Not elder law: secrets of world’s oldest underwater city to be revealed

The oldest submerged town in the world is about to give upits secrets — with the help of equipment that could revolutionize underwater archaeology.  The ancient town of Pavlopetri lies in three to four metres of waterjust off the coast of southern Laconia in Greece. The ruins date fromat least 2800 BC through to intact buildings, courtyards, streets,chamber tombs and some thirty-seven cist graves which are thought tobelong to the Mycenaean period (c.1680-1180 BC). This Bronze Age phaseof Greece provides the historical setting for much Ancient Greekliterature and myth, including Homer’s Age of Heroes.  Underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson, from The University ofNottingham, will be the first archaeologist to have official access tothe site in 40 years. Despite its potential international importance nowork has been carried out at the site since it was first mapped in 1968and Dr Henderson has had to get special permission from the Greekgovernment to examine the submerged town.

Source and more:  Science Daily, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512093635.htm