7 fascinating Sunken Cities of the World..

When we turn the pages of history, we always get to see something really amazing.We do not know how many floods and earthquakes occurred, and how many hustle cities went drowning in the waves of the sea. Here are 7 amazing sunken cities of the world to let us know how fascinating the history was.... 1. Dwarka City, Gujarat,India- It is situated 36(120 ft) underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the western coast of India. According to archeologists , it could be over 9000 years old.

It is the oldest known remains in the subcontinent by more than 5000 years. It is said that the city was built by Lord Krishna and he overlooked all the development and it was regarded as the 1st capital of Gujarat.The first archaeological excavations at Dwarka were done by the Deccan College, Pune and the Department of Archaeology, Government of Gujarat, in 1963 under the direction of H.D. Sahkalia.

The Marine Archaeological Unit (MAU) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) conducted a second round of excavations in 1979 under the supervision of Dr S. R. Rao (one of the most respected archaeologists of India.Dwarka was supposed to have been built on six blocks, two on the right bank and four on the left. All the six sectors have protective walls built of dressed stones of sandstones. Whatever has been traced so far conforms to the description of Dwarka in the Hindu holy book Mahabharata to a large extent. The materials found there, like pottery, beads, sculptures are said to be more than 9,500 years old. According to Mahabharata, the city had to submerge because of queen Gandhari's curse on lord Krishna. When the war of kurukshetra ended, Gandhari was extremely sad to have her 100 sons killed by Pandavas.

Gandhari asked Lord Krishna why he did not end the war in a moment's notice though he had the power, and let it proceed. Gandhari, in her desperation and rage, gave a notorious curse to Lord Krishna: To feel the pain she is facing of having her sons being killed, Krishna will see the entire of his Yadava clan, die in front of his eyes and his kingdom will burn to the ashes. As per the curse, A small feud started among the Yadavas and it evolved into a massive fight and Dwarka submerged into the sea. Krishna, though he had the power to nullify the curse, wholeheartedly accepted the curse. According to the science, Dwarka was submerged due to rise in sea level3500 years BP. 2.Alaxandria City ( Cleopatra's palace)- The ancient underwater ruins of Cleopatra are found under the Mediterranean sea off the shore of a big Egyptian city called Alexandria.

The Egyptian Pharaoh Cleopatra ruled the city of Alexandria for 2 decades. From her perch of the city's fabled island Antirhodos, which vanished beneath the sea some 14 centuries ago due to the earthquake. In 1996, it was rediscovered by a dive team led by archeologist Frank Goddio.There he discovered a vast amount of ancient shipwrecks, a statue of the goddess Isis and a sphinx.

So far, 20,000 ancient objects have been discovered. Egypt has launched an underwater museum wherein visitors can view it's sunken city first-hand without disturbing the ancient wresting place

.According to certain beliefs of people , the city of Alexandria was submerged due the curse of Cleopatra, the most powerful pharaoh's of her time.Cleopatra became queen on the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in 51 BCE and ruled successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51–47) and Ptolemy XIV (47–44) and her son Ptolemy XV Caesar (44–3). She was filled with charms, intelligence and was clever.

To secure her throne she even married to her two brothers (Ptolemy XIV and PtolemyXII), Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.On 2 September 31 BC Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra. Rather than fall under Octavian's domination, Cleopatra died by suicide on August 12, 30 B.C., possibly by means of an asp, a poisonous Egyptian serpent and symbol of divine royalty. 3.Pavlopetri, Greece- The ruins of Pavlopetri are located a short distance from the coastline, just a few meters underwater in Vatika Bay in southern Greece. It is also known as “Greek Atlantis” or “Atlantis of Lakonia”.It is considered 5000 years old.

It was discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming and mapped in 1968 by a team from the University of Cambridge Pavlopetri was incredibly well designed with roads, two storey houses with gardens, temples, a cemetery, and a complex water management system including channels and water pipes.

In the center of the city, there was even a square or plaza measuring about 40 by 20 meters (131 x 65 ft) and found 15 buildings which had up to 12 rooms inside. Pavlopetri submerged around 1000 BC, it slipped beneath the waves as a result of gradual erosion, a tsunami or other mysterious factors. 4.Lion City, China- Situated at the bottom of man made reservoir of Wu Shi Mountain ("Five Lion Mountain"), lies an ancient city known as Shi Cheng ( "Lion City"). It was built during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25–200) and was first set up as a county in AD 208.

The city acquired its name from nearby Wu Shi (Five Lion) Mountain, which is now known as Wu Shi Island since it too became partially submerged by the reservoir.

At present Shi Cheng remains well-preserved and undisturbed at a depth of 26–40 m (85–131 ft). In 1959, this city was purposely flooded by the Chinese government for making a new hydroelectric power station was required - so built a man-made lake.The city was “rediscovered” in 2001 when the Chinese government organised an expedition to see what might remain of the lost metropolis. Interest and exploration increased further in 2011, when the Chinese National Geography published some never-before-seen photographs and illustrations hypothesising what the small city, which measured about half a square kilometre, might have looked like in its heyday.

Earlier this city was used to be the political and economic hub of the region.

Built at the foot of a mountain, the city structure defied the Chinese norm with five gates instead of four.

The ancients streets and memorial archways were well preserved before it was submerged and is widely considered of great historical value by many.

The typical roads in Shicheng City were stone roads, tidily paved by flagstone and pebbles.

5.Port Royal, Jamaica-. Port Royal was built on a small island off the coast of Jamaica in the harbor across from present-day Kingston. Port Royal was also called the "wickedest city on earth";a den of pirates, smugglers, prostitutes, and slavers unlike any the world had ever known.

In the 17th century, Port Royal was the headquarters of the numerous swashbuckling scoundrels that plundered the high seas. Of the more famous pirates to be associated with Port Royal are Sir Henry Morgan, Calico Jack and Blackbeard Teach.

The glory days of Port Royal ended on 7 June 1692, when a massive earthquake and tsunami, described by the local clergy as God's punishment, sank much of the city into the sea, killing 2,000 people.

Along with several hundred sunken ships in the harbour ,large amounts of perishable, organic artifacts were recovered, preserved in the oxygen-depleted underwater environment. Several buildings with six ground-floor rooms divided into three separate two-room combinations were found.

Since the 1950s, divers have been exploring and cataloging the submerged city. In 1969, the submerged city was rediscover by Edward Link. 6.Pyramid of Yonaguni:Jima, Japan- The formations are located below Arakawabana cliff which is the southern tip of Yonaguni island, with its main face oriented south-southeast.

They are the ruins of a Japanese Atlantis—an ancient city sunk by an earthquake about 2,000 years ago.Underwater rock structure that was discovered in the mid-1980s near Yonaguni Island, Japan. While some believe the ziggurat-like formation is from an ancient city, others argue that it was naturally created.The formation is mostly composed of sandstone and mudstone, while various structures connect to the rock beneath them.

The most prominent part of the Yonaguni Monument is a giant slab of rock that is nearly 500 feet long, 130 feet wide and 90 feet tall. In a report given to the 21st Pacific Science Congress in 2007, he revised this estimate and dated it to 2,000 to 3,000 years ago because the sea level then was close to current levels. He suggests that after construction, tectonic activity caused it to be submerged below sea level. 7.Lost village of Ontario, Canada- The Lost Villages were ten communities (nine conventional villages and a populated island) in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the former townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck (now South Stormont) near Cornwall, which were permanently submerged by the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in July,1958.