{"id":536322,"date":"2023-05-10T22:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerebrodigital.net\/carretera-construida-hace-7000-anos-encontrada-en-el-fondo-del-mar-mediterraneo-eacr\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T22:52:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:52:19","slug":"road-built-7000-years-ago-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-mediterranean-sea-eacr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebrodigital.net\/en\/road-built-7000-years-ago-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-mediterranean-sea-eacr\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Built 7,000 Years Ago Found at The Bottom of The Mediterranean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Archaeologists have unearthed the remnants of a 7,000-year-old road hidden beneath layers<\/a> of sea mud off the southern Croatian coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Made at the sunken Neolithic site of Soline, this exciting find may once have linked the ancient Hvar culture settlement to the now isolated island of Kor\u010dula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once an artificial island, the ancient site of Soline was discovered in 2021 by archaeologist Mate Parica of the University of Zadar in Croatia while he was analyzing satellite images of the water area around Kor\u010dula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After spotting something he thought might be human-made on the ocean floor, Parica and a colleague dove to investigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a depth of 4 to 5 meters (13 to 16 feet) in the Mediterranean’s Adriatic Sea, they found stone walls that may have once been part of an ancient settlement. The landmass it was built upon was separated from the main island by a narrow strip of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The fortunate thing is that this area, unlike most parts of the Mediterranean, is safe from big waves as many islands protect the coast,”<\/em> Parica told Reuters in 2021. “That certainly helped preserve the site from natural destruction.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly discovered prehistoric road has been protected from powerful waves for millennia thanks to these islands too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At around 4 meters (13 feet) wide, the thoroughfare was constructed of carefully stacked stone slabs. Today it’s covered in a thick layer of mud, as you might expect for an underwater structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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