Is there a lost city under the sea?

The city of Dwarka, or “Gateway to Heaven,” was discovered submerged some 100-feet below the Gulf of Cambay in 1988. Ancient structures, pillars, grids of a city, and ancient artifacts were found. Either way, this is a true underwater city, long lost, full of mystery and legend, and magnificent.

What Indian city was founded by the sea?

Archeologists believe the ancient city of Dwarka, described in the Hindu holy epic of Mahabharata, was established about 1500 B.C., but was submerged in the Arabian Sea by geological shifts over the centuries, the newspapers said.

Is the underwater city real?

The first “underwater city” that comes to most people’s minds is probably the fictional island Plato alluded to in his works Timaeus and Critias, Atlantis — but real-life underwater cities like Alexandria, for example, exist too.

Where was the Gulf of Cambay discovered?

Initial discovery On 19 May 2001, India’s Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Science and Technology division, Murli Manohar Joshi, announced that the ruins of an ancient civilization had been discovered off the coast of Gujarat, in the Gulf of Khambhat.

How did they find the underwater city in India?

Marine archaeologists discovered them with a technology known as “sub-bottom profiling.” Author and filmmaker Graham Hancock, an authority on archaeological investigations of ancient civilizations, reportedly said that the evidence was compelling.

Where was the Lost City of India found?

According to marine scientists in India, archaeological remains of this lost city have been discovered 36 metres (120 feet) underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the western coast of India. And carbon dating says that they are 9,500 years old.

Are there any underwater ruins in the world?

The city of Pavlopetri, underwater off the coast of southern Laconia in Greece, is about 5000 years old. This underwater site is unique. An entire town is resting underwater, including streets, buildings, courtyards, and tombs. It has at least 15 buildings submerged in three to four meters of water.

Where was the Lost City of Krishna found?

For a long time, Krishna’s legendary city of Dwaraka was considered to be nothing but a myth. However, not so long ago a group of Indian scientists accidentally discovered the lost city of Dwaraka, submerged off the north western coast of India near the Gulf of Cambay or Khambat.