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🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Lower Alexandria Ridge I — Alexandria, Pharos (58-36) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Iron Age (regional) submerged city of the Iron Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Canopus — East Harbour Ancillary Quay North (Abu Qir) in Alexandria, Abu Qir, Canopus, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city …
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Predynastic to Ptolemaic (4000 BCE–30 BCE) · Egyptian Delta cult centre
Buto — Lagoon Harbour Annex in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt is a Predynastic to Ptolemaic (4000 BCE–30 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian Delta cult centre.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Early Byzantine (332 BCE–641 CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian–Greek
Menouthis Bay — Canopic Annex in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Early Byzantine (332 BCE–641 CE) submerged-city attributed to Ptolemaic Egyptian–Greek.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Predynastic to New Kingdom (4000–1000 BCE) · Egyptian
Anafi (?) Actually El Kab Submerged Quay in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Predynastic to New Kingdom (4000–1000 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Egyptian.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Submerged-Variant
Buried Street Grid Submerged 60 — Egypt Region 12 in Egypt Region 12, Egypt is a Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic (297–246 BCE Pharos 137 m; Royal Quarters Ptolemy I 323 BCE Antirhodos islet 300 × 70 m) + 1303/365 earthquake subsidence 8th c. · Ptolemaic Alexandria (Lochias, Antirhodos) with Pharos lighthouse debris 500 blocks
Alexandria submerged Empereur 1994 Qaitbay Pharos and Goddio 1996 Antirhodos palace island.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Saite to Roman (550 BCE–50 BCE Thonis = Heracleion Greek; 8th c. BCE Canopic temple) sank 100–300 CE subsidence and liquefaction · Egyptian-Saite → Ptolemaic Thonis first port before Alexandria with Decree of Sais 380 BCE twin stelae (Rosetta precursor) and Amun of Gereb
Thonis Goddio 2000 rediscovery after10 m, temple Amun Gereb with Sais stele 380 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE–750 CE Canopus branch port extention, Justinian baths 500 CE) submerged 750 CE after 1303 liquefaction 1303 Crete 9 8.0? · Ptolemaic → Roman → Byzantine Canopic branch pilgrim shrine of Serapis and Osiris shrine
Canopus Goddio 2000 Byzantine and Osiris Serapis.
