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246 places in the atlas, 24 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Venetian (500 BCE–1500 CE) · Cretan Dorian / Venetian
Olous — Elounda Submerged City in Crete, Lasithi, Greece is a Classical to Venetian (500 BCE–1500 CE) submerged-city attributed to Cretan Dorian / Venetian.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaeic to Hellenistic-Roman 9th c. BCE–69 BCE, sacred from Bronze Age · Greek (Ionian) to Hellenistic-Roman
Sacred island birthplace of Apollo - entire island is UNESCO open-air museum.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Archaic–Hellenistic (664 BCE) · Syracusan Greek
Akrai — Colony of Syracuse in Sicily, Greece is a Archaic–Hellenistic (664 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Syracusan Greek.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Archaic to Hellenistic (651–250 BCE) · Megarian colonial Greek
Selinunte Acropolis Temples — Sicily in Sicily, Greece is a Archaic to Hellenistic (651–250 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Megarian colonial Greek.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Hellenistic (5th–3rd BCE harbour) · Classical Greek / Halieian
Verified – Halieis Porto Cheli Classical harbour 5 m down, Tiryns Mycenaean port successor. American School Halieis 1965 Jameson excavated submerged town walls, mole 150 m at 4–6 m due to Argolic…
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
5th c. BCE · Elymian (Greek-influenced non-Greek)
Segesta — Elymian Temple in Sicily, Greece is a 5th c. BCE temple-complex attributed to Elymian (Greek-influenced non-Greek).
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Archaic to Roman (598 BCE–853 CE) · Syracusan Greek
Kamarina — Sicilian Colony in Sicily, Greece is a Archaic to Roman (598 BCE–853 CE) ancient-city attributed to Syracusan Greek.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Classical (733 BCE – 354 BCE Philip sack) · Eretrian Greek / Methonean
Verified – Methone Thermaic Gulf earliest Greek alphabetic harbour (Methone Pieria Eretrian colony 733 BCE) with archaic harbour mole 200 m at 2–3 m due to Thermaic silt?
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Archaic to Roman (700 BCE–200 CE) · Syracusan
Helorus — Syracusan Outpost in Sicily, Greece is a Archaic to Roman (700 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Syracusan.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Minoan Neopalatial 1700–1450 BCE, origin 1900 BCE Old Palace · Minoan civilization
Minoan palatial maze of 1300 rooms - Labyrinth origin and Europe's first advanced palace.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Late Neolithic to Roman · Athenian
Thorikos Theatre and Laurion Mines in Attica, Greece is a Late Neolithic to Roman ancient-city attributed to Athenian. Earliest rectilinear theatre (525 BCE) above silver mines that financed Athens.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Late Bronze Age to Late Antique · Athenian
Kerameikos Cemetery and Dipylon Gate — Athens in Attica, Greece is a Late Bronze Age to Late Antique ancient-city attributed to Athenian.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Cycladic to Hellenistic · Cycladic/Greek
Delos (Island of the Gods) in Cyclades, Greece is a Cycladic to Hellenistic ancient city attributed to Cycladic/Greek culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 530).
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Roman (600 BCE – 5th c. CE) · Samian Greek / Ionian
Verified – Samos Heraion sacred mole 480 m at 2 m off Ireon, Hera sanctuary harbour. Polycrates 530 BCE mole, Herodotus 3.60 Samian harbour wonders. Excavated Kyrieleis 1960s German.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Roman to Byzantine (1st BCE – 6th CE) · Roman / Greek
Verified – Roman maritime villa complex 1–2 m under Palaia Epidavros bay (Epidaurus sanctuary port). Villa maritima with mosaics, baths, fish tanks, moles 100 m at 1–2 m due to +1 m Roman rise.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Early Helladic to Late Minoan · Minoan-influenced / Mycenaean
World's oldest known submerged town (c.3500–2800 BCE, occupation to 1000 BCE), submerged by earthquakes c.1000 BCE, with intact streets, two-storey houses, tombs, garden terraces off islet; never…
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Roman (8th c. BCE – 7th c. CE) · Delian Greek / Cycladic
Verified – Delos sacred harbour between Delos and Rheneia channel 3 m subsided. Apollo sanctuary harbour 8th c. BCE Delian League treasury. Two moles 200 m at 2–3 m, warehouses.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Minoan · Minoan
Knossos (Palace of Minos) in Crete, Heraklion, Greece is a Minoan ancient city attributed to Minoan culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical (373 BCE earthquake Atlantis of Greece) + Mycenaean Helladic Early Helladic settlement 3000 BCE underlying · Achaian League Classical Helike 373 BCE inundated
Helike Project Soter & Katsonopoulou find 2001 Classical building with Helike coin and 373 layer.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Early to Late Bronze Age (3000 BCE early; city 2800 BCE; Mycenaean 1680 BCE flooded 1000 BCE earthquake) · Early Minoan to Mycenaean (Minoan harbour 2800 BCE, Mycenaean grid 1680 BCE Flemming)
Pavlopetri Flemming 1967 oldest (5000 yr), Henderson 2009 3-ha grid 3 m.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Minoan · Minoan
Phaistos (Festòs) in Crete, Heraklion, Greece is a Minoan ancient city attributed to Minoan culture. Settlement complex with stratified occupation, demonstrating urban planning and craft production.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Middle to Late Minoan (LM IA) · Cycladic / Minoan
Minoan Cycladic town buried under pumice by Theran eruption c.1620–1530 BCE (S: 1600 BCE), preserving 3-storey buildings, drainage, vivid frescoes (Spring, Ship Procession) comparable to Pompeii.
