🇬🇹 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.
🇵🇰 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.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Submerged site
Sunken City off Dyke
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Dyke in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic 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.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Akko Submerged Crusader Harbour — Acre South Mole
Phoenician to Crusader (1500 BCE–1291 CE) · Phoenician / Crusader (Hospitaller south mole)
Akko Submerged Crusader Harbour — Acre South Mole in Northern District, Israel is a Phoenician to Crusader (1500 BCE–1291 CE) submerged-city attributed to Phoenician / Crusader (Hospitaller south…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
La Jolla Submerged Midden South
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
La Jolla Submerged Midden South in Doggerland, United Kingdom is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Dolmen Avenue Submerged 112 — Greece Region 4
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Dolmen Avenue Submerged 112 — Greece Region 4 in Greece Region 4, Greece is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇱 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
Heracleion Temple Annex West
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Heracleion Temple Annex West in Alexandria Coast, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Pavlopetri Outlier House South — Yonaguni (Ishigaki)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pavlopetri Outlier House South in Yonaguni, Japan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Submerged site
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South — Chiloé Shelf (Castro)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) submerged city attributed to Medieval 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.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls
Early Bronze Age to Late Antique (3500 BCE–375 CE) · Minoan-Mycenaean maritime
Pavlopetri Outer Harbour — Laconia Beyond Walls in Laconia, Greece is a Early Bronze Age to Late Antique (3500 BCE–375 CE) submerged-city attributed to Minoan-Mycenaean maritime.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town
Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE) · Lycian / Roman provincial
Tymnessos? Actually Aperlae — Lycian Submerged Harbour Town in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian–Roman–Byzantine (400 BCE–700 CE) submerged-city attributed to Lycian / Roman provincial.
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.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Olous — Elounda Submerged City
Classical to Venetian (500 BCE–1500 CE) · Cretan Dorian / Venetian
Olous — Elounda Submerged City in Crete, Lasithi, Greece is a Classical to Venetian (500 BCE–1500 CE) submerged-city attributed to Cretan Dorian / Venetian.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Drowned Harbour Mole West
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Drowned Harbour Mole West in Pozzuoli Bay, Italy is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Baiae (Baiae Archaeological Park)
Republican to Late Antique (140 BCE – 8th c CE) · Roman
Former luxury resort of Rome’s elite (Caesar, Nero, Hadrian) with imperial villa, submerged by bradyseism (volcanic uplift/subsidence) to 5–9 m, with mosaics, statues and pilings visible snorkelling.
🇬🇷 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.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Yabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Aton Karnak Submerged Processional Basin — East Karnak
New Kingdom (1550–1070 BCE) basin floodplain · Egyptian
Aton Karnak Submerged Processional Basin — East Karnak in Luxor Governorate, Egypt is a New Kingdom (1550–1070 BCE) basin floodplain submerged-city attributed to Egyptian.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Itanos Submerged Harbour — East Crete
Minoan to Hellenistic (2200 BCE–100 BCE) · Minoan / Hellenistic
Itanos Submerged Harbour — East Crete in Crete, Lasithi, Greece is a Minoan to Hellenistic (2200 BCE–100 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Minoan / Hellenistic.
🇪🇬 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.