in Ohio, United States is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Phoenicio-Punic to Roman (6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE) · Phoenician / Mauretanian / Roman
Kouass (near Asilah) is a Phoenician–Mauretanian port and factory on Atlantic estuary, 6th c. BCE–3rd c. CE, with 5th-c.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Phoenicio-Punic to Medieval (5th c. BCE–16th c. CE; Roman peak 1st–4th c. CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Byzantine
Rusuccuru (modern Dellys) is a Phoenician–Roman port on Algeria's Kabyle coast, founded 5th c. BCE as Carthaginian fish-salting station.
🇫🇷 France · Submerged site
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Submerged Harbour of Dock in Occitanie, France is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Roman culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Submerged site
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Pavlopetri Grave Circle Outlier West in Sambaqui Coast, Brazil is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Bass Strait Drowned Midden South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) submerged city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient port
Middle Bronze II (1800–1550 BCE) and Late Bronze harbor gate seen 20 ha, Classical Yavne-Yam · Canaanite Bronze harbor of Megiddo (Akko) city
Tel Akko excavated by Dothan, Bronze harbour gate Middle Bronze.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–400 CE) · Ptolemaic–Roman Indian Ocean port
Myos Hormos — Quseir al-Qadim White Harbour Extension in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Ptolemaic–Roman Indian Ocean port.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Pharos Foundation Block East in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Early Historic 400 BCE–12th c · Gangetic NBPW → Sunga–Satavahana → Gupta–Pala
Chandraketugarh — Early Historic port-city of Gangaridai (400 BCE–12th c CE) on Bidyadhari 35 km NE Kolkata, excavated 1957–68 Asok Datta. Ptolemy's Gange candidate, Wari western partner.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Late Period to Ptolemaic (550–133 BCE) · Egyptian / Greek Canopic port
Heracleion East Annex — Thonis Suburb in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt is a Late Period to Ptolemaic (550–133 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian / Greek Canopic port.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician
Tel Michal — Yarkon Estuary Palace in Central Coastal Plain, Israel is a Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Neolithic to Medieval · Cornish / medieval monastic
St Michael's Mount — Submerged Land Surface in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Medieval submerged-city attributed to Cornish / medieval monastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Late Period to Arab (700 BCE–641 CE) · Egyptian Mendesian nome capital
Thmuis — Mendes Nile Delta Branch Harbour in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt is a Late Period to Arab (700 BCE–641 CE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian Mendesian nome capital.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) · Phoenician
Tyre — Al-Mina Phoenician Port in South Governorate, Phoenician coast, Lebanon is a Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) ancient city attributed to Phoenician culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) · Phoenician
Tyre Al-Mina Submerged Southern Harbour in South Governorate, Lebanon is a Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) submerged-city attributed to Phoenician.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE) · Philistine
Tell Qasile — Philistine Port in Yarkon River, Israel is a Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE) tell attributed to Philistine.
