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6 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Early Bronze to Crusader (c. 3500 BCE – 1270 CE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader
Philistine pentapolis roadsteads – anchor fields and rubble dog-leg breakwater 2–4 m offshore of Ashkelon tell.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) · PPN Culture
Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Southern Extension in Haifa District, Atlit, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) submerged city attributed to PPN Culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Herodian to Byzantine (22 BCE–640 CE) · Herodian Roman
Caesarea Maritima Sebastos Harbour Extension — South Reef in Haifa District, Israel is a Herodian to Byzantine (22 BCE–640 CE) submerged-city attributed to Herodian Roman.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Middle Bronze to Byzantine (c. 2000 BCE – 640 CE) · Canaanite / Sikil Sea Peoples / Phoenician / Hellenistic / Herodian / Roman
Lagoon harbour city behind three islets – Phoenician quay and slipways at –0.5 to –3 m in Dor lagoon.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Middle Bronze to Ottoman (c. 2000 BCE – 1917 CE) · Canaanite / Phoenician / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader / Ottoman
Crusader capital's double harbour – Hellenistic mole 100 m at –3 m and Tower of Flies islet mole submerged.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Persian to Crusader (c. 530 BCE – 1265 CE) · Phoenician / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader
Clifftop Crusader port whose Roman quay and kurkar mole now lie 1–3 m down along Apollonia cliffs.
