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25 UNDERWATER CITIES THAT LOOK STRAIGHT OUT OF AQUAMAN

We've pulled together some awesome images of places found underwater that could
be straight out of Aquaman, and Curry's Atlantis! Let's dive in!

By Jacob Ormrod Published Jan 15, 2019
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Despite the fact that, as a species, we have managed to explore pretty much
every bit of land that exists on this planet, there is still so much around that
we know nothing about, especially when it comes to what may lie below us! Not
only does this include things that are underground, but deals with things that
are underwater as well. There is so much about the ocean we do not yet know
about, so it's no surprise that there are ruins waiting under there to be
discovered!

With the success of the new Aquaman movie, we thought we would dive into these
underground cities, reminiscent of Atlantis and Arthur Curry's home underneath
the rest of the world. We can't swim like a fish, but we can definitely imagine
that these places once were inhabited more with people like us, and less like
him, but who really knows? We do. We know.

What we've done is pulled together some of the most amazing images we could find
of places that have been waiting to be discovered underwater.




25 DWARKA - INDIA

via: dailymotion.com

"According to folklore, Dwarka is the home town of Lord Krishna, a placed
believed to be an old wives tale, a myth, that is until the ruins were
discovered 131 feet below the ocean." (Musafir)



It is amazing when myths and folklore are actually found to be true.

It's this sort of thing that makes us remember, sometimes the world can end up
being more fantastical than we can actually make up! Yes, no matter what we come
up with, there's always a chance the world will manage to surprise us.

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24 TITICACA'S PRE-INCAN RUINS

via: pinterest.com

"As the world’s highest navigable lake, the beautiful Lake Titicaca has long
been shrouded in mystery. Even today, locals believe the lake is sacred." (Urban
Ghosts Media)



We should obviously be respectful of the different cultures out there, but we
should still properly take a look at some of the places people consider sacred.

No matter how sacred these places are, we must see what we can learn from
humanity's past from them.




23 PORT ROYAL - JAMAICA

via: pinterest.com

"Famed pirates, the likes of Blackbeard would often make Port Royal their base
to raid treasure ships. That was until 1692, when an earthquake dragged it under
the Caribbean sea." (Musafir) Did anyone else think it was impossible for an
entire area of land to be dragged underneath water? It's clearly just our lack
of knowledge, our ignorance of these sorts of things, that means our amazement
at these sorts of places continues to grow by the minute!


22 HOW DID THEY GET PYRAMIDS UNDER THE WATER?

via: amazingancient.com

"To make things strange, these pyramids resemble those found in Mexico and
Central America. Here's where things get stranger, there are no other underwater
structures found in this area." (Musafir) This is the sort of thing that makes
people come up with crazy conspiracy theories, because it just feels as if
there's no way of accepting that this sort of thing is just a coincidence. What
do you think? What is going on here?!




21 PAVLOPETRI - GREECE

via: cloudinary.com

"Having sunk 5000 years ago, no one knows what this city was called. Pavlopetri
happens to be the modern name given to it. Nobody knows who built this town or
which civilization it belonged to." (Musafir) Yet another place that people will
be able to create all sorts of conspiracy theories about, seeing as we have no
real understanding of the origins of this place. Not only is it underwater, it
continues to elude is in so many ways!


20 SERIOUSLY, WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

via: tripsandtips.com.au

"If archaeologists are to be believed, it was part of the Minoan dynasty. This
town is said to have been ruined due to an earthquake." (Musafir) Even the
people who are in the know aren't completely certain of where this place came
from?!



It's no surprise that it continues to be interesting to those who find this sort
of thing worth looking into.

We say that we should always keep trying to figure out where things originally
came from!




19 VILLA EPECUÉN - ARGENTINA

via: theatlantic.com

"While all the submerged cities we’ve seen so far have been really ancient ones,
this one is as recent as it can get. A thriving community in the 1970s it had
around 5000 residents and 300 business." (Musafir) Yes, believe it or not, but
we don't have to delve too far into the past to see the sort of things that can
come about when water forces itself into this world. It's a lot sadder when it
takes down the homes of people who are still alive though...


18 A GHOST TOWN

via: wordpress.com

"But in the late 1980s and early 1990s it sank beneath the waters of the lake
Lago Epecuen. In 2009, some of the water receded, giving a glimpse into the
ghost town." (Musafir)



Imagine the sort of things we may find if the water around us started to recede
even further from the land?!

Can we ever truly know what is and is not hiding beneath us every single day
that we're walking around on this planet?




17 THE CITY OF THONIS-HERACLEION

via: canalblog.com

"Once situated on the northern coast of Egypt and established as one of the most
important port cities of the Mediterranean, this lost underwater city has been
sitting at the bottom of the sea that it once served." (Urban Ghosts Media)



It's important to remember that no matter how important somewhere is, it won't
always be that way.

The waters are rising, so it shouldn't be a surprise that one day some of our
ports will be underwater ruins!


16 A LOST TRADING CENTER

via: franckgoddio.org

"Artifacts brought to the surface indicate the ancient city was once a massive
trading center and bustling port city. More than 60 ancient shipwrecks have been
found in the immediate area." (Urban Ghosts Media)



To think that people will manage to find more than one thing in these underwater
ruins is amazing isn't it?

They first see the ruins, which is very quickly followed by them discovering
what waits within those ruins!




15 ANCIENT CITY OF BAIAE

via: amazon.com

"It was the playground of the elite, the rich and the famous, the site of
permanent vacation homes for people like Julius Caesar and Nero." (Urban Ghosts
Media)



To think that there was a time when the most important people in the world would
travel to this place to relax, and yet it's now stuck at the bottom of the
ocean.

We can only wonder at what this could've possibly looked like years ago!


14 CITY IN THE GULF OF CAMBAY

via: uw360.asia

"In 2002, the ruins of another ancient underwater city were found in India’s
Gulf of Cambay. Resting beneath almost 40 meters of water, they were found quite
accidentally by an organization conducting a study of water pollution." (Urban
Ghosts Media) We keep going on about it, but this quote proves that there are so
many things we don't know about underneath us, that people can actually end up
accidentally stumbling upon them.




13 TAKE A BOAT TO THE DIVE SITE

via: romeanditaly.com

"Now, the ruins of Baiae form an archaeological dive site, where visitors can
take a boat tour above the ruins of the or scuba dive among them." (Urban Ghosts
Media)



Yes, where people would once go to vacation, people can now go on their own
vacation!

If you want to explore the underwater world, but want something a little more
interesting than just fish and coral reef, then this is where you need to head
on your travels.


12 ATLIT YAM

via: wikimedia.org

"Atlit-Yam is the name given to the site of several lost Neolithic settlements
found along the Carmel coast. The sprawling underwater site includes ancient
stone wells, the foundations of homes and other buildings, and ancient roads."
(Urban Ghosts Media) Amazing to think that we may be able to learn about human
life thousands of years ago just by finding where and how they used to live all
that way under the water.




11 A CITY UNDER A CITY

via: amazon.com

No matter what we may find, no matter how smart we are, there's always a chance
that these places will continue to baffle us.



"The ruins were found beneath the surface of modern-day Dwarka. The complexities
and the beauty of this city, has baffled even experts." (Musafir)

It's an important reminder that, whether we like it or not, there are things
about this world that none of us will ever fully understand.


10 THE RULERS OF THE SEA

via: fichub.com

"Made of 4 forts and 2000 buildings, in the 17th century Port Royal was a place
of pirate activity." (Musafir)



To think that there was a time when this now underwater city would be overrun by
the very people that ruled the sea at the time. 

Now, it lies underneath their natural habitat, where they probably ended up as
well in the end!




9 JAPANESE PYRAMIDS

via: historicmysteries.com

"These pyramids that lie underwater are fraught with mystery. Experts argue as
to whether these pyramids are man made or a naturally occurring phenomenon."
(Musafir)



If you're anything like us, you thought that the Pyramids only existed in Egypt,
so it's amazing to learn that there are some of them underwater.

Let's all just remember that, just because somewhere is famous for something,
doesn't mean it's the only place with one of them.


8 PYRAMIDS OF YONAGUNI JIMA - JAPAN

via: blogspot.com

We know that there are a lot of things out there that were created long before
we were born, but we don't often take into consideration how long these places
have been!



"These structures were made during the last ice age, around 10,000 BC."
(Musafir)

We don't think that we will ever end up visiting somewhere that has been around
on the planet for this long. If we do, we'll be too scared to touch anything!




7 LION CITY - CHINA

via: pinterest.com

"As far as the most stunning underwater city is concerned, China’s lion city is
miles ahead than the rest. Over 1400 years old, it was built during the Han
dynasty and spans the area of 62 football fields." (Musafir) If we're honest, we
would find anywhere with these sorts of lions pretty magic, but the fact that
they're found underwater just adds to the beauty. Imagine being one of the first
people to stumble on this sort of thing while swimming around?


6 PHANAGORIA WAS FOUND IN THE BLACK SEA

via: nfd2009.com

"Phanagoria is the largest Greek city that now sits on Russian soil. Located on
the Black Sea, it was founded in the 6th century BC and, today, about a third of
the city lies underwater, earning its nickname the Russian Atlantis." (Urban
Ghosts Media) This is quite possibly our favorite image in this list, as it
shows how the underwater world has completely taken over what was once an
important area on the planet.




5 ALL BUT FALLEN APART

via: volnoe-delo.ru

"Much of the underwater portion of the city is covered with sand, including port
structures and a large section of the city’s necropolis. Divers have also found
marble plinths that were once the base of great statues." (Urban Ghosts Media)
We can only consider the size and scales of the statues that once sat on these
marble plinths. Everything is temporary, no matter how large and important it
may seem now!


4 FACE-TO-FACE WITH OLOUS

via: boatinternational.com

"While many lost underwater cities are either difficult to reach or protected
archaeological sites, the remains of the Minoan city of Olous are accessible to
all." (Urban Ghosts Media) Yes, it's hard to think of in these terms, but there
are actually easy to access underwater ruins for those with even basic expertise
in how to properly traverse the underwater land and the mysteries that lay
within!




3 THE RESIDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOO HAPPY WITH IT SUBMERSED

via: wikimedia.org

"Olous once sat on the northeastern end of Crete, and was a thriving city with
somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 residents." (Urban Ghosts Media)



If we ever get to a point where time travel is possible, these people are going
to be annoyed that we just let their city descend into the water!

They will probably think that people would spend more time looking after the
precious little land they have.


2 THE MULIFANUA SITE

via: wordpress.com

"The discovery of more than 4,000 pottery shards off the coast of the Samoan
island of Upolu has confirmed that the ancient settlement now submerged beneath
the Pacific waters was one of the region’s Lapita villages." (Urban Ghosts
Media) Something as small as shards of pottery can be enough to help people who
know what they're doing find entire ruins. No matter how small, they always
offer a chance for people to discover new ruins!




1 OVER 5000 YEARS OLD

via: wordpress.com

"The ancient underwater city is said to predate that which is currently known as
far as archaeological ruins go – by 5,000 years." (Urban Ghosts Media)



Just thinking about how long this place went unnoticed sends out head off into
spirals of confusion. 

It's hard to get our heads around the fact that, even with people looking for
them, some of these things will probably always remain mysteries to the human
race.

Sources: UrbanGhostsMedia; Musafir

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