8 Amazing Sites Buried in the Ocean From underwater museums to ancient cities
lost to the watery sea gods, we look at 8 amazing sites buried in the ocean.
8.
Lion city • The city of Shi Cheng, aka Lion City,
was put together in the • In 1959 Lion city was purposely flooded
to create a lake that would power a hydroelectric plant.
In its hay day it was the political center of the county and nearly 300,000 people had
to relocate to make way for the lake.
50 years later, the government finally decided to see what was left of the drowned city.
There are huge well preserved structures from the 1300s and epic engravings of dragons and
phoenixes.
• The place is pretty intact considering it’s been immersed in water for 55 years.
You should see me after I fall asleep in the tub, I’m more wrinkled than a geriatric
sack.
7.
Heracleion, Egypt • We’ve all heard about what a babe Cleopatra
was.
Back in the day, everybody wanted to bang, marry or kill her.
Even her own brother probably banged her.
History is gross.
Anyway.
• After 1200 years archaeologists finally found Cleopatra’s old palace, which she
most likely inherited.
Ka-ching!
And with it, the lost city of Heracleion, which was an Egyptian port city partly built
on stilts. 30 feet underwater they also managed to find 64 ships and some big ass statues
of Egyptian gods.
• For a while historians weren’t sure that the lost city wasn’t just literary
make believe, like Hogwarts or France but there she was.
It was a few centuries after Cleo’s reign, that Heracleion went down after an earthquake
fubared the place to hell.
6.
Mahabalipuram, India • Mahabalipuram is an ancient Indian city
where the ruling dynasty hung out between the 3rd and 9th centuries.
The city is said to have had seven pagodas, or shrines, built in honour of some guy named
King Bali in the 8th century.
• But only one of the pagodas was thought to have survived the test of time.
The other six were thought to be lost until a tsunami hit in 2004 and the giant waves
gave glimpses of what was underneath.
A lion statue was revealed and a series of stone steps.
• They’re hoping that with further research archaeologists can confirm that the findings
are the remaining pagodas but they’re too busy hanging out with Shia LaBouf.
5.
Baia, Italy • Back in the Roman days, everybody who’s
anybody got to hang out in Baia.
It was full of debauchery and corruption, so it was basically like an olden school Vegas.
• Julius Caesar had a villa there, Nero hung out there.
It was a resort city where you went to hang out, kick back at the mineral springs.
The ruins show a bunch of wicked temples • By the time the city was submerged by
nearby volcanoes, people were pretty over it.
Not to mention, there were recurring bouts of malaria there and nobody likes getting
a parasite while they’re on holiday.
If you’re going to shit yourself on vacation let it be because you ate too much.
4.
Yonaguni-Jima, Japan • Everybody hop in the Mystery Machine and
grab your Scooby snacks because this shit is mysterious as fuck.
• Back in the 80s, divers found some freaky-looking stone formations off the coast of Yonaguni,
Japan.
The stone looks like steps carved into the side of a mountain.
There’s even one section called the turtle because the patterns look like a shell.
Japan’s government aren’t too interested in the weird rocks since they’re convinced
that nature decided the underwater creatures needed a staircase for dramatic affect in
their musical numbers.
• BUT some archeologists are arguing that the rocks look too planned to have occurred
naturally.
But I think we all know who really did this.
Aliens are taking over planet Earth taking over one section of the ocean at a time.
Clever fuckers.
Ok, now hand me the Scooby snacks.
I got the munchies bad.
3.
Pavlopetri, Greece • The oldest sunken city resides in the
waters of southern Greece.
• Pavlopetri is mere 15 feet below the water’s surface is the remains of a nine acre, 5,000-year-old
city.
This place is so old, they’re pretty sure it was built when everything from the Iliad
went down; for the noobs at home, it’s a giant poem about a bangin’ hot chick some
Greeks went to war over.
• The city planning alone pisses all over cities of the time; there are double storey
houses, roads and complex water systems.
There are 15 buildings and it’s surprisingly intact considering it most likely sunk because
of an earth quake.
They think it sunk around 1000BC but it’s definitely proof of how boss Greeks were at
getting shit done.
Man, those guys have really been coasting for the past few centuries.
2.
Musa, Cancun • A recent addition to these underwater
marvels is an underwater museum built off the coast of Cancun in Mexico.
• The museum was built in 2009 and has over 500 sculptures that are made from materials
that promote coral growth.
The collection is called ‘Silent Evolution’ and shows humans interacting with one another;
showing both how awesome we are and how shitty we can be.
The whole installation weighs 200 tonnes!
• The project was actually an attempt to draw tourists away from the natural coral
reefs where snorkelers had been causing a heap of damage.
Which would have to be the most backhanded reason for art I’ve ever heard; “You’re
ruining the things!
Here’s some other pretty things, as punishment.”
1.
Dwarka, India • Another mysterious site was discovered
off the Gulf of Cambay in India is suspected to be the remains of a city thought to be
a myth.
Some experts still maintain that it’s only mythical, but they definitely need to do some
more research into this.
• The lost city of Lord Krishna was called Dwarka, which means ‘Gateway to heaven’
in Sanskrit.
It’s meant to have had thousands of palaces built from gold and silver.
While the findings haven’t been that epic, archaeologists found submerged settlements
with artefacts dating back to 7500BCE.
They found settlements, a big stone jetty, and crazy looking stone anchors.
There’s also a bastion, which is a fancy word for a fort where your guards would watch
for bad guys.
• Lots of people are hoping that they’ve found this literary, mythic city but regardless
of if it’s the fairytale they were hoping for, what they’ve found is pretty epic.
What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever unexpectedly found while walking around outside?
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