Lost city dates to 9500 years ago
October 11, 2006
An incredible new discovery off the coast of India has revealed a huge ancient city which carbon dating has placed at 9,500 years old — obliterating the prior “record holder” for most advanced and organized ancient civilization by 5,000 years. The city, discovered in 120 feet of water in the Gulf of Cambay, is 5 miles wide and 2 across, and has yielded pottery, tools, and human remains.
The discovery of such an ancient organized society is effectively rewriting history books as we speak. The city is forcing scientists to rethink the entire chronology of human cultural evolution.
It is believed the city was consumed by the water when glaciers melted at the end of the last major ice age, about 9,000 years ago.
BBC Asia has more on the discovery.








