🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Farm Sproxton in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Submerged site
Sunken City off Valley Fort
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Sunken City off Valley Fort in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) submerged city attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9
Period Classical · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 in Turkey Region 9, Turkey is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
EG · Submerged site
Myos Hormos – Quseir al-Qadim Roman Red Sea Harbour
Ptolemaic precursor? Then Augustan to Roman (26 BCE – 3rd c. CE; Ayyubid reuse 11th–13th) · Roman Egyptian / Indo-Roman
Augustan Red Sea short-cut harbour — lagoon 800 m behind reef at Quseir, silted 1 m, abandoned 3rd c. for southern Berenike.
GR · Submerged site
Pheia – Submerged Harbour of Olympia at Agios Andreas
Mycenaean to Late Roman (LH III – 5th c. CE harbour) · Mycenaean / Elean / Olympic
Olympia seaport — Homeric Pheia harbour basin and Pontikokastro islet now 4–6 m under Katakolo Bay.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Pavlopetri
Early Helladic to Late Minoan · Minoan-influenced / Mycenaean
World's oldest known submerged town (c.3500–2800 BCE, occupation to 1000 BCE), submerged by earthquakes c.1000 BCE, with intact streets, two-storey houses, tombs, garden terraces off islet; never…
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Phanagoria — Sennoy Southeast Submerged Street Grid
Archaic Greek to Late Antiquity (543 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan Greek
SE drowned insulae of Phanagoria — 3–4.5 m under Taman Bay with Hellenistic quay and workshop debris.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ayn Sukhna — Southern Old Kingdom Gallery Harbour
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1700 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian (Memphite)
Southern Pharaonic harbour of Ayn Sukhna — gallery caves and mole at 0.5–2.5 m in Gulf of Suez south bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Gorgippia — Central Harbour Quarter in Anapa Bay
Classical to Late Antiquity (5th c. BCE – 238 CE) · Sindian / Bosporan Greek
Central drowned harbour quarter of Gorgippia — quay and warehouse at 1.2–3.5 m under Anapa Bay central.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Southern Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf
Archaic to Medieval (580 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Southern ashlar harbour of Kepoi — 40 m ashlar quay at 2–4 m in Taman Gulf with warehouse behind.
🇪🇬 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.
🇬🇪 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.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Neapolis (Nabeul)
Punic to Byzantine (5th c BCE–7th c CE; garum peak 1st–3rd c) · Punic / Roman / Byzantine
20-ha partly submerged garum metropolis with 80 cetariae and tsunami-drowned waterfront since 365 CE.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Submerged site
Godavaya — Ancient Port North Jetty (Sri Lanka)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Godavaya — Ancient Port North Jetty (Sri Lanka) in Southern, Hambantota, Godavaya, Sri Lanka is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city …
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Upper Yonaguni Fortress I — Yonaguni (58-26)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Upper Yonaguni Fortress I — Yonaguni (58-26) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 CE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 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.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi – Submerged Aphrodite Colony
Archaic to Medieval (c.580 BCE – 10th c.) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
590 BCE neighbour to Phanagoria whose harbour quarter is now under Taman Bay.
🇨🇦 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.
EG · Submerged site
Berenike Troglodytica – Ptolemaic Red Sea Port & Lagoon Harbour
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 6th c. CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian / Indian Ocean
Ptolemaic elephant port turned Indo-Roman pepper emporium — lagoon harbour behind coral reef now silted 1 m on Foul Bay.
GR · Submerged site
Aegina Kolonna – Bronze Age Harbour Town Submerged at Kolonna
Early Bronze to Mycenaean (3200–1100 BCE harbour) · Early Helladic / Minoanizing / Mycenaean
Early Bronze Saronic harbour — Kolonna fortified town whose mole now 2 m under Aegina Bay.
GR · Submerged site
Anthedon – Submerged Harbour of Boeotia on Euboean Gulf
Mycenaean to Late Roman (LH – 3rd c. CE; Theban peak 5th–4th BCE) · Mycenaean / Boeotian / Theban
Boeotian shipyard port — twin 400 m moles at 3–4 m depth on Euboean Gulf, Theban naval base.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Thonis-Heracleion
Late Period to Byzantine (6th c BCE – 8th c CE) · Egyptian / Greek
Legendary port of entry to Egypt before Alexandria, submerged after earthquake/liquefaction 6th–8th century CE, rediscovered 2000 by Franck Goddio (IEASM) with stele of Nectanebo I, temples of…
🇯🇲 Jamaica · Submerged site
Port Royal
Early Modern (1518–1692) · English colonial / pirate
Infamous pirate capital of Caribbean ('Wickedest City in the World'), 2/3 slid into harbour by liquefaction in 1692 earthquake + tsunami, preserving 17th c storehouses under sediment - 'Pompeii of…