in only 70 feet of water
divers discovered sandstone walls
cobblestone streets and evidence of a
prosperous seaport welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 discovered underwater
cities archaeologists now know that the
roman city was not the scene of sudden
death like in neighboring pompeii it's
located actually within a wall of a
settlement which was quite common in the
bronze age 70 feet beneath the waves lay
the remains of what appeared to be an
underwater metropolis
for this list we're looking at ancient
buildings sculptures and other
structures that made up ancient cities
that have now been discovered underwater
we won't include cities that were well
known in modern times before being
flooded did you know about any of these
underwater cities let us know in the
comments
number 10. vanigoria greece prime
minister vladimir putin visited an
excavation site of the ancient greek
town of fenegoria founded in 543 bc
fatagoria was a significant colony of
ancient greece located in the taman
peninsula it was once the capital of old
great bulgaria has a massive market and
trading post it served much of the
traffic between the black and caspian
seas after a series of conflicts and
invasions the city was left in ruins and
matrega was built on top of it however
it was then rediscovered in the 18th
century and an archaeological dig began
in 1822 today about a third of the
ancient city can be found underwater and
research about the area is ongoing
number nine tequina south america lake
titicaca is located in south america
between bolivia and peru
not only is it the largest of its kind
in the region it's also home to an
ancient civilization located beneath the
waters of the lake muffled for centuries
each stone becomes a chronicle
hinting at civilizations that predate
even the inca discovered in 2008
thousands of items including gold and
ceramics have been discovered but only a
handful have been retrieved to the
surface according to research the
ancient artifacts belonged to the
pre-inca tiwanaku civilizations which
were believed to be quite dominant at
one time the bolivian government plans
to build an underwater museum at one of
the more significant locations known as
santiago de oja and perhaps beneath the
rocks and the mud lie other secrets
still waiting to be disclosed number
eight oluse greece
apparently greece was a popular place
for ancient sunken civilizations the
second greek city on our list olnus was
a city of ancient crete at its peak
oluse was said to be home to 40 000
people and there are contradictory
reports as to how exactly the city fell
from volcanic eruptions to the natural
sinking of the landscape the details
continue to be somewhat of a mystery
today the remains of this city can be
found near elunda crete greece visitors
can actually visit the city by swimming
out to elunde bay excavation and
research of the ruins are ongoing to
this day
number 7. pavlo petri greece in 1967 the
submerged remains of a prehistoric town
were found by nick fleming then a young
oceanographer from the university of
southampton rounding off our hat trick
of greek sunken cities we find ourselves
at pavlo petri far older than the others
previously mentioned these ancient ruins
are estimated to be about 5000 years old
it's also notable because of how much of
it has been preserved with entire
structures tombs and more found intact
it's one of the oldest snapshots of a
city ever discovered underwater about 80
percent of them appear to be early
bronze age and that actually makes this
settlement all the more important
multiple earthquakes and ever rising sea
levels are believed to have been the
cause of this town's demise originally
discovered in 1967 the ruins have become
a unesco site where further research
continues probably now pavlo peche is
the most surveyed bit of seabed in the
world number six athlete yam israel
about an hour north of tel aviv israel
is a small town called athlete it's just
off the shores where you can find the
remains of athletium an almost 9 000
year old sunken neolithic village it is
a 9 000 year old
settlement
although shipwrecks and other
settlements had been discovered near
here it was in 1984 when ahud galilee
uncovered more than just one old boat
houses and a well were found but the
most notable discovery was that of a
stone circle made of seven thirteen
hundred pound large prehistoric stones
the layout of these megaliths suggests
they may have been part of some type of
water ritual a full-size human skeleton
was even found that gave researchers an
in-depth look at life during that era
you see the village is 40 000 square
meters
this information was gathered after uh
25 years of exposure number five the
ancient city of bayi italy it's been
described as the las vegas of the roman
empire the wealthy came here to engage
in whatever prohibited activity they
chose essentially a resort town it could
be found about 19 miles from naples
italy however over time the city
disappeared into the water due to the
unique properties of the earth's surface
in the area it was then discovered in
the 1940s which eventually led to an
official underwater survey in the 1960s
the unique underwater pressure in the
region has literally raised and lowered
baye again and again much like a song
stuck on repeat the area is now a marine
protected area as more research
continues
number four dwarka india excavations off
the west coast of india have led to what
may be one of india's most amazing
discoveries in the indian book of
mahabharata a story is told of how
krishna moved the capital from mathura
to dwarka to escape countless battles
with jerusalem like many religious texts
some perceived the tales written within
the mahabharata to be less than factual
however scientists discovered underwater
archaeological remains in the gulf of
kambay scholars declared these ruins to
be the remains of the ancient and
legendary city of dwarka this incredible
find appeared to give credence towards
the tales written in the religious text
walls bones pottery and other items were
recovered and surprised scientists when
they learned the ruins were over nine
thousand years old all previous
discoveries within the region had dated
back four thousand years signifying that
the culture in that region was far older
than originally suspected over the next
eight years his excavations eventually
uncovered the remains of a sprawling
city of around ten thousand people
number three port royal jamaica on june
7 1692 a region's largest city was
destroyed by an earthquake and an
accompanying tsunami prior to that it
was a haven for real pirates in the
caribbean a great grandfather to sin
city this was a place that was all about
excess clergymen preached this
catastrophe of biblical proportions was
god's punishment for port royal's wicked
ways the real pirates of the age spent
much of their loot engaging in whatever
they chose yet a force of nature wiped
that slate clean and gave us an
incredible sunken pirate city that
remains just underwater this is really a
spectacular spectacular view between the
city and several hundred sunken ships in
the area it is a window into a world of
debauchery from centuries ago a small
version of buildings that would have
seen in london at the time
in fact all of port royal
would have looked like a miniature scale
london number two the yonaguni monument
japan
human made or naturally occurring this
is a debate that has been going on since
the yonaguni monument was first
discovered in the mid 1980s a massive
complex of stone formations lay hidden a
mere 60 feet beneath the ocean surface
at 165 feet or 50 meters long and 65
feet or 20 meters wide it certainly
commands attention by its size referred
to as the japanese atlantis some believe
it to be a relic of an ancient japanese
continent known as mu the largest of the
formations
resemble a massive five-layered stepped
pyramid yet as astounding as it is
here's a debate on whether or not the
formation may be natural citing examples
such as the giant's causeway in ireland
some scientists say the formation is
completely natural and not made by any
ancient human being believer or not this
underwater relic continues to be
researched in hopes of finding a
definitive answer
a number of tools and numerous engraved
stones were found at the site
because of these things
there is no doubt to me that this was
made artificially before we continue be
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number one the city of thonis egypt
cleopatra iii and paris and helen of
troy all may have seen this ancient city
it was one that was known by two names
heraklion in greece antonus in egypt
these fascinating artifacts from lost
egyptian cities were discovered founded
somewhere between the 12th and 8th
century bc it was a port city located
near alexandria egypt described as the
venice of egypt fonus was the country's
central port for international trade
this made it an important part of
egyptian culture at the time the once
magnificent egyptian cities of thomas
heracleon and canopus eventually the
hard clay foundation of the city quickly
liquefied causing everything to sink
into the ocean but what makes this our
number one is how well preserved the
monuments statues and other ruins are
it's an instantaneous trip back to an
era of pharaohs and gods once thought
long lost the sea had reclaimed the
cities where they laid undiscovered for
over a thousand years do you agree with
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