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113 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇬🇷 Greece · Buried city
Early Bronze Age to Byzantine (3000 BCE – 1400 CE) · Helladic / Achaean Greek
Central borehole city of Helike on Gulf of Corinth — Classical grid at –3 m, tsunami couplet at –3 m.
🇷🇺 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.
🇬🇷 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.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antique (500 BCE – 600 CE) · Spartan / Roman
Sparta's naval harbour — Roman quays and 70 m concrete mole now at −4 m off Gytheio and Marathonisi, mapped by Flemming 1968–71.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Iron Age to Early Byzantine (1100 BCE – 648 CE) · Cypriot-Greek / Phoenician / Ptolemaic / Roman / Byzantine
Twin lagoon harbours of Evagoras's Salamis drowned 2.0 m — Flemming 1974 mapped diagonal causeway and quays at −2 m in Famagusta lagoon.
🇺🇦 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.
🇷🇺 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.
🇺🇦 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.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (580 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian
Eastern necropolis terrace of Kepoi in Taman Gulf east — 90 cist graves at –2 m and 60 m wall.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (575 BCE – 500 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan
Eastern harbour arm of Akra at Naberezhne — 45 m breakwater spur at –3.5 m.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Kimmerian / Bosporan Greek
Lagoon harbour of Kimmerikon below Opuk Mountain — 80 m quay at –1.5 m behind pink lake lagoon spit with fortress walls 300 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.
🇪🇸 Spain · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Roman (575 BCE – 500 CE) · Phocaean Greek / Indiketan / Roman
Phocaean double harbour – Greek quay at –0.5 m off Neapolis and silted Riells basin, L'Escala.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Northern mangrove roadstead of Myos Hormos at Marsa Nakari — timber jetty stumps at –1.5 m behind mangroves.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 250 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Northern mangrove roadstead of Myos Hormos at Marsa Nakari — timber jetty stumps at –1.5 m behind mangroves.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (575 BCE – 500 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Eastern Strait toll harbour of Patrai on Kerch Strait — 60 m quay at –1.8 m and customs house.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Southern Foul Bay lagoon of Berenike behind Ras Benas — gypsum quay at –1.5 m and elephant ramp.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian
Southern Foul Bay lagoon of Berenike behind Ras Benas — gypsum quay at –1.5 m and elephant ramp.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Submerged site
Archaic to Roman (647 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian Greek / Scythian
Southern Black Sea harbour of Olbia Pontica below acropolis — 140 m curved mole at –1.8 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (580 BCE – 300 CE) · Milesian / Bosporan
Southern spit harbour of Porthmion on Chushka South — 55 m piled quay at –1.8 m and guard mole.
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Etruscan Archaic to Roman (c. 700 BCE – 300 CE) · Etruscan / Roman
Etruscan iron-smelting harbour drowned under Baratti slag beach – quay blocks at –1 to –2 m.
