🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Besnagar
Mauryan–Sunga–Satavahana–Gupta 600 BCE–500 CE · Magadhan → Sunga → Satavahana → Gupta
Ancient Vesanagara city mound at Betwa-Bes confluence — Sunga–Satavahana twin capital of Vidisha (600 BCE–500 CE).
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Bir-Kot Ghundai Canal
Late Bronze to Indo-Greek (Gandhara) 1400 BCE - 200 CE · Gandhara Grave Culture to Indo-Greek
Late Bronze rock-cut canal (3 km, 4 m wide, 1390 BCE) diverting Swat River to Bir-Kot Ghundai Indo-Greek city.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Berenike Troglodytica — Northern Lagoon Harbour (Foul Bay North)
Hellenistic to Late Antique (275 BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Northern lagoon harbour of Berenike Troglodytica — 70 m fort mole at –1.5 m and fort wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Wadi Gawasis — Northern Anchorage at Mersa Gawasis North (Saww North)
Middle Kingdom (1991–1783 BCE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian
Northern Pharaonic anchorage of Wadi Gawasis north — 55 m breakwater at –1.5 m and cedar timbers.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Keisan (Tell Keisan)
Middle Bronze – Persian (2000–300 BCE) · Canaanite–Phoenician–Persian
Middle Bronze – Persian (2000–300 BCE) tell of Canaanite–Phoenician–Persian in Northern District, Akko Plain (c.2000 BCE).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Ashdod (Tel Ashdod / Isdud)
Late Bronze – Iron Age (1700–600 BCE) · Philistine–Israelite
Late Bronze – Iron Age (1700–600 BCE) tell of Philistine–Israelite in Southern District, Philistine Plain (c.1700 BCE).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Conchopata
Middle Horizon (c.600–800 CE) Wari Empire · Wari (Huari)
Conchopata, 9 km northeast of Ayacucho city at 2,800 m, is the celebrated Wari satellite city where William Isbell and Anita Cook uncovered the empire's face-neck jar cult.
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient city
Truso (Janów Pomorski) Viking Age Trading Settlement
Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE) · Prussians with Danes/Swedes (Truso emporium)
Truso (Janów Pomorski) Viking Age Trading Settlement in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Elbląg County, Janów Pomorski on Drużno Lake bank, Poland is a Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE) Prussians with…
🇮🇱 Israel · Hydraulic works
Gihon Spring and Warren's Shaft (City of David water system, Jerusalem)
Middle Bronze II to Iron Age IIA–B (1800–580 BCE) · Canaanite (Middle Bronze) → Jebusite / Israelite–Judite
Jerusalem's 1800 BCE–701 BCE fortified perennial spring and karst shaft — 1,500-year water-security evolution.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Halawa (Tell Halawa A/B)
Early Dynastic – Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) · Early Dynastic–Akkadian
Early Dynastic – Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) tell of Early Dynastic–Akkadian in Raqqa Governorate, Lake Assad (c.2600 BCE).
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Ancient city
Staré Město – Veligrad Great Moravian Centre
Early Middle Ages (c.600–907 CE, Great Moravian 830–907) · Great Moravia (Veligrad hypothesis; Svatopluk)
Staré Město – Veligrad Great Moravian Centre in Zlín Region, Uherské Hradiště district, Staré Město, Morava valley, Czech Republic is a Early Middle Ages (c.600–907 CE, Great Moravian 830–907) Great…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Terqa (Tell Ashara)
Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) · Amorite–Mitanni
Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) tell of Amorite–Mitanni in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Middle Euphrates (c.2000 BCE).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Hesban (Tell Hesban / Esbus)
Iron Age – Byzantine (1200 BCE–600 CE) · Moabite–Ammonite–Roman
Iron Age – Byzantine (1200 BCE–600 CE) tell of Moabite–Ammonite–Roman in Balqa Governorate, Madaba Plains (c.1200 BCE).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Karanis — Eastern Granary Harbour Pier at Kom Aushim East (Fayum North-East)
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE – 500 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Eastern lake harbour of Karanis at Kom Aushim — 55 m granary pier at –0.5 m on Moeris shore.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Lysimachia — Northern Harbour at Hebros Delta North (Thrace North)
Hellenistic (309–281 BCE primary; to Roman 100 CE) · Hellenistic Macedonian
Northern distributary harbour of Lysimacheia on Hebros — 80 m quay at –2.2 m and palace causeway.
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Staraya Ladoga – Russia's First Capital (Aldeigjuborg)
Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) · Slavic + Scandinavians (Rurik, Ladoga Varangians)
Staraya Ladoga – Russia's First Capital (Aldeigjuborg) in Leningrad Oblast, Volkhov District, Staraya Ladoga on Volkhov river, Russia is a Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) Slavic +…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell el-Farah South (Tell el-Farah S)
Middle Bronze – Iron Age (2000–900 BCE) · Hyksos–Philistine
Middle Bronze – Iron Age (2000–900 BCE) tell of Hyksos–Philistine in Southern District, Negev Border (c.2000 BCE).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell Jemmeh (Tel Gamma)
Late Bronze – Persian (1400–400 BCE) · Philistine–Assyrian
Late Bronze – Persian (1400–400 BCE) tell of Philistine–Assyrian in Southern District, Besor River (c.1400 BCE).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Quarantine Bay Western Harbour Submerged (Tauric West)
Classical to Medieval (422 BCE – 1400 CE) · Heracleian Doric / Byzantine
Western citadel harbour of Tauric Chersonesos in Quarantine Bay — 130 m mole at –2.5 m and ship-sheds.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Qanat of Ghasemabad
Sassanian 6th c. to Ilkhanid 1226 CE to present · Sassanian then Islamic Yazd hydraulic community
12th century high-discharge qanat (14 km, 320 shafts, 190 L/s) feeding Ghasemabad bagh and Yazd mills.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Ravenser Odd – Humber Estuary Lost Port
Medieval (1235 – 1362 CE) · Anglo-Norman / Hanse
13th-century Humber port that briefly outranked Hull — parliamentary borough lost 1362 to storms and sand-spit destruction, now under Humber silt.
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Groß Strömkendorf (Reric) Early Slavic Emporium
Early Middle Ages (735–811 CE) · Obodrite Slavs (Reric/Rerik), Danish, Frankish traders
Groß Strömkendorf (Reric) Early Slavic Emporium in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wismar Bay, Groß Strömkendorf village shore, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (735–811 CE) Obodrite Slavs (Reric/Rerik),…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Dholavira Reservoirs — Harappan Urban Hydraulics
Harappan (Early to Late Harappan 3000–1800 BCE) · Harappan (Indus Valley Civilization Kotada Timba)
Harappan desert city 16 rock-cut reservoirs and dam-fed canals 3000–1800 BCE on Kutch island.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi
Roman Imperial (High Empire) · Roman Phrygia (Aezanitai polis under Rome)
Hadrianic Ionic pseudodipteral 9×15 with intact vaulted cryptoporticus, Phrygian Roman gem.