<< Text Pages >> Atlit-Yam - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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Multi-periodSite Name: Atlit-YamCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 11.028 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Atlit
Latitude: 32.687222N Longitude: 34.938333E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
Underwater Neolithic village. Evidence suggests the site was submerged by a tsunami caused by the flank collapse of Mt Etna.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlit_Yam
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19225814.600-how-etnas-neolithic-hiccup-set-off-a-tsunami.html
http://www.cataniacultura.com/130-iaa-ingv-e.htm
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