Pavlopetri, The World's Oldest Submerged Town

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 05:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Forty-eight centuries ago, a bronze-age settlement flourished on the southern coast of Peloponnese, about 30 miles south of what would two thousand years later become the important town of Sparta. The city had a harbour facing east on calm waters, and had a few dozen buildings, roads, a burial site, and probably more. We do not know its ancient name, so the place has been called with the name of the modern-times place, Pavlopetri. read more

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