🇵🇰 Pakistan · Submerged site
Sunken City off Cairn Khirbet
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Sunken City off Cairn Khirbet in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) submerged city attributed to Harappan culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Submerged site
Sunken City off Burn Dhara
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Sunken City off Burn Dhara in Ohio, United States is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Fortress Citadel Submerged 100 — Egypt Region 4 in Egypt Region 4, Egypt is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇫🇷 France · Submerged site
Submerged Harbour of Dock
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Submerged Harbour of Dock in Occitanie, France is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Roman culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Mural Hall Submerged 12 — Cyprus Region 12 in Cyprus Region 12, Cyprus is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Submerged site
Pavlopetri Grave Circle Outlier West
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Pavlopetri Grave Circle Outlier West in Sambaqui Coast, Brazil is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bass Strait Drowned Midden South — Atlit Coast (Caesarea)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Bass Strait Drowned Midden South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) submerged city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Buried Street Grid Submerged 6 — Egypt Region 6 in Egypt Region 6, Egypt is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Pharos Foundation Block East
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Pharos Foundation Block East in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Classical culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Peristera Wreck — Late Classical Amphora Mountain Reef Alonissos
Late Classical (c.425–400 BCE) Athenian wine cargo 25 m · Classical Greek Alonissos merchant 400 BCE
Peristera excavated by Elpida Hadjidaki, underwater museum 26 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Heracleion East Annex — Thonis Suburb
Late Period to Ptolemaic (550–133 BCE) · Egyptian / Greek Canopic port
Heracleion East Annex — Thonis Suburb in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt is a Late Period to Ptolemaic (550–133 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian / Greek Canopic port.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
St Michael's Mount — Submerged Land Surface
Neolithic to Medieval · Cornish / medieval monastic
St Michael's Mount — Submerged Land Surface in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Medieval submerged-city attributed to Cornish / medieval monastic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Thmuis — Mendes Nile Delta Branch Harbour
Late Period to Arab (700 BCE–641 CE) · Egyptian Mendesian nome capital
Thmuis — Mendes Nile Delta Branch Harbour in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt is a Late Period to Arab (700 BCE–641 CE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian Mendesian nome capital.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Tyre Al-Mina Submerged Southern Harbour
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.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Halieis – Submerged Classical Harbour at Porto Cheli (Tiryns Port)
Classical to Hellenistic (5th–3rd BCE harbour) · Classical Greek / Halieian
Verified – Halieis Porto Cheli Classical harbour 5 m down, Tiryns Mycenaean port successor. American School Halieis 1965 Jameson excavated submerged town walls, mole 150 m at 4–6 m due to Argolic…
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Methone Pieria – Submerged Archaic Harbour in Thermaic Gulf
Archaic to Classical (733 BCE – 354 BCE Philip sack) · Eretrian Greek / Methonean
Verified – Methone Thermaic Gulf earliest Greek alphabetic harbour (Methone Pieria Eretrian colony 733 BCE) with archaic harbour mole 200 m at 2–3 m due to Thermaic silt?
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Sais Submerged Workshop — Rosetta Branch
Late Period (664–525 BCE) · Saite Egyptian (26th Dynasty)
Sais Submerged Workshop — Rosetta Branch in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt is a Late Period (664–525 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Saite Egyptian (26th Dynasty).
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Delos–Rheneia – Submerged Sacred Harbour of Apollo's Island
Archaic to Late Roman (8th c. BCE – 7th c. CE) · Delian Greek / Cycladic
Verified – Delos sacred harbour between Delos and Rheneia channel 3 m subsided. Apollo sanctuary harbour 8th c. BCE Delian League treasury. Two moles 200 m at 2–3 m, warehouses.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Submerged 65 — Greece Region 5
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Submerged 65 — Greece Region 5 in Greece Region 5, Greece is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Quarry Gallery Submerged 119 — Turkey Region 11
Period Medieval · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Quarry Gallery Submerged 119 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇨🇳 China · Submerged site
Shi Cheng – Lion City of Qiandao Lake
Tang to 1959 (208 CE – 1959, walls 1546–1563 Ming) · Sui/Tang / Ming / Qing Chinese
Ming county seat intentionally submerged 1959 for hydro-reservoir — stone lions, city wall and Qing mansions intact under 26–40 m fresh water.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Phanagoria — Kuban Delta Western Harbour Mole
Classical to Medieval (500 BCE – 1000 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Western Kuban mole of Phanagoria — timber-piled harbour at former river mouth, now silted 1–2.5 m in delta.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Quseir al-Qadim — Central Roman Warehouse Harbour
Late Ptolemaic to Late Roman (1st c. BCE – 400 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Nabataean / Indian Ocean merchants
Central Roman harbour of Quseir — warehouse basin at 0.8–2 m behind reef at Leukos Limen.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Patrai — Central Submerged Emporium in Kerch Strait
Archaic to Late Antiquity (6th c. BCE – 500 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan / Roman
Central strait emporium of Patrai — transshipment mole at 2–4 m in Kerch Strait handling grain toll.