Is there a city that sank under the sea? Where is it?

Whenever the city lights come on, neon lights illuminate the bustling streets, and supermarkets are crowded with people, you can never imagine what it would be like if one day this city was buried in the deep sea. However, through complicated and confusing undersea investigation work, archaeologists have discovered that cities that disappeared in the Middle Ages or ancient times are hidden deep under the sea. On the azure blue or deep black seabed, when people push aside the thick water plants, what they see are the ruins of ancient cities. How charming and magical it must be!

Due to the increasing development of undersea archeology, many ancient cities that sank to the bottom of the sea due to changes in the earth's crust have been revived one by one. Italian undersea archaeologist Zarde Charlo discovered a historic city that has never been found: the ancient seaport city of Pilchi on the island of Andros. Once, at a depth of 20 meters on a certain seashore, Zardcharo pushed aside long aquatic plants and found that the aquatic plants were actually attached to some marble columns. Based on his findings, he continued to track and search, and discovered again Many ancient house ruins and fragments of statues, and even the outlines of squares, streets and port piers can be vaguely discerned, forming a magnificent ancient port city. Later, historians confirmed that this was the historical city that people had been unable to identify. Then, the undersea archaeologist also discovered 30 ancient undersea cities. One of them is a city ruins sunk on the seabed on the coast not far from Venice and Sinapoli. It extends parallel to the coastline and is 5 kilometers long. Before the founding of the Roman Empire.

Undersea archaeological work is a very detailed and complex work, and a lot of labor is required to obtain data. The great ancient Greek philosopher Plato once described the prosperous scene of the continent that is now located in the Atlantic Ocean. Through efforts, marine scientists have found the whereabouts of the missing continent hundreds of miles off the west coast of Portugal. Scientists are interested in the "mysterious structure" of this seabed. 460 photos were taken. In one of the photos, a long platform one meter wide can be seen. The position and regular shape of these platforms can prove that it is artificially carved. So I put forward the hypothesis that the ruins were probably the remains of Daxizhou.

In the 17th century, Port Royal on the island of Jamaica in the Latin American Caribbean was a prosperous city. Due to its geographical location, it happened to be on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean between Puerto Rico and the deepest trench here was more than 8,300 meters deep. meters, extending an area of ??186,000 square kilometers. Undersea volcanoes erupt frequently in this area. As a result, the city sank to the bottom of the sea after three consecutive strong earthquakes. In recent years, some undersea archaeologists have come to the Caribbean to conduct undersea surveys of this city, which was once a gathering place for European pirates and colonialists. American scientists dived in observation submarines. They used advanced detection instruments such as side sonar and electromagnetic current needles to obtain detailed information about the ruins of the ancient city and the vicinity of the seabed. They drew maps of the ancient city and hydrological and geomorphological maps of the sea area. Divers were also working on the ruins of the ancient city. Many household furniture and ancient artifacts were salvaged nearby. What is even more interesting is that among these ancient relics there is a copper chiming clock. The needle pendulum stopped swinging due to broken strings during the earthquake. After X-ray examination, it was proved that the time pointed by the chiming clock hands was the exact time of the violent earthquake. time. The ancient clock provides conclusive evidence for seismologists to study the specific time and circumstances of local earthquakes, and also provides valuable technical data for the research work of marine geological scientists.

The discoveries of ancient underwater cities by undersea archaeologists have provided us with a large amount of precious historical research data. There is a city called Bondi Oscura that was submerged by the sea at the end of the 4th century BC. This is a Greek city built by immigrants from Miletus in the 6th century BC. It was one of the important international business centers at that time. The market there was prosperous and prosperous, and merchants from Greece, Rome and Asia Minor came here to trade. However, nature is like a magical magician. It used the fierce crustal movement of the Caucasus Mountains to bury this famous city under the sea. Although today there is only a pile of rubble and ruins left, archaeologists have provided us with extremely important evidence and physical data. People seem to see groups of people gathering in the square, eagerly looking forward to various goods. There are people on the streets. Many merchants were trading, and slaves on the dock were carrying heavy goods and taking difficult steps...

For more than a thousand years, such legends have been circulating in ancient Greek mythology. On the Mediterranean coast in the north of ancient Egypt, there once was an extremely powerful and civilized city - "Pharaoh City". There are the majestic "Hercules" temple in the city, many statues of great artistic value, and various simple and elegant buildings... The people here live a very prosperous and comfortable life. The highly developed civilization in Pharaoh City was thousands of years earlier than the civilizations in other parts of the world. However, one night 1,400 years ago, the Pharaoh City disappeared. It lay on the seabed 40 meters deep, with temples, statues, and houses intact, and the myths and legends finally became a reality. Archaeologists believe that this is the greatest discovery in the history of marine archeology. It was caused by a major earthquake 1,400 years ago, which caused the ground to suddenly sink and the sea water to rise sharply and sink to the bottom of the sea.

On the red earth plateau of Yunnan, my country, there is a beautiful lake with a water depth of 155 meters. It is the second largest deep-water lake in my country. This is Fuxian Lake.

It is said that in ancient times, a city sank into the lake and disappeared. For a long time, no one took this legend seriously. It was not until May 1992 that a diving enthusiast discovered the ruins of the ancient city underwater, which aroused people's attention. interest. On March 1, 2001, Peking University archaeologist Yu Xixian conducted on-site research, took a large number of TV and photo materials, and salvaged artificially carved stones from the site. After comprehensive analysis of the data, it was confirmed that Fuxian Lake is underwater There are ruins of ancient civilizations. Then, the Chinese Underwater Archaeological Team gathered elite soldiers and experts in archeology, geology, history, earthquakes, and ancient buildings. They also actively participated in it. With the assistance of underwater robots and submarines, they finally verified and discovered the underwater buildings in Fuxian Lake. The site is 1,200 meters long from east to west and 2,000 meters wide from north to south. Its scale is rare in my country. This ancient building site was built no later than the mid-Eastern Han Dynasty and has a history of at least 1,700 years. This is the first underwater ancient building site discovered in my country. Experts speculate that this is an underwater city that sank to the bottom of the lake due to a landslide, or that it sank into the water due to an earthquake. An accurate conclusion has yet to be made.

The sea is like a weather-beaten old man, who is constantly telling people the history of the prosperous ancient cities in the past.