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CategoriesAncient cities
Capitals, ports and metropolises that rose, fell and were found again.
🇷🇺 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.
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) · Slavic + Scandinavians (Rurik, Ladoga Varangians)
Staraya Ladoga – Russia's First Capital (Aldeigjuborg) in Leningrad Oblast, Volkhov District, Staraya Ladoga on Volkhov river, Russia is a Early Middle Ages (753–1703, Viking Age 750–1050) Slavic +…
🇷🇺 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.
🇷🇺 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.
🇷🇺 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.
🇷🇺 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.
🇷🇺 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.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (543 BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
Western roadstead of Phanagoria 2–4 m under Taman Bay west of Tuzla Spit — timber jetties and salting quarter 220 m offshore.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (543 BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
Western roadstead of Phanagoria 2–4 m under Taman Bay west of Tuzla Spit — timber jetties and salting quarter 220 m offshore.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (550 BCE – 260 CE) · Sindian / Bosporan Kingdom
Central city harbour of Gorgippia in Anapa Bay — 110 m quay at –2 m and salting vats.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
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.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Chushka Spit ferry harbour of Porthmion at Kerch Strait — 100 m rubble causeway at –2 m with wheel ruts and customs quay 60 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Classical to Late Antique (5th c. BCE – 370 CE) · Bosporan Greek
Chushka Spit ferry harbour of Porthmion at Kerch Strait — 100 m rubble causeway at –2 m with wheel ruts and customs quay 60 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern Strait mole of Hermonassa on Tuzla South — 180 m rubble mole at –3 m controlling Kerch Strait.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern Strait mole of Hermonassa on Tuzla South — 180 m rubble mole at –3 m controlling Kerch Strait.
🇷🇺 Russia · Buried city
Archaic to Medieval (540 BCE – 1000 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan / Sarmatian / Khazar
Bosporus capital 540 BCE — eastern harbour lobe 400x200 m silted +2 m 500 m inland with 80 m mole vs western −7 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (543 BCE – 10th c. CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan Kingdom
Easternmost third of Phanagoria submerged 1–5 m in Taman Bay — harbour mole, shipwreck and street grid 300 m offshore.
🇷🇺 Russia · Ancient city
Archaic to Hellenistic literature (688 BCE earliest to 4th c. via Callimachus) · Greek poetical–geographic tradition
Pindar–Herodotus utopia beyond the North Wind where hyperboreans send first-fruits to Delos and Apollo winters.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Medieval (c.528 BCE – 1399 CE) · Megarian Greek / Byzantine
Megarian Black Sea polis UNESCO — western Quarantine Bay harbour and street grid now 1–3 m submerged at Sevastopol.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern lagoon harbour of Maeotian Bata at Kuban Liman — 80 m timber quay at –1.5 m and fish weir.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Southern lagoon harbour of Maeotian Bata at Kuban Liman — 80 m timber quay at –1.5 m and fish weir.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Central bay quay of Kepoi in Taman Gulf mid-bay — 100 m ashlar quay at –2 m and Aphrodite terrace at –1 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Central bay quay of Kepoi in Taman Gulf mid-bay — 100 m ashlar quay at –2 m and Aphrodite terrace at –1 m.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Late Antique (600 BCE – 400 CE) · Ionian Greek / Bosporan
Northern breakwater of Gorgippia at Anapa Bay north — 150 m ashlar mole at –2 m and warehouse podium.
