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Lots of new discoveries are being made around the world and they aren't on land; they're in the sea! It would appear that in the past, when sea levels were lower, there were port cities that were forever forgotten until modern archaeology, diving and submarines began to detect their presence.
What is most interesting about these cities found around the world is the dating of them. Some show that civilizations were worldwide, many during ice age, that were advanced. It is changing what we think we know about the ice and water levels around the globe, possibly advanced civilizations that went missing.
One such example is city of Heracleion off the coast of Egypt and may date back as early as the 12th Century BC. It is believed to have been underwater for 1200 years. It was reportedly built on some islands in the Nile Delta and had canals intersecting it. It was said that Helen of Troy stayed there and that Hercules had come there, perhaps being the one the city was named after.
Perhaps one of the most amazing recent finds was off the coast of India in the Gulf of Khambhat where a city (Dwarka) was found that dates back more than 9500 years. There is some debate this might be as old as 32,000 years! The city was five miles long and two miles wide. They found pottery, walls, sculpture, bones and teeth dating to at least 9500 years ago. It was believed there were no civilizations in that area before 2500 BC. This means that the record books need to be rewritten. It is believed the last ice age had it under ice caps.
This not so ancient, but terribly intriguing city, Port Royal, was one a disreputable city of sin for pirates. A massive earthquake sucked it right down into the ocean in the 1600s. This was actually one of the largest cities in the New World.
The Yonaguni Monument lies under the water off the shores of Japan. There has been much debate about whether it is natural or man-made as it is aged back to 10,000 BC, that puts it around the last ice age.