🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Motya – Punic Causeway Harbour, Isola di Mozia
Phoenician to Classical (c. 800–397 BCE) · Phoenician / Carthaginian
Phoenician lagoon island with 1 km submerged causeway at –0.5 m and cothon harbour, Stagnone.
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🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Phoenician to Classical (c. 800–397 BCE) · Phoenician / Carthaginian
Phoenician lagoon island with 1 km submerged causeway at –0.5 m and cothon harbour, Stagnone.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Numidian to Genoese (c. 400 BCE – 1542 CE) · Numidian / Carthaginian / Roman / Genoese
Numidian marble-shipping double harbour – causeway at –0.5 m and Roman quay at –1 m off Tabarka island.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Chushka Spit ferry harbour of Porthmion at Kerch Strait — 100 m rubble causeway at –2 m with wheel ruts and customs quay 60 m.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Apollonia Libya Submerged Theatre Harbour in Cyrenaica, Apollonia, Libya is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Berenice Euesperides Submerged Lagoon Quay in Cyrenaica, Berenice, Libya is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Canopus Submerged Serapis Temple Platform in Alexandria, Canopus, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Heracleion Thonis Canopic Channel Quay in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇨🇳 China · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Shicheng Submerged Lion City South Gate in Zhejiang, Qiandao Lake, China is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Venetian (456 BCE – 1571 CE) · Athenian / Aetolian / Venetian
Athenian-to-Venetian harbour – Classical mole at –1 m under Venetian mole at Lepanto.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Early Historic Iron Age to Medieval (c. 200 BCE – 1000 CE) · Tamil / Indo-Roman
Podouke silted brick quay 45 m at 1.5 m above former estuary – Rouletted ware warehouses.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Middle Kingdom (2000 – 1650 BCE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian
Southern 12th dynasty anchorage of Mersa Gawasis — slipway 80 m at –1 m with copper workshop 6 m behind reef bar.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Middle Kingdom (2000 – 1650 BCE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian
Southern 12th dynasty anchorage of Mersa Gawasis — slipway 80 m at –1 m with copper workshop 6 m behind reef bar.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Atlit-Yam Neolithic Submerged Village Well 4 in Haifa, Atlit-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage in Central, Yavne-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Dvarka Bet Submerged Harappan Anchorage in Gujarat, Bet Dwarka, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Atlit-Yam Megalith Submerged Crescent Wall in Haifa, Atlit-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Menouthis Submerged Ptolemaic Anchor Scatter in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Lechaion Harbour Inner Basin Quay in Corinthia, Lechaion, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Hellenistic to Byzantine (320 BCE – 600 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Ptolemaic harbour breakwater 300 m at –1.5 m off Paphos castle – quay at –1 m.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (6th c. BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Northern pier of Myrmekion at Voikovo — 90 m ashlar pier at –1.8 m with wine presses at –1.2 m on Strait north shore.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (275 BCE – 600 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Berenike's second northern lagoon harbour — shallow reef-pass pier and quay 0.5–1.5 m under Foul Bay northern basin.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (late 6th c. BCE – 250 CE) · Mytilenian / Bosporan Greek
Southern bay harbour of Nymphaion 1–2 m submerged off Geroevka — 90 m ashlar quay and wine-press quarter.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (late 6th c. BCE – 250 CE) · Mytilenian / Bosporan Greek
Southern bay harbour of Nymphaion 1–2 m submerged off Geroevka — 90 m ashlar quay and wine-press quarter.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Olous Submerged City Wall Crete in Crete, Olous, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.