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A 7,000-year-old road has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Where did it lead exactly? - Voila! tourism

2023-05-23T03:59:13.227Z

Highlights: A sunken path from the Stone Age was located underwater, 7,000 years after it was used for passage. Archaeologists confirm that the road was built by the ancient and mysterious Hvar culture. The ancient trail once connected the island to a settlement that sat on artificial land, but now lies about 4 to 5 meters below the level of the Adriatic Sea. Like the rest of the settlement, the paved walking path has survived for thousands of years thanks to the fact that the Croatian coast is lined with islands that protect the area from large waves.


A sunken path from the Stone Age was located underwater, 7,000 years after it was used for passage. Archaeologists confirm that the road was built by the ancient and mysterious Hvar culture


A 7,000-year-old road was discovered under the Mediterranean Sea (University of Zadar)

A 7,000-year-old road has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of a Croatian island, and archaeologists are now trying to figure out - where exactly did it lead? According to the tests conducted, the road was paved by members of the ancient Hvar culture and it linked an ancient settlement on artificial islands to the Croatian island of Korčula.

According to a report by the scientific website Iflscience, the path from the New Stone Age (Neolithic period) was discovered at the sunken archaeological site of Solin, which sits opposite the coast of the Croatian island of Korčula. According to the researchers, the ancient trail once connected the island to a settlement that sat on artificial land, but now lies about 4 to 5 meters below the level of the Adriatic Sea in the Mediterranean Sea. Archaeologists first identified Solin's remains in 2021 by examining satellite images of the water around Korcula, after noticing an unusual structure on the seafloor, researchers grabbed their snorkels and fins and went into the deep water to take a closer look.

On their examination they came across the walls of an ancient settlement that appears to be connected to the main island by a narrow strip of land and they believe that the site was built by the Neolithic Hvar culture that once lived in the eastern Adriatic Sea, probably between 3,500 and 2500 BC. Not much is known about this culture, as the written history of Hvar Island begins only in 385 BC when the Greeks settled there and began to fight the locals.

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Although carbon-14 dating of artifacts found there suggests that the settlement of Solin existed around 4,900 BC, the researchers say the trail discovered is probably several thousand years older. The road, made of carefully stacked stone slabs about 4 meters wide, was found buried under layers of mud on the sea floor.

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According to a statement posted on Facebook by the University of Zadar, the ancient road once connected Sulina to Korcula and may have been in use 7,000 years ago. Like the rest of the settlement, the paved walking path has survived for thousands of years thanks to the fact that the Croatian coast is lined with islands that protect the area from large waves. Zadar University archaeologist Mateh Farika, who led the team responsible for the discovery, said: "Fortunately, this region, unlike most parts of the Mediterranean, is safe from large waves as many islands protect the coast. It definitely helped keep the site and the road to it from natural destruction."

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Zadar University's statement:

While announcing the discovery of the Neolithic road, the researchers also revealed details of their ongoing exploration around Gradina Bay on the opposite side of Korcula. Here, the team recently identified a second submerged settlement at a depth similar to the one at Solin, which looks almost identical to the site discovered two years ago. Preliminary excavations of these underwater ruins yielded many Stone Age finds, including flint blades, stone axes and millstone fragments. Like those found in Solin, recently discovered items also appear to be related to the Hvar culture.

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