🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Bata — Gelendzhik Bay Northern Cape Anchorage
Archaic to Byzantine (550 BCE – 600 CE) · Sindian / Toretae / Bosporan
Northern reef roadstead off Gelendzhik — 90 m enhanced reef at 4–6 m with moorings linked to Bata chora.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Yonaguni Submerged Stepped Terrace South Face
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Yonaguni Submerged Stepped Terrace South Face in Okinawa, Yonaguni, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Pavlopetri Submerged Street Grid Southeast
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Pavlopetri Submerged Street Grid Southeast in Laconia, Pavlopetri, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Pantikapaion — Mithridates Harbour North Mole (Kerch Bay) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 370 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
North mole of Bosporan capital Pantikapaion at Kerch Bay — 140 m ashlar-concrete mole at –2 m.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Poompuhar Submerged Chola Wharf South
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Poompuhar Submerged Chola Wharf South in Tamil Nadu, Poompuhar, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Jaffa (Tel Yafo) – Ancient Harbour of the Andromeda Reef
Middle Bronze to Ottoman (c. 1800 BCE – 1917 CE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Phoenician / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader / Ottoman
Biblical reef harbour of Andromeda – Byzantine seawall and Ottoman jetty 1–5 m down in Andromeda Reef gap.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Kition Submerged Phoenician Harbour Wall
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Kition Submerged Phoenician Harbour Wall in Larnaca, Kition, Cyprus is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Phaselis South Harbour Submerged Jetty
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Phaselis South Harbour Submerged Jetty in Antalya, Phaselis, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Abdera — Submerged Archaic Harbour at Avdira (Thrace Bulustra) — v2
Archaic to Hellenistic (656 BCE – 200 BCE) · Clazomenian / Teian Ionian Greek
Clazomenian Archaic harbour of Abdera at Bulustra lagoon — 90 m mole at –2 m and walls 400 m, Thrace intelektual port.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Carthage Circular Harbour Submerged Slip
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Carthage Circular Harbour Submerged Slip in Tunis, Carthage, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Helike — Bouras Plain Borehole Submerged City (Gulf of Corinth)
Early Bronze to Classical (c.2600 – 373 BCE) · Achaean Greek
373 BCE tsunami-lost Helike — Classical city and EBA settlement both buried 3 m under Bouras lagoonal marine silt 60 m inland, originally submerged.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Rhinocolura (El-Arish) – Submerged Pelusian Harbour of the Sinai Gates
New Kingdom to Roman (c. 1500 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian New Kingdom / Philistine / Ptolemaic / Roman
Sinai gate lagoon harbour – Bardawil quay walls and fish-salting vats at –1 m guarding Via Maris.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Knidos Submerged Slipway Harbour Terrace
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Knidos Submerged Slipway Harbour Terrace in Muğla, Knidos, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Hermonassa — Southern Mole Harbour on Tuzla Spit South (Taman) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern Strait mole of Hermonassa on Tuzla South — 180 m rubble mole at –3 m controlling Kerch Strait.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Tel Dor (Dora) – Phoenician–Herodian Harbour Submerged
Middle Bronze to Byzantine (c. 2000 BCE – 640 CE) · Canaanite / Sikil Sea Peoples / Phoenician / Hellenistic / Herodian / Roman
Lagoon harbour city behind three islets – Phoenician quay and slipways at –0.5 to –3 m in Dor lagoon.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Pelusium Eastern Sea Harbour (Sinus Pelusiacus Open Harbour)
Saite to Byzantine (664 BCE – 640 CE) · Saite / Persian / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Open sea roadstead of Pelusium – rubble breakwater and anchor field 2–4 m off east beach.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Kepoi — Eastern Necropolis Offshore Grave Terrace
Archaic to Late Antiquity · Milesian / Bosporan
Eastern drowned grave terrace of Kepoi — limestone mortuary landing at 3–5 m with sarcophagi in situ.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Abdera – Submerged Clazomenian Harbour on Nestos Delta
Archaic to Byzantine (654 BCE – 600 CE) · Clazomenian–Teian Greek / Thracian / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman
Philosopher's port – twin Archaic moles 50 m and 30 m at –1.2 to –3 m on Nestos palaeochannel.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Akra – The Fully Submerged Bosporan City at Cape Takyl
Archaic to Late Roman (c.560 BCE – 4th c. CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Crimean Atlantis — intact classical street grid and double walls at 3–7 m deep off Cape Takyl, the only wholly underwater Bosporan town.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Submerged site
Shabwa – Hadramawt Incense Harbour, Yemen
Qatabanian to Himyarite (c. 700 BCE – 400 CE) · Hadrami South Arabian / Himyarite
Incense road river harbour 200 m silted in Wadi Hadramawt – warehouses sealed 4th c. Himyar sack.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Apollonia–Arsuf – Crusader Harbour Submerged Quays
Persian to Crusader (c. 530 BCE – 1265 CE) · Phoenician / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader
Clifftop Crusader port whose Roman quay and kurkar mole now lie 1–3 m down along Apollonia cliffs.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Heraclean Greek / Bosporan
Eastern bay harbour of Tauric Chersonesos in Sandy Bay — 110 m quay at –1.8 m and twin ship-shed ramps.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East) — v2
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Heraclean Greek / Bosporan
Eastern bay harbour of Tauric Chersonesos in Sandy Bay — 110 m quay at –1.8 m and twin ship-shed ramps.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Olbia Pontica — Parutyne Northern Mole on Bug Estuary (Borysthenes)
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Northern mole of Olbia Pontica on Bug estuary at Parutyne — 120 m mole at –2 m and river quay with pilings.