NEW, Lost Under the Sea: 9, 000 Year Old Settlement of Atlit Yam, Ancient Architects

For the past few decades, dozens of submerged sites have been found off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. We have a Kebaran site dating back 22, 000 to 14, 500 years ago. There is a Natufian site dating from 14, 500 to 11, 500 years ago, we have many Neolithic and early Chalcolithic submerged sites but what Im focussing on today is the incredible PrePottery Neolithic site of AtlitYam. This is a late PrePottery Neolithic B site, although some classify it as PrePottery Neolithic C, with continuous occupation dating from 9, 400 to around 8, 000 years ago. Its a large fishing village, a permanent settlement now lying 912 metres below sea level, off the coast of Israel, 10km south of Haifa, in the North Bay of the town of Atlit. This is a truly incredible site with unique archaeology, including the world s oldest example of a stone water well, a megalithic stone circle, rectangular dwellings, artefacts, human, animal and plant remains and more. Although it was eventually swallowed