Fant by som ble slukt av tsunami for 1700 år siden

Arkeologer har funnet ruinene av en romersk by som sank i vannet utenfor Tunisia.

A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 shows archaeologists diving off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia shows underwater ruins at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 shows archaeologists diving off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia shows underwater ruins at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 shows archaeologists diving off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia shows underwater ruins at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 shows archaeologists diving off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
A handout picture made available by the Tunisian National Heritage Institute and the University of Sassari on August 31, 2017 shows archaeologists diving off the coast of Nabeul in northeastern Tunisia at the site of the ancient Roman city of Neapolis. Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered at the site, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami on July 21 in 365 AD, which also badly damaged Alexandria in Egypt and the Greek island of Crete, as recorded by historian Ammien Marcellin. The head of a Tunisian-Italian archaeological mission which made the find in Nabeul said an underwater expedition had found streets, monuments and around 100 tanks used to produce garum, a fermented fish-based condiment that was a favourite of ancient Rome. / AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassari / Handout / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / HO / NATIONAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE TUNISIA / UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS Foto: Handout
Arkeologer dykker ved ruinene av den romerske byen Neapolis utenfor Nabeul nordøst i Tunisia AFP PHOTO / l’Institut national du patrimoine tunisien (INP) / University of Sassa
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Det er funnet gater, monumenter, og om lag 100 fermeteringstanker, i Middelhavet utenfor byen Nabeul i Tunisia.Ruinene strekker seg over et areal på 20 hektar, og underbygger teorien om at den romerske byen Neapolis ble delvis slukt av en tsunami 21. juli i år 365.- Dette er en enorm oppdagelse, sier leder for arkeologteamet, Mounir Fantar.Den samme tsunamien gjorde store ødeleggelser i Alexandira i Egypt, og den grenske

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