🇮🇱 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).
🇸🇾 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).
🇮🇷 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.
🇩🇪 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),…
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Patrai — Central Submerged Emporium in Kerch Strait
Archaic to Late Antiquity (6th c. BCE – 500 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan / Roman
Central strait emporium of Patrai — transshipment mole at 2–4 m in Kerch Strait handling grain toll.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Gytheio – Submerged Roman Harbour of Laconia
Classical to Late Antique (500 BCE – 600 CE) · Spartan / Roman
Sparta's naval harbour — Roman quays and 70 m concrete mole now at −4 m off Gytheio and Marathonisi, mapped by Flemming 1968–71.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortified city
Khirbet al-Mudayna ath-Thawr
Iron Age II (1000–600 BCE) · Moabite Iron Age
Iron Age II (1000–600 BCE) fortified-city of Moabite Iron Age in Karak Governorate, Mujib–Karak Plateau (c.1000 BCE).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Muṣaṣir (Mudjesir)
Iron Age (1000–714 BCE) · Hurro-Urartian
Iron Age (1000–714 BCE) ancient-city of Hurro-Urartian in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Sidekan (c.1000 BCE).
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Hermonassa — Northern Lagoon Harbour in Taman Bay
Archaic to Medieval Rus (550 BCE – 1400 CE) · Mytilenean Greek / Bosporan / Byzantine / Kievan Rus
Northern lagoon harbour of Hermonassa — rubble mole and timber causeway at 1.5–3 m in Taman lagoon.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Pantikapaion — Southern Slope Submerged Harbour (Kerch Bay South)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 370 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
Southern slope harbour of Bosporan capital Pantikapaion at Kerch Bay — 180 m mole at –3 m and ship-shed ramp.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bata — Tsemes Bay Harbour at Novorossiysk
Archaic to Late Antiquity (550 BCE – 370 CE) · Sindian / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Submerged harbour of Bata — Classical mole at 3–8 m under Novorossiysk commercial port in Tsemes Bay.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Kition-Bamboula – Phoenician Harbour Anchorage at Larnaca
Late Bronze Age to Medieval (1400 BCE – 1200 CE) · Mycenaean / Phoenician / Ptolemaic / Roman
Phoenician Kition 9th c. BCE — 6 ship sheds at −1 m and 60 m mole at −1.5 m under Larnaca Bamboula seafront.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Halicarnassus – Submerged Moles of Bodrum Harbour
Archaic to Byzantine (1070 BCE – 1402 CE) · Carian / Greek / Persian satrapal / Roman / Byzantine / Hospitaller
Herodotus birthplace — Mausolus capital with two moles now −4 m under Bodrum Marina, traced by multibeam bathymetry.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Nymphaion — Northern Vineyard Terrace Submerged Harbour
Archaic to Late Antiquity (580 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Northern drowned vineyard-harbour of Nymphaion — rock-cut quay and vine trenches 1.8–3.2 m in Geroevka Bay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South)
Roman to Byzantine (130 – 650 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Southern necropolis and canal harbour of Antinoopolis 1–3 m buried south of Hadrianic grid — 500 m limestone avenue at –1.5 m and canal quay 80 m.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Dhiban (Dibon, Tell Dhiban)
Bronze Age – Islamic (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Moabite
Bronze Age – Islamic (3000 BCE–1400 CE) tell of Moabite in Madaba Governorate, Mujib Plateau (c.3000 BCE).
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Toricos — Southern Harbour at Toretae Cape
Archaic to Byzantine (6th c. BCE – 600 CE) · Toretae / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Southern harbour of Toricos — rubble mole and galley slipway at 2–4 m off Gelendzhik Tonkiy Cape.
🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress
Waqrapukara
Late Intermediate – Inca (c.1100–1532 CE) · Kana – Colla – Wari – Inca
Waqrapukara (Quechua waqra horn + pukara fortress) is a spectacular condor-shaped citadel perched at 4,110 m on the Apurímac canyon rim near Pomacanchi, Cusco.
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
El Pilar
Middle Preclassic – Terminal Classic (c.800 BCE–1000 CE) Lowland Maya · Maya (Lowland)
El Pilar straddles the Belize-Guatemala international boundary on a 340m-high escarpment 12 km north of San Ignacio, Belize.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Akoris — Second Terrace Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal South (Nile Cliff South)
Old Kingdom to Byzantine (2700 BCE – 700 CE) · Pharaonic / Roman Egyptian
Southern terrace Nile harbour of Akoris at Tihna — 50 m quay revetment and tomb forecourt quay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Eastern Submerged Necropolis and Offshore Grave Terrace (Taman East)
Archaic to Late Antique (580 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
Eastern necropolis terrace of Kepoi in Taman Gulf east — 90 cist graves at –2 m and 60 m wall.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Ancient city
Grobin (Grobiņa) Viking Age Scandinavian Settlement
Early Middle Ages (650–850 CE) · Swedish Gotlandic and Danish Vikings + Curonians
Grobin (Grobiņa) Viking Age Scandinavian Settlement in Kurzeme, Grobiņa town and surroundings, Latvia is a Early Middle Ages (650–850 CE) Swedish Gotlandic and Danish Vikings + Curonians site built c.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Hydraulic works
Hezekiah's Tunnel (Siloam Tunnel) and Siloam Pool
Iron Age II (Judahite Kingdom, late 8th c. BCE) · Judahite Israelite (Hezekian Jerusalem)
Biblical 533-m S-tunnel 701 BCE two teams meet with 90 cm offset for Assyrian siege.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Quiahuiztlan
Postclassic (c.1200–1519 CE) Totonac – Aztec contested · Totonac
Quiahuiztlan crowns the dramatic Cerro del Bernal ridge above Villa Rica–La Antigua, north of Veracruz city.