Guest guest Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 >************************************************************************ >manthan: Information Exchange Network for Intellectual Defense of Dharma >Sponsored By: Bharatvani - http://www.bharatvani.org >************************************************************************ > >Title: Submerged city may be older than Mesopotamia >Author: Utpal Parashar >Publication: Hindustan Times >December 3, 2003 >URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_482436,0008.htm > >Submerged city may be older than Mesopotamia >Utpal Parashar >Dehra Dun, December 3 > > >A submerged coastal city near Poompuhar in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, is >the focus of a major expedition being conducted jointly by the Indian >Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and the Archaeological Survey of >India (ASI). > >Both the organisations are trying to piece together the city's past, which >some noted marine archaeologists consider to be the birthplace of modern >civilisation. The once flourishing port city is located about one mile off >the Nagapattinam coast. > >"We have been able to locate a section of the city at a depth of 7 m and >will soon start operations to recover objects that will help ascertain its >past," said Rear Admiral K.R. Srinivasan, chief hydrographer to the Indian >government. > >English marine archaeologist Graham Hancock, who conducted an underwater >exploration in the area in 2001, believes that the Poompuhar site could be >older than Sumeria in Mesopotamia, where modern civilisation is believed >to have originated nearly 5,000 years ago. > >The 2001 expedition was funded by Channel Four of Britain and Learning >Channel of the US in association with the National Institute of >Oceanography (NIO), Goa. > >It led Hancock to surmise that the city could have been submerged by a >tidal wave as high as 400 ft somewhere between 17,000 and 7,000 years ago. > >Other experts like Glenne Milne, a geologist at the University of Durham, >UK, agree with Hancock. Video footage of the site shows that the submerged >city near Poompuhar was far superior to constructions found in Harappan >sites. > >Although NIO had conducted similar offshore expeditions in the area in the >late 1980s and early 1990s and discovered objects like ring wells, brick >structures and megalithic wares it did not evince much interest till >Hancock revealed his findings. > >The new venture by the INHD and ASI may put an end to the debate on the >submerged city. It could also rekindle a new interest in locating other >such submerged towns and shipwrecks along India's coastline. > >************************************************ >Manthan is a moderated, by invitation only list. >Listowner: owner-manthan >************************************************ > _______________ Shop online for kids’ toys by age group, price range, and toy category at MSN Shopping. No waiting for a clerk to help you! http://shopping.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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