🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Toricos — Cape Toretae Southern Harbour (Anapa South Cape)
Archaic to Hellenistic (560 BCE – 50 BCE) · Toretae Maeotian / Greek
Southern cape harbour of Toricos at Toretae Cape — 45 m jetty at –2.5 m and breakwater spur.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Tuzigoot National Monument
Sinagua (c.1000–1400 CE) Southern Sinagua – Northern Sinagua transition · Sinagua
Tuzigoot (Apache Tó Ził Gogh – crooked water) is the best-preserved Southern Sinagua hilltop pueblo in the Verde Valley, Arizona, at 1,040 m (3,410 ft) on a limestone ridge above the Verde River.
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Ancient village
Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Western Terrace
Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) · Butmir Culture
Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Western Terrace in Sarajevo, Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Butmir Culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Quseir al-Qadim — Mangrove Harbour Extension at Marsa Nakari West (Leukos Limen West)
Roman to Mamluk (25 BCE – 1450 CE) · Roman / Islamic (Ayyubid-Mamluk)
Western mangrove bay of Quseir al-Qadim at Marsa Nakari west — gypsum quay at –1.2 m and 14th c. Islamic warehouses.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Northern Annex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) · PPN Culture
Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Northern Annex in Haifa District, Atlit, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) submerged city attributed to PPN Culture.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Kaveripakkam Eri (Tank) — Pallava Hydraulic Reservoir
Medieval Tamil (Pallava–Chola) · Tamil Dravidian (Pallava and Chola imperial)
Pallava eri tank 2.1×1.4 km 740 CE still irrigating 295 ha via tumpu sluices, inscription-documented.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12
Mesolithic-Neolithic (7000-5000 BCE) · Lepenski Vir Culture
Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 in Danube Gorge, Donji Milanovac, Serbia is a Mesolithic-Neolithic (7000-5000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Lepenski Vir Culture.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Ancient city
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension
Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) · Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes
Metsamor Fortress Citadel North Bastion — Southern Extension in Armavir Province, Armenia is a Early Bronze Age (3500-2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Early Bronze Age Kura-Araxes.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Hillfort
Sēlpils
Late Iron Age Selian 9th–13th c Selonia (Baltic) Livonian horizon · Selian Baltic (Sēļi) — Selonia tribe between Latgals and Semigals
Sēlpils (Selburg, Selian *Sēlija*) — Selian tribal hillfort (Late Iron Age 9th–13th c, Livonian 1208 burning, Order stone castle 1373) on Daugava right bank 15 km south Jēkabpils opposite Staburags…
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Tuekta Kurgans – Pazyryk Culture Royal Necropolis
Early Iron Age, Scytho-Siberian Pazyryk · Pazyryk (Scytho-Siberian) culture
600–400 BCE Pazyryk royal barrows (early plateau ancestors)—8 horses and earliest Altai felt art.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Ashkelon – Submerged Canaanite–Philistine Anchorage and Dog-Harbour
Early Bronze to Crusader (c. 3500 BCE – 1270 CE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Phoenician / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader
Philistine pentapolis roadsteads – anchor fields and rubble dog-leg breakwater 2–4 m offshore of Ashkelon tell.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Northern Annex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Northern Annex in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) · PPN Culture
Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall — Eastern Outlier in Haifa District, Atlit, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) submerged city attributed to PPN Culture.
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Ancient village
Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Eastern Outlier
Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) · Butmir Culture
Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Eastern Outlier in Sarajevo, Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Butmir Culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Cayonu Tepesi Skull Building Annex in Southeastern Anatolia, Diyarbakir, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500-7500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Heracleion Central Temple Amun-Gereb Statue Base
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Heracleion Central Temple Amun-Gereb Statue Base in Alexandria, Heracleion, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Jawa Dam North Basalt Dam — Mafraq Wadi Rajil
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age · Late Chalcolithic pastoral proto-urban
Wadi Rajil north 80-m ×5-m basalt rubble with 10 ha reservoir, oldest dam-system part 3000 BCE Jawa desert town.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
King's Harbour Submerged Plane Wreck Dorset
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
King's Harbour Submerged Plane Wreck Dorset in Dorset, King's Harbour, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Western Terrace
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Western Terrace in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Đông Sơn (Dong Son)
Dong Son Bronze–Iron 1000 BCE–100 CE (Phùng Nguyên → Dong Dau → Go Mun → Dong Son → Han) · Dong Son (Vietic Austroasiatic, Austro-Tai contact) — ancestors of Kinh Vietnamese
Type-site for Dong Son culture (c.1000 BCE–100 CE) on the Mã River near Thanh Hóa — Bronze–Iron Age village with famous bronze drum foundry, excavated 1924 by Madeleine Colani (first Dong Son…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Mes Aynak
Mauryan 3 c. BCE → Kushan 1–4 c. → Hepthalite 5–6 c. → Turk Shahis 7–9 c. · Gandharan Buddhist → Kabul Shahi Buddhist with metallurgic substrate
Copper-and-Buddhist hill city 40 km SE Kabul (3 c. BCE–9 c. CE) — 400 Buddha statues and 100 ha monasteries atop world's copper shafts.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Ushivika Kofun
Middle–Late Kofun 400–600 CE (Kyushu regional) · Kyushu Chikuho Kofun (northern Kyushu style)
Ushivika Kofun — unrecorded southwestern keyhole? round kofun (c.5th–6th c CE, middle–late Kofun) on Chikuho plain between Iizuka and Keisen, Fukuoka, reported 2018 Chikuho mound survey.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Yaxha North Acropolis
Late Preclassic to Late Classic (350 BCE – 900 CE) · Maya (Yaxha)
Yaxha North Acropolis in Petén, Guatemala is a Late Preclassic to Late Classic (350 BCE – 900 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Yaxha) culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder
Igbo-Ukwu
Late Iron Age forest (Igbo Early Period 800–1000 CE) · Igbo (proto-Igbo) Nri cultural nucleus
9th-c tripartite forest elite complex with 700+ lost-wax bronzes including roped pot and regalia requiring highest wax virtuosity.