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This vid is from Ancient Origins, from a series called Origins Explained. It delves into underwater and subsea archaeological finds, not only structures, but also military and ships lost at sea.
Here are some images of Lake Van, in Armenia - I researched it for my Urartu thread.
The waters of Lake Van closed over a very early settlement.
No, he was not found underwater - but for dog lovers, I thought you might like to see the kind of native dog of the area, the Armenian Gampr, that would have been keeping these ancient peoples company.
The remains of another underwater city was discovered in the Gulf of Cambay, also known as the Gulf of Khambhat in India in the year 2000. Somebody has done a good job of describing the find at:
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This is the Gulf near the famous river valley where the remains of the Indus Valley civilization (city of Harappa) have been excavated. But the submerged city appears to be much older.
Credit: Sevastopol State University Underwater divers have discovered naval structures, an ancient port and a Roman sea fortress off the coast of Syria at Tartus
Dmitry Tatarkov, director of the Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations, recently told Almasdar News that Russian scientists from Sevastopol State University have made a series of remarkable discoveries off the coast of the Syrian coast at Tartus.
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