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CategoriesAncient ports
Harbours, quays and anchorages that moved cargo before the coastline shifted.
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Archaic to Hellenistic (720 – 300 BCE) · Achaean Greek / Sybarite
Southern stoa quarter of Sybaris 5 m under Crati alluvium — 80 m Doric stoa at –5 m and potters' kilns south of main park.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Heracleion Central Temple Amun-Gereb Statue Base in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Port Royal Submerged 1692 Earthquake Fort James Wall in Surrey, Port Royal, Jamaica is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Thonis-Heracleion Submerged Stele of Nectanebo in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Caesarea Maritima Submerged Harbour Sebastos Outer Mole in Haifa, Caesarea, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Pharos of Alexandria Foundation Blocks Submerged in Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Archaic Greek to Early Islamic (560 BCE – 643 CE) · Greek Cyrenean / Ptolemaic / Roman
Overlapping Greek harbours of Euesperides (560 BCE) and Berenice (247 BCE) preserved as lagoon moles and fish-tanks under Benghazi lagoon.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Classical to Byzantine (360 BCE – 700 CE) · Dorian Greek / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Cape Crio twin harbours — northern trireme sheds silted and southern mole now 3.2 m submerged, warning yachts at Knidos.
🇫🇯 Fiji · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Kaweca Submerged Reef Village Fiji Trench in Cakaudrove, Kaweca, Fiji is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇫🇲 Micronesia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Nan Madol Channel Nandowas Terrace North in Pohnpei, Nan Madol, Micronesia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Port Royal Submerged St Paul Fort Wall East in Surrey, Port Royal, Jamaica is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Demre Myra Submerged Andriake Harbour Quay in Antalya, Andriake, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Leptis Harbour Submerged Lighthouse Foundation in Murqub, Leptis, Libya is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Cenchreae Submerged Warehouse Block in Corinthia, Cenchreae, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Pharos Eastern Harbour Submerged Breakwater in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Thonis Agridi Submerged Ptolemaic Anchorage in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Hellenistic (656 BCE – 200 BCE) · Clazomenian / Teian Ionian Greek
Clazomenian Archaic harbour of Abdera at Bulustra lagoon — 90 m mole at –2 m and walls 400 m, Thrace intelektual port.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Baiae Submerged Nymphaeum of Claudius in Campania, Baiae, Italy is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Helike Submerged Classical City Blocks in Achaia, Helike, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Submerged site
Tiahuanaco to Inca (c.600 – 1532 CE) · Tiahuanaco / Inca (Pilko Kaina Inca palace hypothesis)
Titicaca highest submerged temple — 10×8 m offering reef and 120 m causeway 2–8 m under lake at 3810 m off Pilko Kaina, Tiahuanaco-Inca votive gold/mullu.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (6th c. BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Northern pier of Myrmekion at Voikovo — 90 m ashlar pier at –1.8 m with wine presses at –1.2 m on Strait north shore.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Atlit Submerged Megalithic Wall South in Haifa, Atlit, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Pharaonic to Islamic (1870 BCE – 642 CE) · Pharaonic / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine / Early Islamic
Trajanic canal harbour 500×300 m silted 2 m under Suez – lock gates at +2 m.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (247 BCE – 642 CE) · Greek Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Ptolemy III foundation 247 BCE — Pentapolis harbour drowned 2 m off Tolmeita with 100 m breakwater and 6,000 m³ cisterns.
