🇾🇪 Yemen · Submerged site
Qana – Incense Harbour of Hadramawt, Bir Ali
South Arabian to Himyarite (c. 500 BCE – 630 CE) · Hadrami / Himyarite
Hadrami sea harbour rock-cut channel 600 m at –0.5 m off Bir Ali – mole with incense altars.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Euhemeria — Qasr el-Banat Buried Town at Fayum North-Central (Kasr Banat) — v2
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (305 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
North-central Fayum grain port Euhemeria 1–2 m buried at Qasr el-Banat — double Harpocrates temple at –1 m and harbour basin 100×80 m.
🇪🇸 Spain · Submerged site
Gades Submerged Phoenician Harbour Cadiz
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Gades Submerged Phoenician Harbour Cadiz in Andalusia, Cádiz, Spain is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Submerged site
Dioscurias–Sebastopolis – Milesian Twin Harbour under Sukhumi Bay
Archaic Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE – 6th c. CE) · Milesian Greek / Colchian / Roman
Milesian colony 6th c. BCE now –5 to –9 m under Sukhumi Bay — 400-m Hellenistic mole and Roman fortress half under sea promenade.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Kourion Harbour – Submerged Anchorage at Episkopi Bay
Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (c. 300 BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Early Byzantine
Roman quay at –2 m beneath Kourion cliffs – anchorage with amphora piles at –8 m, Episkopi Bay.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Banbhore
Scytho-Parthian to Islamic (200 BCE–1300 CE) · Scytho-Parthian to Hindu–Buddhist to Umayyad Islamic
India's oldest port tell—47 ha, 13 centuries (200 BCE–1300 CE): Scytho-Parthian to India's earliest mosque (727 CE).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Leptiminus (Lemta) – Submerged Harbour of Byzacena
Phoenician to Early Islamic (8th c. BCE – 698 CE) · Punic / Roman African
Punic-Roman Olive-capital port whose factory quays and baths lie –1 to –3 m along Lamta beach with visible bollard stones.
🇲🇹 Malta · Ancient port
Clapham Junction Cart Ruts – Malta Pulley-Rail Pseudo Submerged Road
Bronze Age (1500–800 BCE) use phase; ruts cut in Upper Coralline Limestone (Miocene) plateau · Maltese Bronze Age Tarxien–Ġgantija culture
Bronze Age limestone sled grooves 1.4 m gauge leading into sea — claimed Atlantis pulley-rail way, actually quarry sleds 1500–800 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Pero-nakhet (Abu Billah) – Delta Emporion of the Canopic Coast
Bronze Age to Hellenistic (1570 – 300 BCE) · Hyksos / New Kingdom Egyptian / Late Period
15th c. BCE Thutmose III naval arsenal town on Canopic delta sandbar — quay now –1.5 to –3 m under Idku lagoon fish farms.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Submerged site
Mantai – Anuradhapura's Submerged Port, Mahatittha
Iron Age to Portuguese (c. 800 BCE – 1500 CE) · Anuradhapuran / Indo-Roman / Islamic
Anuradhapura's lagoon harbour – jetty at –1 m off Mantai dunes and silted basin under mangrove.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Submerged site
Pichvnari – Colchian Submerged Settlement near Kobuleti
Colchian Early Iron to Hellenistic (c. 6th – 2nd c. BCE) · Colchian / East Greek Milesian
Colchian dunes village and Greek emporion — timber quay –1 to –3 m in surf and 300-grave cemetery 120 m reclaimed by sea since 5th c. BCE.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Central Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf (Mid-Bay)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Central bay quay of Kepoi in Taman Gulf mid-bay — 100 m ashlar quay at –2 m and Aphrodite terrace at –1 m.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Amnisos – Minoan Harbour of Knossos
Minoan to Byzantine (c. 2000 BCE – 6th c. CE) · Minoan / Mycenaean / Greek
Knossos' Minoan harbour at Amnisos — villa frescoes and 70 m quay now –1 to –3 m in surf below Eileithyia cave.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Aitheia – Submerged Classical Harbour of Messene
Classical to Hellenistic (369 BCE – 2nd c. BCE) · Theban / Messenian Greek
Epaminondas' 369 BCE war harbour for liberated Messene — ashlar moles 260 m now lagoon reef –1 to –4 m in Voidokilia Bay.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Gao-Saney – Trans-Saharan Entrepôt & Tomb of Askia's Pilgrims
Trans-Saharan (c. 600–1300 CE; peak 9th–12th c as Kawkaw) · Songhai–Berber (Gao empire; Almoravid links)
Old Gao's eastern port suburb Gao-Saney with merchant quarter and cemetery of 11th c Arabic stelae (spirals, Kufic) documenting Islamisation and gold trade to Sijilmasa; stelae mar...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Submerged site
Sunken City off Spur Bal
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Sunken City off Spur Bal in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) submerged city attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Submerged Harbour of Burial Town
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Submerged Harbour of Burial Town in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Submerged site
Sunken City off Cist Northfield
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Sunken City off Cist Northfield in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) submerged city attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient port
Kuntasi — Rajkot Harappan Port
Mature Harappan (2400–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Kuntasi — Rajkot Harappan Port in Gujarat, Rajkot, India is a Mature Harappan (2400–1900 BCE) port attributed to Harappan culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Beşik Tepe — Troy Outer Coastal Settlement
Early Bronze I to Middle Bronze (2900–2000 BCE) · Troy I maritime / EBA Northwest Anatolian
Troy I harbour hamlet 2900 BCE — coastal EBA tumulus with Troy Ib wares.
🇨🇦 Canada · Submerged site
Sunken City off Dail
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Sunken City off Dail in British Columbia, Canada is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) submerged city attributed to Nazca culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Hadrianopolis (Driana) – Cyrenaican Harbour Town
Hadrianic to Byzantine (125 CE – 7th c CE) · Roman / Byzantine (Cyrenaica)
Hadrian's Cyrenaican harbour foundation with mole, basilica and cisterns, linking Pentapolis coastal road; Synesius epistles mention bishop.
🇨🇱 Chile · Submerged site
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South — Chiloé Shelf (Castro)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Korykos — Cilician Harbour Castles
Hellenistic to Byzantine (200 BCE–1361 CE) then Armenian · Hellenistic / Armenian Cilicia
Korykos — Cilician Harbour Castles in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (200 BCE–1361 CE) then Armenian ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic / Armenian Cilicia.