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Tagsharbour
101 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (543 BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
Central harbour insulae of Phanagoria in Taman Bay centre — orthogonal streets and 90 m embankment at –2 to –3 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Early Dynastic to Late Antique (3500 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian Saite / Persian / Greek mercenary / Ptolemaic
Saite 26th Dyn capital 664 BCE — Neith enclosure 700x600 m with walls 20 m thick and harbour 600x300 m now sebkha at +2 m under 8 m silt.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Hellenistic to Late Antique (274 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Central basin of Myos Hormos at Quseir al-Qadim — 90 m coral quay at –1.2 m and 120 m silted lagoon.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Hellenistic to Late Antique (275 BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman
Northern lagoon harbour of Berenike Troglodytica — 70 m fort mole at –1.5 m and fort wall.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Middle Kingdom (1991–1783 BCE) · Middle Kingdom Egyptian
Northern Pharaonic anchorage of Wadi Gawasis north — 55 m breakwater at –1.5 m and cedar timbers.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (300 BCE – 500 CE) · Ptolemaic Greek / Roman Egyptian
Eastern lake harbour of Karanis at Kom Aushim — 55 m granary pier at –0.5 m on Moeris shore.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Hellenistic (309–281 BCE primary; to Roman 100 CE) · Hellenistic Macedonian
Northern distributary harbour of Lysimacheia on Hebros — 80 m quay at –2.2 m and palace causeway.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Classical to Medieval (422 BCE – 1400 CE) · Heracleian Doric / Byzantine
Western citadel harbour of Tauric Chersonesos in Quarantine Bay — 130 m mole at –2.5 m and ship-sheds.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Roman to Early Islamic (1 CE – 800 CE) · Roman / Byzantine / Early Islamic
Southern roadstead of Quseir al-Qadim — 65 m coral breakwater at –3 m and mangrove quay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Roman
Eastern isthmus harbour of Soknopaiou Nesos at Dime — 50 m causeway quay at –1 m and isthmus basin.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Old Kingdom (2650–2200 BCE) · Old Kingdom Egyptian
Southern Pharaonic harbour of Ayn Sukhna — 75 m jetty at –1.5 m and 10 gallery caves with Khufu jars.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Roman to Byzantine (130 CE – 650 CE) · Roman / Hadrianic
Northern Nile bay of Hadrian's Antinoopolis — 120 m quay at +0.5 m and tetrastyle gate.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Early Islamic (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Western wine harbour of Marea on Lake Mareotis — 90 m quay at –1.2 m and 120 m basin.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 370 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
Southern slope harbour of Bosporan capital Pantikapaion at Kerch Bay — 180 m mole at –3 m and ship-shed ramp.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Late Period to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Greek / Ptolemaic / Roman
Mendes twin capital — Mendesian Branch harbour 400x150 m with 120 perfume workshops and 70 kilns, now 2 m sebkha.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Hellenistic (550 BCE – 50 BCE) · Sindian / Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Cape roadstead of Bata on Gelendzhik Bay — 50 m breakwater at –3.5 m and quay at –2.8 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Predynastic to Late Antique (3300 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Thinite / New Kingdom / Late
Osiris mysteries canal — Shunet el-Zebib 2700 BCE enclosure (oldest standing 11 m walls) with sacred lake harbour 400x100 m for barque procession.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to Byzantine (1991 BCE – 400 CE) · Egyptian / Ptolemaic / Roman
Northern canal harbour of Tebtunis at Umm el-Brigat — 12 m bridge pier at –1.5 m and 60 m quay.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Old Kingdom to Byzantine (2700 BCE – 700 CE) · Pharaonic / Roman Egyptian
Southern terrace Nile harbour of Akoris at Tihna — 50 m quay revetment and tomb forecourt quay.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (580 BCE – 300 CE) · Samian / Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Northern wine harbour of Nymphaion at Eltegen — 80 m quay at –1.8 m and vineyard terrace at –1.5 m.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1780–1100 BCE) · Egyptian / Hyksos Canaanite / Minoan / Ramesside
Hyksos capital 1650 BCE — Pelusiac harbour 500x300 m for 300 ships with Minoan bull-leaping fresco palace, silted 4 m.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (550 BCE – 400 CE) · Cimmerian / Bosporan / Scythian
Northern lagoon marina of hillfort Kimmerikon below Opuk North — 45 m quay at –1.2 m and fish-pond.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (c. 700 BCE – 600 CE) · Corinthian Greek / Roman
Saronic harbour of Corinth with twin Roman moles and submerged quay walls 1–3 m offshore at Kechries.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (580 BCE – 1100 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan / Slavic Tmutarakan
Northern bay harbour of Hermonassa in Tuzla Bay — 70 m timber quay at –1.5 m behind spit.
