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5,427 sources · Websites

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Kepoi – Pleiades / Hermitage Reports

Pleiades · 2022 · Hermitage TAMAN Expedition

Colony identity and coordinates

Kepoi – Submerged Aphrodite Colony

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Olbia Pontike – Pleiades Place

Pleiades / Institute for the Study of the Ancient World · 2022 · ISAW

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Authority coordinates and history

Olbia Pontica – Submerged Lower Town

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitecretanbeaches.com

Olous – A Sunken Dorian Harbour: Tourist snorkel guide

Cretan Beaches · 2022 · ExploreCrete

Visitor description and location

Olous (Olus) – Sunken Dorian City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiterpmuseum.de

Qantir / Piramesse – Hildesheim Project Portal

Romer-Pelizaeus Museum · 2022 · Roemer Museum

Pi-Ramses (Per-Ramses) – Qantir Vanished Metropolis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitenauticalarch.org

The Gelidonya Wreck – INA Project Page

Institute of Nautical Archaeology · 2020 · INA

Project archive and coordinates

Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websiteoxfordre.com

Phanagoria – Oxford Classical Dictionary

Gocha R. Tsetskhladze · 2015 · Oxford

Phanagoria – Sunken Bosporan Capital

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora – UNESCO 1411

UNESCO · 2013 · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Inscription documentation and coordinates

Chersonesus Taurica – Submerged Quays (Chersonesos)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2013Open source

Websitezagazig.edu.eg

Tell Basta Project – Zagazig University Reports

Mohamed Bakr · 2008 · Zagazig University / SCA

Bubastis – Tell Basta (Cult of Bastet)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2008Open source

Websitenauticalarch.org

The Uluburun Shipwreck – Institute of Nautical Archaeology

Cemal Pulak, George F. Bass · 2006 · INA

Primary excavation archive

Uluburun Late Bronze Age Shipwreck

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Websitewmf.org

Helike – World Monuments Watch 2004/2006

World Monuments Fund · 2004 · WMF

Protection status and summary

Helike

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2004Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Ancient City of Nessebar – UNESCO 217

UNESCO · 1983 · UNESCO

Inscription and peninsula coordinates

Nessebar (Mesembria) – Drowned Peninsula

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1983Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Memphis and its Necropolis — the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur – UNESCO 86

UNESCO · 1979 · UNESCO

World Heritage inscription and map

Memphis (Men-nefer) – Mit Rahina Lost Metropolis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1979Open source

Websiteperseus.tufts.edu

OLOUS (near Elounda) Greece – Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Princeton University · 1976 · Perseus Tufts

Classical topography entry

Olous (Olus) – Sunken Dorian City

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1976Open source

Websiteperseus.tufts.edu

SYBARIS Italy – Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

Frank E. Brown · 1976 · Perseus Tufts

Authority topography entry

Sybaris – Thurii – Copia (Buried Tri-City)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1976Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Ashkelon — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Ashkelon

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Maidanetske — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Maidanetske

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Nebelivka — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Nebelivka

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Samaria — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Samaria

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Starčevo — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Starčevo-Grad

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Talianki — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Talianki

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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