And a little something for those who believe that Global Warming and melting ice caps (with consequent rising sea levels) is a recent event. Egypt is excavating a Roman city that is now submerged beneath the waves. Thus, it begs the question of whether water levels are rising, land levels are decreasing, or that the Romans were so technologically advanced that they built the world's first underwater city.
Either way, it indicates that something caused this city to be submerged over just the past 2,000 years:
Egypt to excavate Roman city submerged in sea
Mon May 22, 2006 11:30am ET
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian authorities have given the go ahead for the underwater exploration of what appears to be a Roman city submerged in the Mediterranean, Egypt's top archaeologist said on Monday.
Zahi Hawass said in a statement that an excavation team had found the ruins of the Roman city 35 km (20 miles) east of the Suez Canal on Egypt's north coast.
Archaeologists had found buildings, bathrooms, ruins of a Roman fortress, ancient coins, bronze vases and pieces of pottery that all date back to the Roman era, the statement said. Egypt's Roman era lasted from 30 BC to 337 AD.
The excavation team also found four bridges that belonged to a submerged castle, part of which had been discovered on the Mediterranean coastline in 1910.
The statement said evidence indicated that part of the site was on the coast and part of it submerged in the sea. The area marked Egypt's eastern border during the Roman era.
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