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Source: University of Nottingham

Roundup

10-16-09

Race to preserve the world's oldest submerged town [video 8 minutes, 12 seconds]

Underwater archaeologists surveying the worlds oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the early Bronze Age. This suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece.

Read entire article at University of Nottingham