7 Ancient Underwater Ruins The Most Attractive



Cleopatra's palace in Alexandria (Egypt) 

Off the coast of Alexandria, the city of Alexander the Great, lie what are believed to be the ruins of the royal quarter of Cleopatra. A team of marine archaeologists led by Frenchman Franck Goddio conduct excavations in this ancient city from where Cleopatra, queen of the last Ptolemies, ruled Egypt yag. Historians believe the site was submerged by earthquakes and tidal waves more than 1,600 years ago.

Excavations concentrated on a submerged island Antirhodus. Cleopatra is said to have had a palace there. Other discoveries included a well-preserved shipwreck and the red granite with the inscription Yunani.Juga found sphinx is said to represent Cleopatra's father, King Ptolemy XII. Artifacts still remain in place originally, because the Government of Egypt memnginginkan place to create an underwater museum.


 
Most Keji City On Earth, the Port Royal (Jamaica) 

Port Royal is a town that was destroyed by the earthquake in Jamaica on June 7, 1692. Port Royal Previously known as the "City Most Keji on Earth", because there where the concentration of pirates, prostitutes and rum.

Within minutes the town covering an area of nearly 33 acres including buildings, roads and houses and their contents lost in the sea water. Today, staying underwater metropolis leaving about 13 acres, at depths ranging from several inches to 40 feet.

In 1981, Nautical Archaeology Program Texas A & M University, in collaboration with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) and the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), began underwater archaeological investigations ranging from the submerged 17th-century town of Port Royal, Jamaica . Current evidence suggests that while the area of Port Royal, located along the edge of the harbor were destroyed when they are submerged, destroying most of the archaeological context, the area investigated by TAMU / INA, located some distance from the harbor, sunk vertically, horizontally with minimal disruption.


The submerged temples of Mahabalipuram (India) 

According to popular belief, the Temple of Mahabalipuram is not a temple, but the last of a series of seven temples, six of whom had been drowned. The discovery of the ruins of the main building took place in April 2002 off the coast of Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu, South India, at a depth of 5 to 7 meters (15-21 feet) is done by a joint team of Dorset Scientific Exploration Society (SES) and India's National Institute of Oceanography (NIO). The investigation at the location of each stone, the remains of the wall, spread, square stone and rectangular blocks and a large platform with the steps leading up to it. All this lay in the midst of a local rock geological formations.

There are four lion figures at four sites, the ruins were concluded to be a part of the temple complex. Pallava dynasty, which controlled the region during the 7th century AD, is known to have a lot of hard stone buildings such as structural temples in Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.


Yonaguni-Jima, Building 8000-year-old (Japan) 


Located 68 kilometers from the east coast of Taiwan, Yonaguni Island is a remarkable place because of the rocky coastline and mountains. The submerged ruins was located on the southern coast of Yonaguni: 100 × 50x25 meters man-made artifacts of stone slabs standing upright. It's estimated about 8,000 years old, which is very early for this kind of technology that has been used for engraving.There are different theories about the possible identity of these structures.

While people say this is the remains of the ruins of the lost continent of Mu, archeologists call it the result of geological processes that can not be explained.And when you see the hallways and stairs finely designed, the idea of saying this is a 'natural phenomenon' will appear.

Megalith building was discovered accidentally by a sport diver in 1995 when he had strayed beyond the permissible limits of the coast of Okinawa. The interesting thing from a large stone building is that the arch was made ​​of stone blocks bearing a beautiful form and has similarities with the architectural style of the building of a vast civilization Inca.Perdebatan about was linked as a Parent ruins of prehistoric civilization.


Pavlopetri (Greece) 

Pavlopetri ancient city lies in three to four meters off the coast of southern Laconia in Greece. Ruins date from at least 2800 BC. Found intact buildings, courtyards, streets, rooms and thirty-seven tombs Cist graves ascribed to the Mycenaean period (1680-1180 BC). These include the Bronze Age phase of Greece is included in many Ancient Greek literature and myth, including Homer's Age of Heroes.

Mycenaean sites offer new knowledge about how to live and work system at the time, given that only a little knowledge about it, which he said the people Mycenaean only expand their power towards the sea.


Poet Dwarka (India) 

Among the most interesting archaeological discoveries made ​​in India in recent years was made ​​off the coast of Dwarka and Bet Dwarka in Gujarat. Excavations have been ongoing since 1983. These are two places 30 miles apart from each other.Dwarka in the Arabian sea coast, and Bet Dwarka is in the Gulf of Kutch. Second place is connected with the legend of Krishna is good, There are many temples here, especially those belonging to the medieval period.

Rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country, the legendary city of Dvaraka was the residence of Lord Krishna. It is believed that due to damage and destruction by the sea, Dvaraka has submerged six times.


The Lost Village (Canada)


"Lost Village" is located in the province of Ontario Canada, in the former townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck (now South Stormont) near Cornwall, which is permanently lost due to creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1958.

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