The first major mapping of Pavlopetri, a sunken city off the coast of Greece which may be linked to the tale of Atlantis, has revealed a much larger and more impressive city than had been anticipated. The oldest sunken city in the world, it is over 5,000 years old and predates even the Mycenaeans, and covers 30,000 square meters. The mapping project revealed 9,000 square meters of new archaeology. It consists of streets, buildings and tombs and shows clear evidence that it was a planned city. Pottery fragments have been found from the Bronze age and Middle Minoan. Since the site was never reoccupied it gives the clearest picture yet of its time period. This is only the beginning of a five year archaeological undertaking which is a joint enterprise between Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and The University of Nottingham.. The full research will not be published until 2014.

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