Underwater city found in Montenegro
A British holidaymaker has uncovered what is believed to be a lost, ancient temple, which could be evidence of a submerged city dating back to 2nd century BC, while snorkelling in the Mediterranean.
According to a report in the Telegraph, Michael Le Quesne, was swimming off a popular beach in Montenegro with his parents and his ten-year-old sister Teodora when he spotted an odd looking ’stone’ at a depth of around two metres.
It turned out to be a large, submerged building which may have been the centrepiece of an important Greek or Roman trading post, swallowed up by the sea during a massive earthquake.
A British team of experts led by Dr Lucy Blue, presenter of BBC Two show Oceans, is to investigate the significant find in this largely unexplored corner of south east Europe.
Dr Blue said that if the discovery is confirmed to be an underwater temple it would “put Montenegro on the map”.
The discovery was made while Charles and Vera Le Quesne and their two children, from Princes Risborough, Bucks, was on a trip to their holiday home in the tiny Balkan country last month.
The family has been holidaying in Montenegro since 1994, but had never visited Maljevik, a small bay of sand and shingle, sheltered by pines, near the city of Bar.
Once his son reported the find, Charles Le Quesne, a professional archaeologist, fetched a snorkel and dived down to investigate.
He discovered fluted columns, 90cm in diameter, on plinths, which appeared to form part of an ancient Greek or Roman temple, basilica or major public building, similar to those at other archaeological sites around the Mediterranean.
On a clear day, the columns are visible from the surface of the water, but it appears that the remains, which include ancient pottery, have stayed untouched for thousands of years.
The potential size of the structure and the discovery of other architectural remains nearby suggest the ‘temple’ could have formed part of a large Greek or Roman settlement, dating back as far as the 2nd century BC.
No historical records exist of a major settlement on the site, although the Montenegrin coast is dotted with ancient ruins yet to be documented.
According to Charles Le Quesne, “If it is a monumental building, it is not going to be part of a small hamlet, but it is not a missing Atlantis, as we would already know about it. It remains a bit of a mystery.”
“The area was an important, ancient trading route, so it may have been a port,” he said. (ANI)
November 02, 2009
Asian News International
I am sure this is some ancient Illyrian temple built for the god, Leonidas Thachi. Damn Romans or Greeks, always stealing Siptar history:)
Stop fantasizing jason.
Shiptars are nothing but a blimp in the Balkan history, showing up only after turks took the area and offered them Serbian Christian land in exchange for their conversion to Islam. Greeks, the most ancient in the Balkans, do not even record you. Albanians don’t even exist when Slavs settled the area… Find your history and then claim what is not yours … bunch of Albanian scum claiming anything of value that they do not produce.
You are right… No Greek records Squiptars anywhere to have existed until Ottomans came and took our Byzantium… You will pay for that Albanians.
You two dumb Serbs and Greeks should have heard Bill Clinton today. He told us we have a country and we are a democracy… Kosova is a democracy and we have freedom. You have nothing. We wish you start war with us so we can kill you.
What they found in Montenegro is Albanian. Montenegro belongs to Albania anyway.
Malesia also known as Montenegro is Albania.
Montenegro is Albania and it will be soon.
You Stefanopulous… go to hell because you have no clue of Balkans. Albanians were in Balkans before you damn Greeks showed up. We are before you and all of it is ours.
slowly history and archeaology will prove that albanians, fyrom,montenegrons were part of the greek race,it has already begun and there is nothing anyone can do because you can not kill the truth.
Ja sam Vuko iz Crne Gore, Srbin
Montenegrins or the so called Crnogorci need this Albanian thing so Albanians can take over their country. Many of them so called Montenegrins are ready to be Muslims, Catholics or whatever… Montenegrins spit on their own hat…
I hope Albanians rule Montenegrins…. I, as a Serb, hope their god damn state becomes Albanian and soon Croatian… Every Crnogorac moved to Serbia and now, when they have to claim their f….ing country, they want to be in Serbia not i Montenegro… Isay
Deport the Montenegrin futher fu—–ckers!
Suck up your own state for a change you damn fools
Hey Vince
Soon Maqedonia will be ours, then we will make peace with Greeks… They will cut it with us once Serbia is gone.
Malesia (so called montenegro) is Albania. Period
A couple of years from now that staue of Clinton will be in the sea also…
Are these stupid muslims for real? They will try and claim anything that sounds good and that does not belong to them. america is on the downfall and when they cut you out of there budget then we strike and do the job right, by that I mean get rid of all of you once and for all. By the way, we found a qauran at work and didnt know what to do with it but throw it in the garbage, oops was that wrong,lol.
u ppl are all retards, especially the shiptar and vuko. montenegro is more serbian than serbia.
i was in serbia this summer, and in montenegro this summer. it’s easier to be a serb in montenegro than it is to be a serb in serbia.