From the 1,400-year-old city (China) to the Japanese pyramids, these submerged landmarks to this day still contain many unanswered questions.
This legendary land is found on the ocean floor of the city of Dwarka (Gujarat, India). According to folklore, this is a town considered to be the home of Lord Krishna, the Hindu god of love and the destroyer of suffering.
Up to now, the structural complexity of this city has caused many obstacles for experts in the research process.
Built with 2,000 buildings and four fortresses in the 17th century, Port Royal was once a “hot spot” for piracy. Even famous pirates like Blackbeard used to make Port Royal a base to raid treasure ships.
Until 1692, the city was submerged in the Caribbean by an earthquake.
This is one of the most mysterious hidden structures in the world. Even experts have questioned whether this mysterious pyramid in Japan is a natural phenomenon or man-made. Because if the Yonaguni Jima pyramid was man-made, these structures have existed since about 10,000 BC, during the last ice age. Meanwhile, the pyramid of Yonaguni Jima has many similarities with those that have been excavated in Mexico and Central America.
To this day, the real owner of this pyramid is still a big question mark, archaeologists say that the builders of this work are more advanced than the Indus and Mesopotamian civilizations.
The Lion City in China is considered one of the most beautiful undersea constructions in the world so far. With an area of 62 football fields, this city was built during the Han Dynasty and is more than 1,400 years old. Today, this place is still a popular place for tourists who are passionate about diving.
The city of Pavlopetri in Greece sank to the bottom of the ocean about 5,000 years ago. Archaeologists believe this is part of the Minoan dynasty that was destroyed by an earthquake. However, at present, there is still no research to answer which civilization this work belongs to and who the true owner is.
Epecuen is considered the “youngest” mysterious city, compared to underwater cities built from ancient civilizations. It used to be a prosperous land with about 5,000 inhabitants and 300 businesses in the 1970s.
However, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the city sank to the bottom of Lake Lago Epecuen. By 2009, although the water had begun to recede from the city, it had become a “ghost town” without people.