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🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site

Antipyrgos Submerged Harbour

Hellenistic to Roman (4th c. BCE–5th c. CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman

Submerged mole of Antipyrgos in Tobruk Bay (2 m deep) with Hellenistic tower.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site

Kekova Dolichiste — North Street (Sunken City, Antalya)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime

Kekova Dolichiste — North Street (Sunken City, Antalya) in Antalya, Kekova, Dolichiste, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged cit…

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site

Pantikapaion — Submerged Quay North (Kerch, Bosporan)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime

Pantikapaion — Submerged Quay North (Kerch, Bosporan) in Crimea, Kerch, Pantikapaion, Ukraine is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city…

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🇮🇳 India · Submerged site

Bet Dwarka — North Bastion (Saurashtra, Gujarat)

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime

Bet Dwarka — North Bastion (Saurashtra, Gujarat) in Gujarat, Bet Dwarka, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to …

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🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site

Phycus (Naustathmos)

Greek to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica)

Submerged roadstead at Ras al Hilal with quay blocks 2–4 m deep.