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Harbours, towns and monuments now beneath the sea or a lake.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Submerged site
Pseudoarchaeology (2021–present) · Pseudoarchaeology (Dogger-Atlantis mashup)
Celtic Shelf pseudo-Atlantis stretching Doggerland to Humber at 54°N 1.5°E – unverified plain crop.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Atlit-Yam Neolithic Submerged Village Well 4 in Haifa, Atlit-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
331 BCE – Medieval (331 BCE – 1422 CE harbour active) · Ptolemaic/Hellenistic / Roman / Byzantine
Alexandria's Portus Magnus — twin harbour, Heptastadion mole and 3500 fallen Pharos blocks 4–12 m down in Eastern Harbour.
🇱🇾 Libya · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Leptis Harbour Submerged Lighthouse Foundation in Murqub, Leptis, Libya is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Yavne-Yam Submerged Bronze Age Anchorage in Central, Yavne-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇸 Spain · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Carteia Submerged Roman Harbour Pier 2 in Andalusia, Carteia, Spain is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Cenchreae Submerged Warehouse Block in Corinthia, Cenchreae, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Dvarka Bet Submerged Harappan Anchorage in Gujarat, Bet Dwarka, India is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇸 Spain · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Gades Submerged Phoenician Harbour Cadiz in Andalusia, Cádiz, Spain is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Early Holocene wetland to Late Antiquity · Bosporan Greek
Southern mole of Gorgippia — 75 m rubble breakwater at 4–6 m protecting Sukko anchorage in Anapa Bay.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Middle Bronze to Ottoman (c. 1800 BCE – 1917 CE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Phoenician / Persian / Hellenistic / Roman / Crusader / Ottoman
Biblical reef harbour of Andromeda – Byzantine seawall and Ottoman jetty 1–5 m down in Andromeda Reef gap.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Utica Submerged Phoenician Harbour Channel in Bizerte, Utica, Tunisia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Atlit-Yam Megalith Submerged Crescent Wall in Haifa, Atlit-Yam, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Kekova Submerged Lycian House Foundations in Antalya, Kekova, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Menouthis Submerged Ptolemaic Anchor Scatter in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) · PPN Culture
Atlitz Yam Submerged Courtyard North Wall in Haifa District, Atlit, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic C (7000-6000 BCE) submerged city attributed to PPN Culture.
🇧🇸 Bahamas · Submerged site
Pseudoarchaeology (1978–present) · Pseudoarchaeology (Cayce Atlantis extension)
South Bimini second beachrock bar 80 m at –5 m south of main Road – same jointed beachrock not harbour wall.
🇷🇺 Russia · Submerged site
Archaic to Medieval (580 BCE – 400 CE) · Milesian Greek / Bosporan
Southern ashlar harbour of Kepoi — 40 m ashlar quay at 2–4 m in Taman Gulf with warehouse behind.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Kition Submerged Phoenician Harbour Wall in Larnaca, Kition, Cyprus is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Pharos Eastern Harbour Submerged Breakwater in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Phaselis South Harbour Submerged Jetty in Antalya, Phaselis, Turkey is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Natural feature
Pleistocene paleo-island (exposed > 20k – c. 11,600 BP); Atlantis claim 9600 BCE · Natural Quaternary; claimed Atlantis early Holocene (Plato source)
56 m deep paleo-island off Tangier — Collina-Girard's 2001 Atlantis candidate drowned 11,600 yr ago.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Thonis Agridi Submerged Ptolemaic Anchorage in Alexandria, Egypt is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Archaic to Hellenistic (493 BCE – 86 BCE Sulla siege) · Classical Athenian
Themistoclean war harbours where 196 trireme sheds launched the fleet of Salamis — slipways still under 6–8 m harbour water.
