🇦🇱 Albania · Archaeological wonder
Këlcyrë Castle
Këlcyrë Castle (Albanian: Kalaja e Këlcyrës) is a castle near the city of Këlcyrë. The castle was first built in the 3rd-4th century BC by Illyrian tribes in the region.
🇦🇱 Albania · Submerged site
Apollonia of Illyria (Pojan) – Submerged Aous Harbour on Vjosë
Archaic to Roman (588 BCE – 400 CE) · Corinthian–Corcyrean / Illyrian / Hellenistic / Roman
Corinthian river harbour 7 km inland now – quay 40 m at +0.5 to –1 m on fossil Vjosë channel.
🇦🇱 Albania · Submerged site
Dyrrhachium (Durrës) – Submerged Roman Harbour of Illyria
Archaic to Venetian (627 BCE – 1501 CE) · Greek-Corinthian / Illyrian / Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine / Venetian
Via Egnatia terminus harbour – twin Roman moles 60 m and 40 m at –2.5 m in Durrës Bay.
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Derbent — Naryn-Kala Citadel and Double Walls (Caspian Gates)
Caucasian Albania to Sasanian to Islamic (c.100 BCE–19th c.; peak Sasanian 6th c.) · Caucasian Albanian → Sasanian Persian → Khazar → Arab → Shirvanshah → Russian
Sasanian 3.6 km double-wall Caspian Gates with Naryn-Kala citadel sealing Caucasus passage.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Ancient city
Govurqala, Ağdam
Govurqala is a name shared by four archaeological sites in Azerbaijan, located in Agdam. Govurqala is within the Boyahmadly village and represents a 3rd–10th-century-related town and cemetery with an…