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CategoriesAncient ports
Harbours, quays and anchorages that moved cargo before the coastline shifted.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Minoan to Hellenistic (2200 BCE–100 BCE) · Minoan / Hellenistic
Itanos Submerged Harbour — East Crete in Crete, Lasithi, Greece is a Minoan to Hellenistic (2200 BCE–100 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Minoan / Hellenistic.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Neolithic to Phoenician (5000–1200 BCE) · Byblos culture
Byblos — Seaside Neolithic Harbour in Keserwan-Jbeil, coast, Lebanon is a Neolithic to Phoenician (5000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Byblos culture culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient port
Roman Mauretania Tingitana (1st–5th c. CE) Mauretanian Juba earlier · Mauretanian → Roman
Thamusida excavated by Rebuffat 1965–, Venus mosaic and Fils of Tingitana.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Late Period to Byzantine (6th c BCE – 8th c CE) · Egyptian / Greek
Legendary port of entry to Egypt before Alexandria, submerged after earthquake/liquefaction 6th–8th century CE, rediscovered 2000 by Franck Goddio (IEASM) with stele of Nectanebo I, temples of…
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Early Modern (1518–1692) · English colonial / pirate
Infamous pirate capital of Caribbean ('Wickedest City in the World'), 2/3 slid into harbour by liquefaction in 1692 earthquake + tsunami, preserving 17th c storehouses under sediment - 'Pompeii of…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Roman (647 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Scythian
Southern Black Sea harbour of Olbia Pontica below acropolis — 140 m curved mole at –1.8 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Roman to Mamluk (25 BCE – 1450 CE) · Roman / Islamic (Ayyubid-Mamluk)
Western mangrove bay of Quseir al-Qadim at Marsa Nakari west — gypsum quay at –1.2 m and 14th c. Islamic warehouses.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Sorath Harappan
Bagasra — Amreli in Gujarat, Amreli, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sorath Harappan culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Fatimid to Mamluk (10th–15th c CE) · Beja–Islamic port
Aidhab — Red Sea Desert Port in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Fatimid to Mamluk (10th–15th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Beja–Islamic port.
