Alvarez-Zarikian, C. A, S. Soter, and D. Katsonopoulou, 2008,
Journal of Coastal Research. vol. 24, no. sp1, pp. 110-125.
]A city submerged
Helike Foundation - Search for Ancient Helike -
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"In 2001, after twelve years of field work, the Helike Project
brought to light the first traces of the lost Classical city,
buried under deposits of an ancient lagoon. And, to their
astonishment, the explorers also discovered nearby an entire
Early Bronze Age town, dating from about 2400 BC, in an
extraordinary state of preservation. An earthquake apparently
caused the submergence of this Prehistoric town twenty centuries
before a similar fate led to the disappearance of its Classical
successor. The exploration and excavation of Prehistoric and
Classical Helike will be the work of decades to come."
Posted originally by Paul H at Hall of Ma'at
[edit on 15/4/08 by Hanslune]