What is the age of the remains in the mysterious sea area?

The remains of Japan and Nagano Island.

Japan and Nagano Island, known as the "City of Nature"

Half a century ago, at the southern tip of the Ryukyu Islands and Nagano Island in Japan, divers found the remains of man-made buildings, including square structures covered with corals, huge angular platforms, and buildings such as streets, stairs and arches.

This can be said to be a relic of an ancient city like an altar. Its range is about 200 meters long from east to west, wide from north to south 140 meters, and the highest point is about 26 meters.

The Ryukyu Islands and Nagano Island Marine Monument in Japan has a flat right-angled staircase building and a huge platform with stairs.

1986, local divers named this underwater city as "diving sightseeing area of marine monument", which attracted the attention of the world after being reported.

Later, the University of Ryukyu established an "Underwater Archaeological Investigation Team" and began an eight-year investigation, covering the seabed from the southeast of Shihuan Island to the east and west coasts. Various stone buildings, columns, head statues, arches, stone tools and geometric turtle sculptures were discovered one after another.

In addition, the "+"and "V"-shaped line carvings were found, which were carved from a cow-shaped stone with a diameter of 76 cm.

Looking down, the ruins are surrounded by streets and farmland. The largest one is 100 meters long and 25 meters high. It is made of huge rocks.

According to the three-dimensional map drawn by the "Underwater Archaeological Investigation Team" of Ryukyu University by computer synthesis, this relic may be a temple where ancient civilized residents gathered to worship.

There are two semicircular pillar holes in the north of the temple, which archaeologists believe are bathing places before the ceremony, while there is an arched gate in the east of the temple, and there are two overlapping boulders near the gate with rectangular artificially carved holes, which should be the cornerstone of the processed castle.

Three-dimensional map of megalithic ruins

In addition, a head statue several meters high was found at the bottom of the famous "Li Shen Rock" on the southeast coast of Nagano Island, with clear facial features and face.

Later, on the nearby "Shibeiyan" boulder, some incomprehensible carving marks similar to words were found.

Unexplained carving marks with similar characters were found on the head statue "Shibeiyan" several meters high and more than ten meters long at the bottom of Nagano Island.

Kimura, Department of Geology and Earth Sciences, Ryukyu University

Professor Masaaki) said in an interview in1September, 1999 that these remains can be clearly identified by visual inspection as a combination of manual work.

All kinds of evidence show that the remains are indeed man-made, including the distribution of surrounding streets and flat seams with right-angled steps. The round hole in the stone is very similar to the trace left by the insertion of the stone pillar.

The discovery of artifacts and hieroglyphics proves that the marine monument in the south of Nagano Island is indeed the site of human civilization.

Boston University Hugh (Robert)

Professor Schoch) said after diving to inspect the ruins that this series of huge steps composed of one-meter-high stones should be a stepped pyramid.

Although it can be assumed that such a structure can be produced by the natural corrosion of water after the stone is broken, he has never found that any process can produce such a sharp stepped section.

Jim Moore, an archaeologist at the University of London

Mower) said that if this site is really man-made, the builders are at least as civilized as the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus River.

Teruaki, Institute of Oceanography, University of Tokyo

Assistant professor Ishii pointed out that the land where this sea area is located was exposed to the ground at least during the last ice age 10 thousand years ago.

According to the understanding of modern science, thousands of years ago, human beings were still in the Stone Age when primitive people chased wild animals, and they simply had no ability to build such buildings.

Some people think that this is probably the evidence left by an unknown human civilization.

We can't help asking: Is there really a prosperous ancient civilization? Is the marine monument a special case?

The incredible undersea pyramids

And the undersea pyramid of that island

In addition to the southern part of Nagano Island, there are also important discoveries in the Nisaki sea area at the westernmost tip of Nagano Island.

1990, divers found a huge pyramid piled up by rocks on the seabed of Nishikaki.

This pyramid-shaped building is183m wide and 27m high? Four or three meters, composed of rectangular boulders, with five floors.

Several small stone piers similar in shape to the Great Pyramid were also found near the Great Pyramid. They are pocket pyramids made of slate, about ten meters wide and two meters high.

Geologists from the University of Ryukyu who participated in the research judged that the building was an artificial product, not a natural product, otherwise it should have gathered corrosive fragments, but no such stone fragments were found at all.

In addition, there are ruins similar to streets around the pyramids, which also shows that this is not produced by nature.

Geologists at Boston University in the United States also said after the diving survey that this series of huge steps composed of one-meter-high stones should be a stepped pyramid.

Although it can be assumed that such a structure can be produced by the natural corrosion of water after the stone is broken, he has never found that any process can produce such a sharp stepped section.

Archaeologists at the University of London say that these builders are at least as civilized as the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus River.

According to a professor of geology at the University of Tokyo, the land where this sea area is located emerged from the ground at least during the last ice age 10,000 years ago.

According to the understanding of modern science, thousands of years ago, human beings were still in the Stone Age when primitive people chased wild animals, so it was impossible to build such a pyramid-shaped building.

Some people think that this is probably the evidence left by an unknown human civilization.

We can't help asking: Is there really a prosperous ancient civilization? Is the marine monument a special case?

Mysterious ancient city walls on the seabed of Tiger Well and Dongjiyu Island in Penghu, Taiwan

An ancient city wall extending from the bottom of the sea.

According to the description in the ancient book "Records of Penghu County" in Taiwan Province Province, a continuous wall can be seen on the seabed from the height of the tiger well, which was called "Tiger Well Qingyuan" by scholars at that time.

1982, Xie Xinxi, a senior Chinese diver, discovered the correct location of the ancient city of Hu Jing in Penghu, which attracted the attention of archaeologists.

This ancient city wall site is cross-shaped, measuring 90 degrees from the north arrow, which is an impartial north-south, east-west trend.

The main body is composed of basalt, and the surface is covered with seaweed. The total length in the east-west direction is about 160m, and that in the north-south direction is about 180m. The wall thickness is about 1.5m at the upper end and 2.5m at the lower end. Some places have been eroded unevenly, but the joints of the stones used to build the city walls are extremely flat.

There is also a disk-shaped structure in the north, with an outer wall diameter of about 20 meters and an inner wall of about 15 meters.

Some scholars believe that the ancient city wall is just a special columnar basalt joint terrain with bucket plates and tiger wells, which extends into the sea and forms the illusion of sinking into the city.

However, according to geologists' research, if natural rocks are shaped like city walls, they should all be continuous; if they are man-made, they will be interrupted; In addition, if the city wall is straight and long, the possibility of man-made is extremely high.

According to the research results, the size, vertical angle and filler between stones of the basalt piled up into the wall of the sunken city are the same. In addition, the notch of the city wall is cross-shaped and the joint surface is flat, which is in line with the standards of man-made buildings.

Graham, an English writer who is famous for his book The Fingerprint of God.

Hancock), after diving exploration with Chinese and Japanese personnel in August 20001year, Mrs. Kay explained that the stone piling method of the ancient city wall under the sea is obviously different from the natural joints of basalt, and it should be artificial piling.

He pointed out that "the orientation of the ancient city wall in Hu Jing is just east, west, north and south, showing the characteristics that man-made buildings pay attention to orientation"; In addition, the surface of the big stone used to build the city wall is very smooth, and the smoothness of the joint is "enough to be inserted with one knife", so he thinks that the city wall can be formed by artificial fortifications rather than natural forces.

Hankak also said that there is an established mainstream model in the history of human civilization today, but this mainstream model can't explain why these archaeological discoveries that continue to appear in large numbers have the shadow of "prehistoric civilization". In fact, there are many lost parts in human history that modern history can't tell us, and these lost clues are likely to be buried at the bottom of the sea like the ancient sunken city Penghu Tiger Well. This is the secret of the rise and fall of civilization.

In addition to the unknown remains of human civilization in Tiger Well, Xie Xinxi, the convener of the China Underwater Archaeological Society (then the preparatory meeting), announced in 2002 that he and more than ten professionals in photography, history and culture, with the assistance of Tian, an associate professor in the Department of Marine Environment of Sun Yat-sen University, discovered a 100-meter-long ancient stone wall in the northwest of Dongjiyu Island by underwater sonar scanning.

This ancient stone wall has an average height of 1 m and a width of 50 cm, showing an east-west trend.

Sonar scanning data show that there are four or five identical stone walls, and pebbles are mixed in the small concave holes in the walls.

Xie Xinxi pointed out that from the analysis of the shape of the wall and the surrounding seabed, it should be an artificial stone wall.

Found the ruins of an ancient city with a history of nearly ten thousand years on the coast of India.

In 200 1 year, an oceanographer from the National Institute of Marine Science and Technology of India was in Cambay Bay on the western coast of India.

Cambay) accidentally discovered two ancient city sites at the underwater 120 feet. Scientists think that the development history of ancient human society may be greatly rewritten.

These two locations are located 40 kilometers off the coast of Gujarat in western India. Inferred from their geological structure, this ancient city is a large settlement with a range of 9 kilometers, including a defensive bunker and a public bathroom the size of a modern Olympic swimming pool.

After a preliminary examination of the unearthed pottery fragments, wood carvings, bones and skeletons, it is estimated that two of them are dated to 7500 BC.

In addition, similar building materials were unearthed from the site.

Among the unearthed antiquities, there is a large slate covered with inscriptions, and scholars are studying whether its inscription is the oldest writing form found so far.

Some experts believe that this discovery provides conclusive evidence that the history of civilization needs to be greatly revised. Hankak, who has studied ancient civilization for more than ten years, went to the scene for on-the-spot investigation. He said that from the sonar scanning of the ancient city foundation, the building may be three stories high and the wall is as long as 400 feet, which has high geometric characteristics.

An archaeologist in tulane university, England, said that if the new discovery of Indians is true, then the past theories of civilization and history need to be comprehensively reviewed.

Bahamas Marine Monument

1958, Dr. J. Manson Valentine, an American zoologist, made an observation and study on the seabed of the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean, and accidentally found some strange buildings on the seabed near the islands.

These buildings have special geometric figures, some of which are straight lines stretching for miles.

1968, Dr. Van Rentan found a huge T-shaped stone wall in the waters near the northern Bimini Islands in the Bahamas, with a length of 450 meters and two branches at right angles to the main wall. The stone wall consists of huge stones each exceeding 1 m3.

Later, people discovered more complex platforms, roads and pier-like building structures, as well as a two-wing trestle. The whole construction site is similar to the distribution of ports.

Ancient city ruins found in Cuban waters

According to BBC 200 1 year1February 7th, while working on the west coast of Cuba, Canadian ADC Exploration Company discovered an ancient city site that may have been submerged by seawater for thousands of years at a depth of 650m.

Explorers first discovered this underwater city in 2000.

At that time, the scanning equipment they used scanned some symmetrically arranged stone structures, much like the planning of a city.

In July, the researchers returned to this site with advanced underwater detection equipment that can take pictures.

The images obtained by underwater photography confirm that there is indeed a huge smooth stone group in this sea area.

From the appearance, these stone heads are cut granite, with pyramids and rings.

The famous Cuban geographer Manuel

Tourde later joined the project and presented his findings at an international conference in Havana.

Although he didn't mention the disappearing cities and ancient civilizations, he said that "those buildings can't be explained" and "we must always be ready to accept something unexpected, something that is not within the existing framework, or something that existing knowledge can't tell us.

This is another challenge of this survey.

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Bermuda waters

Special discoveries in Bermuda waters

In addition, when European scientists explored the seabed of the famous Bermuda Delta, they also found an unknown giant pyramid standing on the seabed of Bermuda, with a side length of 300 meters and a height of 200 meters.

There are two huge caves on the tower, which are obviously artificially built. The sea water flows rapidly from these two huge caves, forming a huge whirlpool, which makes the surrounding waters choppy and the sea surface foggy.

It is quite difficult to calculate the construction time of this submarine pyramid, but it is known that the land in this area sank to the seabed at least tens of thousands of years ago.

The ancient Egyptian cities of Hera Clion and East Kannopas.

The ancient Egyptian cities Hera Clion and Dongkannopas, which are called "cities of mud".

At the mouth of the Nile River on the northern coast of Egypt, there used to be two world-famous ancient cities, which were famous for their prosperity, wealth and scale.

They are the ancient cities of Heraclion and East Kannopas.

Today, they are all submerged in the sea.

About 500 BC, Heraclion and East Kannopas were once the prosperous trade centers of Egypt, and were important choke points for Greek ships to enter Egypt along the Nile.

In addition, they are also important religious centers, and the temples here attract thousands of believers from all over the world to make pilgrimages every year.

However, until recently, all we knew came from some ancient written records.

According to a book written by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC, these two cities seem to be two islands in the Aegean Sea.

According to these clues, French archaeologist Frank Gao Diao began to search in Abu-Qir Bay, a few kilometers west of the Nile Delta.

However, until 2000, he still found nothing in Abu Ghraib Bay.

In 2000, Gao Diao claimed that he had found two sites in 7-meter-deep seawater, including broken walls, collapsed temples, railings and sculptures.

The first stop is about 1 from the current coastline.

Six kilometers away.

In the subsequent excavation, the high carving archaeological team also found coins, amulets and jewels dating back to 600 BC.

Archaeologists learned from the words on the slate that the name of this city was Hera crehan.

The tax law of that time was engraved on the stone tablet, and the last signer was Nektanib I.

Nektanib I was the ruler of Egypt from 380 to 362 BC.

The archaeological team also confirmed two temples dedicated to Hercules, a hero in ancient Greek mythology, and Amen, the main god of Egypt.

Just north of the temple of Hercules, divers also found many bronzes.

Archaeologists believe that these bronzes may be mainly used for sacrifice.

The second site was discovered several kilometers away, and archaeologists identified it as the site of the ancient city of Dongkannopas.

The two ancient cities are connected by canals, irrigation canals and a tributary of the Nile that no longer exists.

Both cities are built on muddy ground beside river banks, without any fixed support and pile foundation.

Whenever the Nile overflows, the foundation will continue to sink, and the flood will gradually submerge the ancient city.

Royal port of Jamaica

The Royal Port of Jamaica, known as the "Pirate Capital".

/kloc-In the 0/7th century, the Royal Port of Jamaica was one of the important cities in the Caribbean, and it was also notorious for piracy and * * *.

Port Royal was once considered as "the most evil city on earth".

Today, this evil city has been swallowed up by the sea.

The Royal Port is located at the entrance of Kingston Bay, Jamaica, with a peak population of 65438+100000.

The local wealth mainly comes from piracy.

Pirate ships and armed civilian ships often hijack ships returning to Europe from Spanish American colonies at sea.

The city disappeared not because of moral decay, but because it was built on a sandbar, when the altitude was less than 1 m.

1692, a huge earthquake destroyed the city.

Two thirds of the city sank into the bay, and the earthquake killed about 2000 people.

According to Texas A & amp；; ; Donnie Hamilton, an archaeologist at M University, said, "Buildings built on solid foundations are still intact in the sea."

Archaeologists have been curious about this underwater city for hundreds of years, hoping to find the legendary story of pirates.

Perhaps the most dramatic discovery came from an expedition in the 1960s, when archaeologists discovered a pocket watch.

The hand of the pocket watch is accurately fixed at 165438+ 0: 43 a.m., which is the time when a major earthquake occurred.

Jung Su Yam Ancient Village, Yate Park, Israel

Yam ancient village of Yate Park Jung Su, known as "the revolutionary site of agricultural production".

In the Mediterranean Sea near Haifa, Israel, about one kilometer from the coast, an ancient village sank there.

This ancient village is now intact underwater, with a large number of weevils hiding in the granary of the village, human bones lying peacefully in their graves, and a mysterious stone circle still standing there, just like when it was just erected.

This underwater village is the ancient village of Jung Su Yam in Yate Park.

Yam ancient village in Yate Park Jung Su existed in about 7000 BC, covering an area of about 40,000 square meters. This is the oldest sunken settlement ever discovered.

There were no well-planned streets there, so archaeologists positioned it as a village, not a town.

However, in this ancient village, people live in large stone houses with floors, courtyards, fireplaces and storage facilities.

This underwater village was submerged for 9000 years, until 1984 was first discovered by Israeli marine archaeologist Ehud Galilee.

Since 1984, Galilee has been diving into the water to inspect the village every winter.

Through this village, people have a deeper understanding of human life in the Neolithic Age.

Galilee explained, "From the ruins of this village, people at that time were experiencing the greatest revolution in human history."

Judging from the animal bones, Yam villagers in Jung Su of Yate Park not only hunt wild animals, but also raise domestic animals such as sheep, goats, pigs, dogs and cattle.

In agriculture, they will also grow wheat, barley, lentils and flax.

In fishing, they have learned to use hooks, and from the analysis of fish bones, they also store fish and trade them.

They not only fish with hooks, but also dive into the water to fish.

Therefore, after analyzing the male bones in some graves, archaeologists found that the ears of these male villagers were damaged by diving in cold water for a long time.

In the village, the strangest thing is a circle composed of seven huge stones weighing more than 600 kilograms.

Galilee believes that "this stone circle is somewhat similar to Stonehenge in Britain, but on a smaller scale." In the middle of the circle, there is a fresh water fountain.

There are cup marks on some flagstones nearby.

Archaeologists believe that this strange stone circle may be used for the ceremony of finding water.

Galilee believed that the sea level continued to rise after the last ice age.

Yam village in Yate Park Jung Su was finally submerged by seawater erosion, and the villagers were forced to abandon their homes.

Ancient city of Atlantis

The ancient city of Atlantis is called "the legendary city"

Everything about the ancient city of Atlantis comes from Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher.

In 360 BC, Plato vividly described the details of the ancient city of Atlantis in a book.

According to Plato's description, Atlantis is an island country, which existed about 9,000 years ago. Its area is larger than that of Babylon and Asia Minor combined, and it is far opposite to the pillar of heraclius.

In addition, Atlantis is a maritime power with a large population and a highly developed civilization.

However, the country has gradually become greedy and corrupt.

Its army once conquered Egypt and North Africa, but was later defeated by the ancient Greeks at the gates of Athens.

Then an unprecedented natural disaster happened on the island, and the whole island sank into the sea overnight.

The sinking site of the ancient city of Atlantis has not been discovered so far.

Therefore, it has also caused many mythical speculations and related archaeological studies, but most of these speculations and studies are based on Plato's works.

Reina Kune, a German physicist, believes that the ancient city of Atlantis should be located in a certain area on the southern coast of Spain, and was later destroyed by a flood between 800 and 500 BC.

Through satellite images, we can see the traces of two rectangular structures in the swamp on the southern coast of Spain.

Kune thinks these are some temple relics of the ancient city of Atlantis.

Ellinson, a Swedish geographer, thinks that only Ireland fits Plato's description.

In February 2009, some media reported that netizens used Google Earth service to find the actual location of "Lost City Atlantis", which is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 960 kilometers away from the African coast.

However, a Google spokesperson later came forward to refute rumors.

A Google spokesperson said that this statement has no factual basis. The grid lines of suspected underwater city sites seen by netizens on Google Earth are just sonar lines crossed by submarine data acquisition ships during data processing.

At this point, the rumor that "Atlantis appeared on Google Earth" was broken.

However, it also makes people more curious and associate with this legendary city.

Pav Loppert, Greece

Pav Loppert, Greece, is called "Homer Port".

At that time, when the warriors in the Trojan War or the Iliad and Odyssey embarked on their journey, they probably set off from the port of Pavel Loppert.

Pav Loppert should be the earliest known city to sink.

Nicholas Fleming, a marine geologist from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, sneaked into the sea area on 1967 and discovered the ruins of this ancient city.

Fleming believes that "Pav Loppert Lane is the most suitable as a transit point."

Pav Loppert was once one of the busiest ports in the Bronze Age, but now it has sunk in a bay at the southernmost tip of Greece, and the site is 4 meters below the water surface.

1968, Fleming, with the help of students and tape measure, made an investigation and study on the site of Pavlo Pieri.

He found broken pottery scattered in the ruins from BC 1600 to BC 1 100.

However, he did not find any traces of docks or ports on the site.

After more than 30 years, people don't know much about Pavlo Petrelli.

Until the summer of 2009, Jon Henderson, an archaeologist from Nottingham University, and ilias Spendriss, a Greek archaeologist, made a detailed exploration of the site by using laser positioning technology and sonar scanning technology.

They found that the site of Pav Loppert Li was much larger than that discovered by Fleming in 1968.

In addition, they also found two huge stone tombstones, an auditorium and some pottery dating back to at least 2800 BC.

Henderson thinks, "All these prove that Pavlo Pieri is more important than previously thought.

It may be one of the major cities in the ancient Greek kingdom of Ragogna, and many members of the royal family may live here. Archaeologists also believe that it may be related to many adventure stories in Homer's epic.

Fleming said, "This is probably the port where the warriors set off in the Trojan War. At least it should be an important port city in Homer's era. "

In addition, Fleming also made a careful study of the coastline in this area, trying to find out why Pavlo Pieri city sank to the bottom of the sea.

He believes that the most likely explanation is geological tectonic movement.

The city was abandoned around 1 100 BC, but it is still inconclusive whether it was caused by a series of small earthquakes or a catastrophic event.

Danwich England

Danwich, England, is known as the "undersea church"

In the Middle Ages, Danwich was the capital of East Anglia and one of the top ten cities in England at that time.

Danwich was once a prosperous fishing port city.

However, from the beginning of its establishment, Danwich was doomed to be submerged by the sea.

Danwich city is built on soft water rock foundation, which is easily eroded by huge local waves.

1286, the city of Danwich suffered its first huge blow.

High tide and huge waves swept over more than 400 shops and houses in the city.

Since then, the city of Danwich has been slowly destroyed by seawater and sank to the bottom of the sea.

There are 16 churches built of huge stones in this city, which gradually disappeared in the process, until the last church "All Saints" sank in 19 19.

Because the local diving conditions are very dangerous, no one has asked this once prosperous city for more than 50 years.

It was not until 197 1 that the archaeologist Stuart Bacon finally found the All Saints Church Tower.

Today, some relics of the city have even been washed away by the sea.

However, there are many churches made of huge stones left on the local seabed.

Last year, Bacon and David, a geographer at Southampton University in England-

Searle discovered two other churches on the seabed by sonar technology, which sank in15th century and17th century respectively.

In June 2009, local divers collected some stones from St. Peter's Church and made them into church stone carvings.

In July this year, the British Wessex Archaeological Center discovered another church in the mud on the seabed by using sonar technology.

Searle plans to continue to use sonar equipment to find more undersea churches in the nearby waters next year.

At first, the bustling city of Danwich has degenerated into a small village inland.

For those medieval churches that sank to the bottom of the sea and never saw the light of day, the tower of the "All Saints" church was their underwater tombstone.

The legendary mu mainland civilization

/kloc-at the end of 0/9th century, British Colonel James

During Chuchwald's stay in India, under a very special opportunity, the abbot of an ancient Hindu temple got an extremely incomprehensible Naka inscription. Finally, under the guidance of an Indian monk, the colonel tried his best to read the history of the rise and fall of a great ancient civilization.

1926, the colonel published the book "The Lost Continent" about the civilization of mu mainland, which is the legendary story of what we now call "mu mainland".

According to the inscription, the location of Mu mainland is located in the present Pacific Ocean. Mankind once developed a great and prosperous civilization on the mu continent and created a high level of literature, art, craft, manufacturing and other cultures.

At that time, residents had a high level of building technology and were able to build large buildings, pyramids, stone tablets, castles and roads.

It is said that all the capitals and cities in China are paved with neat stone roads and canals, and the city walls are decorated with glittering gold ornaments, so everyone lives a luxurious life.

The inhabitants of mu mainland are also very skilled in navigation technology. They have traveled all over the ocean and even developed a powerful colonial empire. At that time, Mu mainland was called "the roof of world culture".

However, the prosperous mainland of Tanzania disappeared under the water in a sudden catastrophe.

The terrible tragedy first comes from the violent volcanic eruption, which triggered a strong earthquake and a fierce tsunami, and constantly led to new volcanic eruptions.

Finally, under the earthquake of magma spewing and the earth shaking, the ground jumped like waves, and the sky was covered with smoke from the pillar of fire. Everything on the earth fell down like a collapsed building block, and volcanic lava and tsunami covering the earth passed through it. In an instant, mu mainland completely disappeared under the Pacific Ocean.

Although the story of Mu mainland can be regarded as a legend, if we are willing to think from another angle, we can find that the possibility of re-development after the destruction of human civilization does exist.