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11 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.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Sidon — North Harbour Submerged Wall (Lebanon) in South, Sidon, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze–…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Tyre — Southern Basin Submerged Quay North (Lebanon) in South, Tyre, Southern Basin, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city …
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Middle Bronze Age (2000–1600 BCE) · Canaanite Byblos
Byblos Submerged Necropolis Reef in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon is a Middle Bronze Age (2000–1600 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Canaanite Byblos.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Byblos — Southern Harbour Ancillary Breakwater in Mount Lebanon, Byblos, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed t…
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE) · Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry
Yabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon is a Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Medieval (3000 BCE–1300 CE) · Canaanite / Phoenician
Sidon Submerged Island Quarry and Breakwater in South Governorate, Lebanon is a Bronze Age to Medieval (3000 BCE–1300 CE) submerged-city attributed to Canaanite / Phoenician.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Sunken City off Sanctuary-Wall in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Roman culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) · Phoenician
Tyre Al-Mina Submerged Southern Harbour in South Governorate, Lebanon is a Phoenician to Roman (2750 BCE–300 CE) submerged-city attributed to Phoenician.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Crusader (c. 3000 BCE – 1291 CE) · Canaanite-Phoenician / Egyptian / Persian / Roman / Crusader
Phoenician Sidon's drowned quay beneath Crusader Sea Castle – ashlar mole and bollards at –1.5 to –4 m.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Neolithic to Medieval (c. 6000 BCE – 1300 CE) · Neolithic / Early Bronze Canaanite / Phoenician / Egyptian / Persian / Roman
World's oldest Phoenician anchorage drowned 2–5 m off Jbeil – Bronze Age anchor field and proto-mole.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Iron Age Phoenician to Roman (c. 990 BCE – 500 CE) · Phoenician (Tyrian) / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman
Phoenician island city's drowned northern harbour basin – jetty and moles 2–3 m down north of Alexander's causeway.
