Archaeologists discovered a late-Neolithic road submerged underwater off the coast of Croatia.
The submerged ruins of a 7,000-year-old road are hiding underwater off the coast of the Croatian island of Korčula. The Neolithic structure once connected the island to an ancient, artificial landmass.
Archaeologists announced the discovery of the"strange structures" in a May 6 post on Facebook , describing them as the remains of a roadway that are now submerged about 16 feet beneath the Adriatic Sea. The road consists of"carefully stacked stone plates" measuring roughly 13 feet wide. The stone pavers had been buried by mud over the millennia.
The archaeologists think the roadway once linked a nearby Hvar settlement, called Soline, to Korčula. Archaeologists discovered Soline, which is also submerged but once resided on an artificial landmass, in 2021 during a previous archaeological survey. By radiocarbon-dating wood found at the site, they determined that the settlement dates to roughly 4900 B.C., according to the translated statement.
Because the settlement's remains are surrounded by several islands, it's protected from large ocean waves,” according to Reuters .
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