All language subtitles for [English] The Hidden History _ UNDERWATER Cities [DownSub.com]

we all know about the mythical sunken
Atlantis searched for by hundreds of explorers

however we will tell you that 10 real existing
sunken cities have been discovered some of which

have been preserved almost intact not only
that but if you are a thrill seeker you can

even dive in and immerse yourself in them
ancient cities with a centuries-old history

that preserve their streets and buildings
deep underwater in this video we will take

a look at some of the most interesting sunken
cities that have been proven to exist [Music]

China also known as the lion city was not built
overnight it is assumed that the main Foundation

was erected somewhere between 25 to 200 A.D but
Construction in this city continued after that

the architecture suggests that it was completed
during the Ming and Qing dynasties around 1368.

the ancient underwater city is located
under qendao Lake in xinjiang Province China

according to the evidence found the ancient
city has been inhabited for centuries but is

now mostly used as an underwater tourist
attraction by tourists and Diving experts

is called the lion city after the nearby wusha
Mountain five lion mountain in chiendao Lake

on government orders the city was deliberately
flooded for industrialization purposes by the

Chinese government in 1959 after a hydroelectric
dam was needed for the needs of XI Jung province

approximately 300 000 people have been
displaced as a result of the project

shecheng is believed to be the most significant
Chinese City to have been preserved by water

many of its homes Temple buildings and paved roads
are preserved intact 40 meters below the water

in this way shucheng was protected from wind rain
and sun damage the city has five entrance Gates

which is different from the traditional four
the streets of Chichen contained two 65 arches

with very well preserved stonework which date from
1777. and the city walls are from the 16th century

in 2001 the Chinese government organized
an expedition to explore the remains of the

Lost Metropolis it was then that the city was
rediscovered in 2011 photos and Graphics were

released by the Chinese government sparking
interest from both the general public and

researchers eager to explore the ancient
city diving to sex in is only allowed to

divers with experience in night and deep water
diving the Lost Villages of Ontario Canada

the Lost villages in the Canadian province
of Ontario are nine common Villages and one

inhabited island in the former towns of Cornwall
and osnabruck now South Stormont near Cornwall

they were sunk during the creation of the Saint
Lawrence Seaway in 1958. the flood was anticipated

and planned as a result of construction
beginning in 1954 on the Moses Saunders power Dam

in the weeks and months leading up to the flooding
families and businesses in the affected areas were

relocated to the newly created municipalities of
longsalt and Ingleside however many residents feel

that the market value compensation given to them
is insufficient as the Seaway plan has already

lowered property values in the region the town
of Iroquois was also flooded but instead of being

abandoned it was moved a mile and a half to the
north another municipality Morris Berg was also

partially submerged but the area that was supposed
to be flooded was moved to Higher Ground within

the same city in total approximately 6500 people
have been displaced as a result of the project

530 buildings have been moved and countless other
homes schools and businesses have been destroyed

at 8am on July 1 1958 the flood began four days
later all the villages are completely underwater

parts of New York's Coastline were also flooded
by the project but no communities were affected

on the American side of the river a museum in all
park near longsalt is dedicated to the submerged

settlements including several salvaged historic
buildings in some places sidewalks and buildings

can still be seen under the water and when the
water level is lower parts of the villages float

like ghosts some high points in the flood zone
remain above the water as Islands at a later stage

they were connected to the long sold Highway
Port Royal Jamaica sin city the city of sins

that's what they call the locations in the
Southeastern part of Jamaica Port Royal

in the second half of the 17th century the city
became a byword for low morals and brigandage

at the time it was the center of
shipping and trade in the Caribbean

main Port of the Pirates employed to plunder the
ships of the Spaniards when the smaller European

powers did not dare to fight them directly
nowadays Port Royal is a relatively quiet

fishing Village at the end of the 29 kilometers
long stretch of beach along the Kingston extension

however things were not exactly
like that in the 17th century

Jamaica was controlled by the Spanish for over
150 years because of its strategic location

in 1655 however it was attacked by English
forces and quitty became a profitable asset

the English did not have many men to protect the
island and then Governor Edward O'Doyle was forced

to rely on Pirates this along with the revenue
from the slave sugar and lumber trade made Port

Royal the most corrupt city in the world noted for
a quarter of its buildings being bars or brothels

the town quickly became wealthy and legends began
to abound about the Pirates insatiable thirst for

opulent and debauchery the city attracted famous
names that crossed the Seas at the time there they

spent the spoils on a hedonistic lifestyle these
Pirates had the freedom to do whatever they wanted

this comes from the fact that they were
considered the Protectors of Jamaica the

authorities had no choice but to turn a blind eye
to them local historian Peter gerden told the BBC

on the morning of June 7 1692 the atmosphere in
Port Royal and the city itself changed forever

a huge earthquake destroys most of the city
after that Port Royal was never the same

nearly two-thirds of the city is submerged
underwater the earthquake destroyed many of the

buildings and about 5 000 people died during the
disaster or shortly after from injuries or disease

many believed that the city was chosen for
punishment by God because of its wickedness

an effort was made to rebuild Port Royal but in
1703 it was again devastated This Time by fire

it was then hit repeatedly by hurricanes
and more earthquakes in the following years

sometime after 1774 it began its existence
as a small quiet fishing Village to this day

the Pirates flocking there with their ships
loaded with various objects and valuables

turned today's Port Royal into one of the
richest archaeological sites in the world

submerged eight meters underwater many
important artifacts documents and objects

were found from which key conclusions
about life in the 17th century are made

exploration and discovery of the underwater
Port City continue to this day scientists are

amazed to find new objects constantly shedding
light on this an earlier periods of humanity

Pavlo Petri Greece Pavlo Petri is the
oldest underwater city in the world

in the 1960s the sunken buildings of pavla Petri
a Bronze Age Greek city were discovered since then

constant research has been conducted to unravel
the secrets that are hidden under the water

Nicholas Fleming of The Institute of oceanography
at the University of Southampton discovered the

submerged settlement it is located in the
peloponnese region of Southern Greece near

a small town called pavla Petri the ancient
city is believed to be around 5000 years old

the interesting thing about this underwater city
is that it is located only a few meters deep which

makes the work of researchers much easier before
Fleming the geologist Foci on negris was able to

identify the city as early as 1904. after Fleming
rediscovered the site it was inspected by another

team of underwater archaeologists in 1968. in 2009
the University of Nottingham under the leadership

of John C Henderson launched a five-year project
to investigate the site archaeological research

is extremely complex due to the investigation
of very old and delicate sites as well as the

preservation of ancient objects also in the case
of Pavlo Petri all this must be done underwater

the rediscovery of the city as well as the use
of state-of-the-art scanning technologies have

succeeded in bringing back to life an ancient
city that was about to disappear due to the lack

of protection Pavlo Petri is the First lost
city to be searched digitally using 3D sonar

mapping technology the quality of the resulting
images is unique reconstructing the city to a

level never seen before the three-dimensional
visualization rediscovers for researchers the

exact picture of what the place looked like 5
000 years ago analyzes made on the sea floor have

identified thousands of objects telling what
everyday life was like in pavla Petri 300 BC

experts indicate that the city sank around
1100 BC as a result of an earthquake erosion

sea level rise or possibly a tsunami about
five thousand years ago life in pavla Petri

was marked by prosperity this is also evidenced by
the city's incredible architecture roads two-story

houses temples a cemetery and a complex Water
Management pipeline system most alleged locations

for Atlantis are in or near the Mediterranean Sea
islands like Sardinia Crete Santorini and so on

the dating of the city and its high development
makes many people wonder if pavla Petri is not

related to the story of Plato's Atlantis for now
however this remains only talk and speculation

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