Stretching over 4 sandy kilometres Almanarre beach inwards southern French Republic is a mecca for Sun lovers in addition to kite surfers. But its greatest treasure -- a 2,000-year-old underwater archaeological site -- lies only a few feet offshore.
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| The ancient Roman metropolis of Olbia barbarous victim to a ho-hum rising inwards Mediterranean waters, but is nonetheless opened upwardly for visits from explorers equipped alongside a snorkel mask in addition to flippers [Credit: AFP] |
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 collection of rectangular limestone blocks, some perfectly aligned, others scattered nigh on the seafloor, brand upwardly the watery remains of the dock of the metropolis of Olbia, a fortified trading ship service founded past times the Greeks inwards the fourth Century BC on the outskirts of the modern-day Riviera town of Hyeres.
After the capture of nearby Marseille past times Julius Caesar inwards 49 BC the share gradually came nether the command of the Roman empire, which endowed Olbia alongside a port inwards the 1st Century AD.
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| Many of the blocks were looted past times locals to gear upwardly homes, then the port went into reject every bit the ocean marker rose [Credit: AFP] |
"The port suffered from its location, fully exposed to the (strong northwesterly) mistral current of air but specially to contest from Toulon," a metropolis twenty kilometres to the west, Riaudel told AFP.
With many of the blocks looted past times locals to gear upwardly homes, the port went into reject in addition to every bit the ocean marker rose -- nearly a metre inwards 2,000 years -- then the port gradually sank.
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| Marine archeologist Lenaic Riaudel guides visits of the remains which lie to a greater extent than or less the shore [Credit: AFP] |
The metropolis was inhabited for nearly 1,000 years earlier beingness abandoned during Frankish dominion (450-751 AD) when the final residents moved farther inland.
While the province site, revealed a century ago, is visible to the naked eye, few are aware that a business office of Olbia's history lies beneath Almanarre's iridescent waters, covered inwards mother-of-pearl in addition to colonised past times ocean urchins in addition to ocean bream.
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| The 100-metre dock was entirely used for eighty years, according to Riaudel [Credit: AFP] |
"I've been exploring this expanse for years in addition to had never heard of it," Yves Corlobe, an teacher from a local surf schoolhouse admitted.
Author: Olivier Lucazeau | Source: AFP [November 30, 2018]
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