Atlit Yam – Fate Of The 9,000-Year-Old Underwater Megalithic Site With A Huge Stone Circle
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – About 9,000 years ago, long before Stonehenge in the UK was constructed, a Neolithic society in Israel built a large stone circle using heavy megaliths. This ancient structure is now submerged, but what was its purpose?
Atlit Yam is an ancient submerged Neolithic village off the coast of Atlit, Israel. Credit: Hanay – CC BY-SA 3.0
Who were the inhabitants of the ancient underwater village, Atlit Yam? Why was their settlement flooded? What can we learn about these peoples’ beliefs, traditions, and daily life from underwater surveys?
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