Then in October 2015, we got the amazing news: The Greek Chapter organized a spectacular Watch Day observance, which included an archaeological Snakes and Ladders game for children, a guided snorkeling tour led by Greek archeologist Despina Kotsoumba, the ceremonial placement of a ring of buoys around the site to at least keep boats from passing directly overhead, and of course lots of Greek wine. Global reaction to the Pavlopetri team’s discovery has predictably been characterized by enthusiastic interest not the least because of the hard evidence uncovered for the first time. This perception has suddenly changed in the light of two startling discoveries made earlier this year. Pavlopetri is the world’s oldest underwater city.
The Greek Gods responded by becoming more and more angry upon noticing the devious behavior of the people. Lost Greek City that may have Inspired Atlantis Myth gives up Secrets. Bamford estimates that the submerged civilization sank nearly 120 centuries ago {approximately 9,700 B.C.}. Thanks to shifting sands and the settlement's enclosure in a protected bay, the exploration revealed a world of buildings, courtyards, main streets, rock-cut tombs and religious structures. If it were destroyed before it could be fully studied, an entire chunk of world history would disappear right along with it. "As the world's oldest submerged city it is truly amazing. "It is very likely a combination of the first two," said Dimitris Sakellariou, at the Greek Institute of Oceanography. Often, they also engage in illegal activities such as hull cleaning and ballast dumping. }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); One day, we got an email from a stranger, asking for our help to protect what the writer claimed was the world’s oldest underwater city. The site is under threat of damage by boats dragging anchors, as well as by tourists and souvenir hunters.
Today, the site is threatened by pollution and shifting sediments caused by the presence of large ships. Dr. John Henderson, associate professor of underwater archaeology at the University of Nottingham categorically and firmly declared what has been foremost on everyone’s mind: “There is no doubt that this is the oldest submerged city in the world.
The only primary account of the Lost City of Atlantis comes from Greek scholar Plato who wrote about it in Critias and Timaeus in 355 B.C. While the studies claimed to indicate that parts of the Atlantic Ridge existed above the ocean surface before 10,000 B.C.
It not only shows how people lived at the time is also of great interest to natural scientists because the waters around it are so shallow.".
Marine geologists have yet to work out why the settlement sank.
Their anger reached such great proportions that the Gods did not respond by just punishing the erring people by unleashing penalties that could be severe {like starvation or disease} but limited in nature, but decided to hand down complete and total destruction and annihilation (Krystek). All traces of human existence underwater which are one hundred years old or more are protected by the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. (Smith) while Plato’s lifetime was 429 B.C. The twin catastrophes caused the entire city to sink to the ocean floor. Where possible, the exact coordinates, latitude and longitude, of the ships at anchor are included in the posts. It dates back more than 5000 years and represents one of the first “planned” cities – with residential neighborhoods, administrative buildings, factories for the production of pottery, markets etc. Its allure has been exacerbated ever since the 1970 television series Man from Atlantis starring Patrick Duffy as a charismatic web-footed hero who could survive underwater turned out to be a blockbuster hit (Wheeler & Phillips). The Alliance for the Restoration of Cultural Heritage and its affiliated Greek Chapter began to advocate on behalf of Pavlopetri at the start of 2014. A zone cut from the sea, then a zone of equal land, a zone of water and land and one surrounding the central island. As you can imagine, this required an enormous amount of paperwork, bureaucratic knowledge and legal research. The facebook page “Ships Wreck Vatika Bay” that you can find in the column on the right, is where Barbara and Maria from the Greek Chapter frequently post updates on large commercial ships that anchor in Vatika Bay. Neither the city of Atlantis nor any of its inhabitants were ever seen again since that disaster which Plato said took place around 90 centuries before his time (Krystek). From the time Plato described the Lost City of Atlantis in 355 B.C., it acted as an irresistible magnet that drew people to search for it. The existence of the Lost City of Atlantis has been written about by several authors ranging from psychics {such as Edgar Cayce and Rudolph Steiner} and historians {like Lewis Spence and Diodorus Siculus} to treasure-hunters {such as Mannannan Osin and Cuchulain Fionn} and scholars {like David Zink and Ignatius Donelly}. Several intensive studies of the Atlantic Ocean bed in the area around the Atlantic Ridge were carried out during which core samples, glacial residue, lava rock, coral sand deposits and plant growth were minutely examined. Discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming and mapped in 1968 by a team of archaeologists from Cambridge, Pavlopetri is located between the Pavlopetri islet across the Elafonisos village and the Pounta coast. (a) https://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/16/lost-greek-city-atlantis-myth, (b) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093635.htm, Copyright © The most interesting part of the sunken city is an area of 9,000 square meters on which comparatively new buildings were constructed. It was a wonderful day in July, and a grand example of what dollars can do. In addition, a huge number of pottery pieces are strewn over the entire area. We plan to print up brochures for the local hotels and a book for the local schools, about the life and times of Pavlopetri. Racism as “The Case for Reparations” by Coates, History: Hitler’s Regime in Germany in the 1930’s, History: the Printed Press Impact on the Society, Patriots: The Rebellions in Lower Canada 1837-38, Comparison: Mesopotamia and Ancient Egyptian Culture. As the seemingly futile search for hard evidence continued, the allure of the Lost City of Atlantis did not match other existing legends such as the Bermuda Triangle mainly because there was no connecting physical evidence {for example, it is well known that several ships and aircraft have vanished without trace in the Bermuda Triangle}.
Pavlopetri is the world’s oldest underwater city. The main structure in this area is a megaron, that is, a massive building with a huge hall in the shape of a rectangle. Several unique robots have been developed to survey the site in various ways. Pavlopetri is the name given to a sunken Greek city off the southern Peloponnese, discovered as recently as 1967.An Anglo-Greek team of archaeologists have dated the remains to between 2800 and 1200 BC and as such are referring to it as the oldest (known) submerged city in the world (a)(b).. 2009. In the center of larger of the two islands (apart from the center Temple of Poseidon island) a race course for horses extended around the island. "Our investigations also revealed over 9,000 square meters of new buildings. And soon, other allies emerged. First published on Fri 16 Oct 2009 19.49 BST. The immense size of the grid precludes it from having originated from natural causes. (function(d, s, id) { Vatika Bay is famous for its pristine water and diversified marine environment. We use a maritime app to monitor and document the presence of illegally anchored ships. 50,000 square meters, and lie at a depth of 2-3 meters in Vatika Bay, Greece. Smith, Helena. We filed formal legal complaints with the U.N. and the E.U.
The other staunch defenders of Pavlopetri included the local newspaper Ta Vatika, and the environmental organization Tulipa Goulima. Alliance for the Restoration of Cultural Heritage (ARCH), All Rights Reserved. Email: info@archinternational.org, © 2020 Help us with the monitoring of the ships or check back with us daily and become a witness to the destruction of Vatika Bay, an invaluable natural resource and home of the irreplaceable archeological site of Pavlopetri, the oldest underwater city in the world. 26 Nov. 2009. This ideal state of affairs began to change when the people deviated from the path of morality and started increasingly succumbing to greed and corruption. “Is this Atlantis?” The Sun Newspaper.
This once buzzing port city has possibly inspired the Atlantis myth.
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