The Lost City Underwater
Cuban underwater city refers to a submerged granite structural complex off the coast of the guanahacabibes peninsula in the pinar del río province of cuba.
The lost city underwater. China s artificially submerged city. Costa rica star. Handwerk brian new underwater finds raise questions about flood myths national geographic news may 28 2002. Lost city found beneath cuban waters.
Archaeologists have come across a vast network of underwater ruins making up the ancient roman city once known as neapolis which was largely washed away by a powerful tsunami around 1 700 years ago. Over 1400 years old it was built during the han dynasty and spans the area of 62 football fields. A lost underwater city has been found 1 700 years after a tsunami sank it. The world is always fascinated by the mystery of an ancient civilization and for a time the underwater city of cuba was one of the most unexplained and strange topics.
5 september 2017. What was once thought to be an ancient underwater lost city is actually a naturally occurring phenomenon researchers have found. Sonar images interpreted as being symmetrical and geometric stone structures resembling an urban complex were first recorded in early 2001 covering an area of 2 square kilometres 200 ha citation needed at depths of between. Dating back 5000 years it is now more than four meters underwater and.
At the time rungholt was a thriving north sea harbor the home of 3 000 people who relied on maritime trade and fishing. About 5 000 homes were lost as the city disappeared in the waters. As far as the most stunning underwater city is concerned china s lion city is miles ahead than the rest. Divers have so far been able to retrieve artifacts believed to be linked with the rungholt underwater ruins.
2012 an underwater city west of cuba bad archaeology. But the first sonar images of what was dubbed a lost city did create a tremendous impact on the cuban government and its people. Today we bring you 10 lost underwater cities of the ancient world that were once lost in time but has been discovered and are being explored. But unlike this fictional island there are several real lost cities buried under layers of water waiting to be discovered.
This small brazilian town has got a quiet a history. Lion city china. The underwater city of pavlopetri in greece. Found in the south of modern day greece is the sunken city of pavlopetri.