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Divers Map Traces of a Medieval English Town Lost to the North Sea 700 Years Ago
Divers surveying the seabed off Cromer on England’s Norfolk coast have documented stone structures associated with the submerged medieval town of Shipden. The work may help researchers determine whether some of the remains belonged to buildings and harbor installations or formed part of an attempt to hold back the advancing North Sea. The underwater investigation…
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2,000-Year-Old Human and Animal Footprints Emerge on Scotland’s Storm-Battered Coast — Then Vanish Within Days
Scotland’s east coast does not usually give up its secrets gently. This time, it did — and then took them back almost immediately. After a series of violent winter storms tore through Lunan Bay in Angus, shifting dunes exposed a band of compact clay beneath the sand. Pressed into it were human and animal footprints…
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Nature Uncovers the Past: Is Neapolis Reappearing on Tunisia’s Coast?
A powerful winter storm has done more than reshape Tunisia’s shoreline. Along the coast of Nabeul, the retreating sea has exposed stone structures that may belong to one of North Africa’s most enigmatic ancient cities. What began as a destructive weather event has now sparked renewed attention toward a long-lost Punic-Roman settlement—Neapolis. When the Sea…