🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Seleucia Pieria – Harbour of Antioch at Samandağ
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE – 600 CE) · Seleucid / Roman / Byzantine
Antioch's silted harbour basin 600×400 m now meadow at Çevlik with 1.4 km Roman flood tunnel.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Cave
Karain Cave Buried Middle Palaeolithic Layer E
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Karain Cave Buried Middle Palaeolithic Layer E in Antalya, Karain, Turkey is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Göbekli Tepe Buried Enclosure D Central Pillars
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Göbekli Tepe Buried Enclosure D Central Pillars in Şanlıurfa, Göbekli Tepe, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Troy Buried Citadel VIh North Bastion
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Troy Buried Citadel VIh North Bastion in Çanakkale, Hisarlık Troy, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Aşıklı Höyük Buried Subfloor Burial Cluster 7
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Aşıklı Höyük Buried Subfloor Burial Cluster 7 in Aksaray, Aşıklı, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kültepe Buried Old Assyrian Archive House 12
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Kültepe Buried Old Assyrian Archive House 12 in Kayseri, Kültepe, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hacilar Buried Village Level VI House Complex
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Hacilar Buried Village Level VI House Complex in Burdur, Hacılar, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kaman-Kalehöyük Buried Early Bronze Cistern
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Kaman-Kalehöyük Buried Early Bronze Cistern in Kırşehir, Kaman, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Smyrna Agora Buried Basilica North Stoa
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Smyrna Agora Buried Basilica North Stoa in Izmir, Smyrna Agora, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Assos Buried Andron House Terrace
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Assos Buried Andron House Terrace in Çanakkale, Assos, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Tell Atchana Palace IV Buried Archive Room
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Atchana Palace IV Buried Archive Room in Hatay, Tell Atchana, Turkey is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Ephesus Harbour – Silted Kaystros Harbour
Ionian to Byzantine (10th c. BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek / Lydian / Roman
Silted imperial harbour 600×300 m now 5 km inland – quay walls buried 4 m, Selçuk.
🇹🇷 Turkey/Syria · Ancient city
Karkamish (Carchemish) – Hittite–Neo-Hittite Capital on Euphrates Ford
Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c. 1800 BCE – 605 BCE) · Hittite / Mitanni / Neo-Hittite–Aramaean / Assyrian / Babylonian
Euphrates ford harbour capital – quay orthostats 40 m and harbour gate by Euphrates narrows.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Myrina Harbour – Dredged Basin at Aliağa
Archaic to Roman (c. 700 BCE – 300 CE) · Aeolian Greek / Pergamene
Dredged river harbour 200×120 m at 0 m – outer mole at –1 m in Aliağa Bay.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Lidar Höyük Euphrates Terrace
Chalcolithic to Medieval (4300 BCE–1400 CE) · Chalcolithic → EB → MBA → Hittite → Hellenistic → Islamic
Lidar Höyük Euphrates Terrace is the 8.5-ha southern alluvial terrace below Lidar Höyük main mound on the Euphrates right bank — excavated by Hauptmann before the Atatürk reservoir rose.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Submerged site
Antiochia ad Maeandrum – Silted Maeander Harbour at Kuyucak
Seleucid to Byzantine (c. 280 BCE – 1200 CE) · Seleucid Greek / Carian / Byzantine
Maeander river harbour 18 km inland – quay buried 5 m at Kuyucak plain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Karkemish — Outer Town Buried Lower Terrace (Turkey-Syria Border)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Karkemish — Outer Town Buried Lower Terrace (Turkey-Syria Border) in Gaziantep, Karkemish Outer, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Samsat Höyük Submerged Citadel Approach
Bronze Age to Commagene Kingdom (3000 BCE–72 CE) · Bronze Age Kummuh → Hittite → Neo-Hittite Kummuh → Commagene (Mithridatic)
Samsat Höyük Submerged Citadel Approach is the drowned approach ramp and lower town of Samosata — capital of Hittite Kummuh and later Commagene Kingdom under Antiochus I.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Giricano Tepe South Lower Town
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (3000–1550 BCE) · Ninevite V → Hurrian → Old Babylonian → Mittani
Giricano Tepe South Lower Town is the 4.2-ha south terrace below the main Early Bronze mound on the upper Tigris west of Ziyaret Tepe.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kurban Höyük Dam Salvage Zone
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (3800–2300 BCE) · Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Ninevite V → Early Dynastic
Kurban Höyük Dam Salvage Zone is the 6-ha lower terrace on the Euphrates left bank, salvaged before Atatürk Dam raised the lake 15 m over the valley.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Kazane Höyük — West Workshop Quarter (Şanlıurfa)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kazane Höyük — West Workshop Quarter (Şanlıurfa) in Şanlıurfa, Kazane Höyük, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Kaymaklı — Underground City Ancillary Church North (Cappadocia)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Kaymaklı — Underground City Ancillary Church North (Cappadocia) in Nevşehir, Kaymaklı, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attr…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa)
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) in Şanlıurfa, Titriş Höyük, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Sumatar Harabesi — Buried Settlement North
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Sumatar Harabesi — Buried Settlement North in Şanlıurfa, Sumatar Harabesi, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Br…