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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on December 03, 2024, 09:59:53 AM

Title: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Imperial Dave on December 03, 2024, 09:59:53 AM
https://greekreporter.com/2024/12/02/ancient-cities-submerged-mediterranean-greece-atlantis/

I'll get my snorkel...
Title: Re: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Keraunos on December 03, 2024, 10:58:34 AM
Diving in the Mediterranean!  That was the kind of archaeology I had in mind when I took up the subject.  What did I end up with?  Digging up Saxon grub huts on an exposed gravel pit outside Hertford in the middle of winter!  It is why I am now not an archaeologist and am living in Hong Kong  ;D
Title: Re: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Imperial Dave on December 03, 2024, 11:42:42 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Ian61 on December 03, 2024, 11:51:15 AM
I had to chuckle at the phrase
QuoteOnce known as the "Las Vegas of the Roman Empire," the ancient submerged Roman city of Baiae ...
Anachronism and hyperbole. :D
Title: Re: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Erpingham on December 03, 2024, 12:12:40 PM
Quote from: Ian61 on December 03, 2024, 11:51:15 AMAnachronism and hyperbole.

Hyperbole certainly.  It doesn't say when "once" was - I'd guess it would be late 20th century, as Vegas isn't really Vegas until the 1960s. Whether it is an accurate comparison may be doubtful - more "playground of the rich and famous" (those of a certain age can put on an Alan Whicker accent here) than a corporate money machine.
Title: Re: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Keraunos on December 03, 2024, 12:38:19 PM
Let's start calling Las Vegas the Baiae of the American Empire and look forward to it being submerged!
Title: Re: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Imperial Dave on December 03, 2024, 04:02:57 PM
A bit wetter than Las Vegas
Title: Re: 6 ancient submerged cities
Post by: Nick Harbud on December 06, 2024, 03:42:23 PM
Well yes, the Mediterranean coast is littered with abandoned cities.  Some of them, as illustrated in the article, simply became too wet to live in.  Others, such as Ephesus, Kaunos or Miletus, were abandoned after their harbours silted up and the resultant plagues of mosquitoes brought malaria, which devastated the populations. 

Interestingly, at least one of these abandoned cities, Troy, was rebuilt and maintained for many centuries as a tourist attraction - not unlike Las Vegas!

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