ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER 7,000-YEAR-OLD ROAD SUBMERGED IN WATER

A diver investigating the underwater road off the island of Korčula. (University of Zadar)

Sun 14 May 2023:

Thousands of years have passed since the beginning of human civilisation. The human race began simple and progressed over time to where we are today. The ancient wonders that we frequently discover never cease to amaze. We always have something to marvel at as a result of the diligent labor of specialists in discovering the wonders.

This has happened once more, with archaeologists discovering the remains of a 7000-year-old man-made road. The route is now completely inundated in water.

The discovery was made on the southern Croatian shore. The route was discovered in the Neolithic settlement of Soline. The site may be associated with the ancient Hvar civilisation.

The site at Soline itself was discovered in 2021 by Mate Parica of the University of Zadar in Croatia. Parica found the site while he was analysing satellite images of the area submerged underwater around Korcula. When Parica and his colleagues dove into the water to investigate further, they found a stone wall that was 4 to 5 metres underwater.

“The fortunate thing is that this area, unlike most parts of the Mediterranean, is safe from big waves as many islands protect the coast,” Parica told Reuters in 2021. “That certainly helped preserve the site from natural destruction.”

The prehistoric road that was newly discovered was protected from powerful waves thanks to these islands.

The road is approximately 4 metres wide. It was built from carefully piled stone slabs. The road is currently covered with a heavy layer of muck.

The town and road are thought to have been created by people from the Neolithic Hvar civilization, who lived in and around the eastern Adriatic Sea. The entire settlement has been discovered to date back to around 4,900 BCE.

“People walked on this [road] almost 7,000 years ago,” according to a Facebook post from the University of Zadar.

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