Cities captured by the waves and drawn to a watery death captivate the imagination. Where once people bustled about their daily tasks, reclined at their leisure, and gathered to share the daily news, now fishes feed and sand sifts over their remains.
There are a number of cities that have been claimed by the sea; one is Heracleion, also known as Thonis, near what was once Alexandria.
Seventeenth-century Port Royal, a city of pirates, was known as the "wickedest city on earth." It was featured as a "location within Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series, though much of the location work for Port Royal was actually done on the island of Saint Vincent, not in Jamaica. (Wikipedia)"
Four more cities are listed by Earth Porm: The Pyramids of Yonaguni-Jima, Japan; Dwarka, Gulf of Cambay, India; Lion City of Quiandao Lake, China; and Cleopatra’s Palace, Alexandria, Egypt.
Andrew Handley has an article about lesser known mysterious underwater cities. The image below shows pottery found at Mulifanua, a tiny village perched on the northernmost tip of Upolu in the Samoan archipelago. This pottery dates back to about 800 B.C.
-- Marge
There are a number of cities that have been claimed by the sea; one is Heracleion, also known as Thonis, near what was once Alexandria.
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| Statue of a pharaoh (©Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, photo: Christoph Gerigk), Collective Evolution |
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Seventeenth-century Port Royal, a city of pirates, was known as the "wickedest city on earth." It was featured as a "location within Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series, though much of the location work for Port Royal was actually done on the island of Saint Vincent, not in Jamaica. (Wikipedia)"
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| Port Royal, Jamaica, Earth Porm |
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Four more cities are listed by Earth Porm: The Pyramids of Yonaguni-Jima, Japan; Dwarka, Gulf of Cambay, India; Lion City of Quiandao Lake, China; and Cleopatra’s Palace, Alexandria, Egypt.
Andrew Handley has an article about lesser known mysterious underwater cities. The image below shows pottery found at Mulifanua, a tiny village perched on the northernmost tip of Upolu in the Samoan archipelago. This pottery dates back to about 800 B.C.
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| Andrew Handley, Mulifanua Bay, Listverse |
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-- Marge
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