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Event archaeological Middle East

Heracleion

800 BCE – 800 CE

Lost Egyptian port city in Abu Qir Bay, rediscovered underwater in 2000 after being submerged for over a millennium.

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Standing in 800 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Saba Polity · Middle East 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Kingdom of David and Solomon Polity · Middle East 1500 BCE – 700 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

814 BCE Carthage 800 BCE Delphi 800 BCE Butrint 800 BCE Derinkuyu Underground City 776 BCE Olympia 771 BCE Spring and Autumn Period Wars