Egypt’s sunken cities

Posted On: May 25th, 2016 at 12:41

Egypt
The sunken cities of Egypt clearly show how rapidly coastal locations can be swallowed by changes in the earth’s climate, namely that of sea rise. For me, it also gives a lot of credence to the story of Plato’s Atlantis. If Atlantis existed as long ago as Plato said, and it was swallowed by the sea around 9600 BC (ironically the same time as the end of the Younger Dryas period which caused rapid sea rise and has now only recently been proven scientifically), then it is not surprising that by now no traces of it exist.
There’s something beautiful but also disturbing about these huge statues lying under the sea. They create images in the mind of cultures long lost to history, and instil a strange kind of sadness within, as if the ghosts of its inhabitants still wander around the murky depths. I find the same with sunken ships – there’s something eerily sad when images are shown of a ship on the sea bed, its crew forever enclosed within the hull; a sunken grave. Oh, I must be feeling rather morose today!

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/15/drowned-worlds-egypts-sunken-cities