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TAMIL NADU, INDIA, December 3, 2003: Located one mile off the Nagapattinam coast of Tamil Nadu, a submerged city believed to be 7,000 – 17,000 years old has been discovered. Interest in the submerged city was first sparked by English marine archaeologist Graham Hancock who explored the Poompuhar site in 2001 and declared that the city was older than Sumeria in Mesopotamia. Since then two organizations, the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have collaborated on expeditions to try and piece together the city’s past. Rear Admiral K.R. Srinivasan, chief hydrographer to the Indian government says, “We have been able to locate a section of the city at a depth of 7 meters and will soon start operations to recover objects that will help ascertain its past.” Glenne Milne, a geologist at the University of Durham agrees with Hancock’s findings and the article says, “Video footage of the site shows that the submerged city near Poompuhar was far superior to constructions found in Harappan sites.” This discovery may lead to other expeditions to locate other submerged towns and shipwrecks along India’s coastline.

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