A team of researchers of the University of Zadar, Croatia, discovered a road at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea that dates back approximately 7,000 years old.
As the authors of this surprising and valuable find explained through an underwater statement, the highway it linked the coasts of Soline with the current island of Korčula, while the finding was possible from some images taken, from a satelite, of the waters that are located in the mediations of said island in which they noticed the existence of a strange structure which caught their attention.
Curiosity to know what was made of that the team led by the professor Mate Parica plunged into the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, and it was so that, once there, archaeologists street approximately four meters wide which, as they explained, was built with carefully stacked stone slabs.
“After analyzing these remains, and subjecting them to a radiocarbon analysis we were able to determine that People walked on this road almost 7,000 years ago.”stated the archaeologist.
Although it is currently considered one of the more than 1,200 islands and islets of Croatia, Korčula cpresaged a flood as a result of melting of the Earth’s ice capso, towards the year 6,000 before Christthe back then archipelago became an island.
“From then on, cultures like the Hvar They worked on the construction of all kinds of roads with the aim of reaching this region to exploit their natural resources. Undoubtedly an impressive finding that can help us further understand how the Hvar culture worked and how they developed a unique way of workingParica concluded.
