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CategoriesAncient ports
Harbours, quays and anchorages that moved cargo before the coastline shifted.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Royal Baiae Terrace Outer — Baiae (58-08) at Baiae, Italy is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Dwarka Ridge I — Dwarka (58-06) at Dwarka, India is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Byzantine (c.580 BCE – 300 CE) · Greek / Bosporan
Bosporan grain port at Eltegen cape — lower harbour terrace 1–4 m submerged 200 m offshore in Kerch Strait.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Archaic to Genoese (c. 700 BCE – 1300 CE) · Aeolian Greek / Genoese
Aeolian shipyard harbour – 90 m quay at –1 m at Çandarlı.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Punic to Late Antique (6th c. BCE – 6th c. CE) · Punic / Caesarian Roman
Caesar's 46 BCE supply port opposite Thapsus — Punic mole slabs now under Monastir fishing lagoon at –1 to –2 m.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient port
Phoenician 1100 BCE → Roman Septimian 211 CE Arch of Septimius, harbour 200 CE Severan 600 m lighthouse 35 m high · Phoenician Leptis (Neapolis) → Roman Septimius Severus hometown (Emperor 193 CE) harbour built hometown glory
Leptis Magna harbour Italian 1920s, Severus hometown 200.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Bronze – Crusader (peak Phoenician 1200–333 BCE) · Phoenician (Canaanite)
Only excavated Phoenician heartland city (2000 BCE–333 BCE) — pottery, glass and Tanit shrine.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Phoenicio-Punic to Byzantine (8th c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 2nd c. BCE–4th c. CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Byzantine
Leptis Minor (Leptiminus, modern Lamta) was Byzacena's other Leptis, Phoenician 8th c. BCE foundation distinct from Libyan Leptis Magna.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
English pirate port (1655–1692 earthquake 1692 June 7, 11:43 AM liquefaction 6.9 sec 33 acre sank) · English buccaneer (Port Royal 1655–92 Henry Morgan) Wickedest City 2000 brick houses
Port Royal Hamilton 1981, 1692 earthquake 33 acre liquefaction, 300 buildings.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Padri — Gulf of Khambhat Harappan in Gujarat, Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Harappan culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Hellenistic (600 BCE–67 BCE) · Cretan–Hellenistic
Phalasarna Submerged Harbour — West Crete in Crete, Chania, Greece is a Classical to Hellenistic (600 BCE–67 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Cretan–Hellenistic.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Submerged site
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Sunken City off Valley Fort in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) submerged city attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient port
Late Bronze Alasia (1600–1050 BCE) Enkomi palace 1450 BCE copper port of Alasia letters Amarna · Cypriot Alasia (Mycenaean-Cypriot Late Bronze) Amarna copper Alashiya, 1180 Sea Peoples destruction
Enkomi SCE Schaeffer 1934 Alasia 1600–1180.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Sunken City off Bal Esker in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) submerged city attributed to Nazca culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Submerged site
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Dyke in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Submerged site
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Sunken City off Jabal Kesh in Coquimbo, Chile is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient port
Roman (37 BCE Agrippa Lake Lucrino-Avernus warport for Agrippa's fleet vs Sextus Pompey, Abandoned 12 BCE Misene) · Roman Augustan military harbor Julius (37–12 BCE)
Portus Julius canal excavated by Borriello & D' Agostino, Cocceius tunnel to Avernus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Archaic Dorian to Hellenistic (600 BCE – 100 BCE) · Dorian Knidians with Triopian league
Apollo Karneios doric 6×11 on double-harbour terrace of Triopian Dorian expansion city.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
EBA to Iron Age (3000–800 BCE; peak LBA 1600–1200 BCE) · Western Anatolian → Mycenaean contact → Luwian/Ahhiyawa
Mycenaean-contact harbour citadel 1400 BCE — tholos tomb with Amber Road evidence.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Valdivia to Manteño (3500 BCE–1532 CE) continuous · Valdivia–Manteño sequence
Salango — Manteño Port and Temple in Manabí Province, Ecuador is a Valdivia to Manteño (3500 BCE–1532 CE) continuous ancient-city attributed to Valdivia–Manteño sequence.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
La Jolla Submerged Midden South in Doggerland, United Kingdom is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient port
Roman Imperial (12 BCE–5th c. CE Classis Misenensis largest fleet 10,000 men, 100 ships, Pliny the Elder died 79 CE here) · Roman Imperial Naval (Augustus to late antiquity)
Misenum naval base surveyed, Pliny Elder 79.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Herodian to Byzantine (22 BCE–640 CE) · Herodian Roman
Caesarea Maritima Sebastos Harbour Extension — South Reef in Haifa District, Israel is a Herodian to Byzantine (22 BCE–640 CE) submerged-city attributed to Herodian Roman.
