A trip off the coast of Laconia in Greece may lead you to the lost city of Pavlopetri. Its ancient name is unknown, but its modern term means “Paul and Peter’s,” or “Paul’s Stone,” after the two well-known Christian saints.
The lost city is reckoned to be 5,000 years old, making it the oldest among submerged lost cities in the world, and the ruins found on the location date back to the Mycenaean Period. It was discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming across Elafonisos village and the Pounta coast.
Belize
The Great Blue Hole is a huge underwater cave, off the coast of Belize. To fully appreciate its beauty, one has to fly over the sinkhole located near the Lighthouse Reef. It’s surrounding water is a deep dark blue, that is so because it traps the sunlight in.
Not readily visible from the horizon, it only became famous following Jacques Cousteau’s declaration of the hole as one of the best dive sites in the world. It is 407 feet deep, and 984 feet across; an enclosure full of mystery that fires up everyone’s imagination.
The USS Apogon Submarine
Here, we can see some artifacts that were once aboard the USS Apogon Submarine, located close to the Marshall Islands in the Bikini Atoll of the Pacific Ocean. The submarine in question still rests at the bottom of this atoll, having once served in World War II. It sank after hitting a mine off the coast of Okinawa, being decommissioned a year later.
Fast forward about 60-70 years later, and a team of divers discovered the submarine once again, finding that the vessel had suffered minimal damage. These days, divers and snorkelers love diving down to check out the sub from the outside.
The Chihuo-hol Dos Cenote
Located in the Yucatan peninsula, the Chihuo-hol Dos Cenote is a natural sinkhole that was discovered by archaeologists thanks to the technology of the time, local knowledge, and painstaking research. Over time limestone rock eroded, opening up a hole to a beautiful subterranean body of water.
And Chihuo-hol Dos Cenote is certainly one of the most stunning cenotes of them all. With clear, turquoise waters and remains of pottery still on the cenote bed, it’s an absolute dream for divers and researchers alike. Here, we see a diver feasting his eyes on one of the relics, that has remained in decent condition since the Mayan ages.
Stanier 8F Locomotive
As previously established, the SS Thistlegorm is considered to be one of the most famous shipwrecks of the last few hundred years. When it sank, there were many, many different vehicles aboard, with many dispersing to various parts of the Red Sea's bed. The ship suffered a serious explosion, causing two locomotives to fly off the deck and onto the bed.
Here is one of the trains in question. These trains were "Stanier 8F" models, weighing about 127 tonnes and measuring about 19.2 meters long. The explosion sent the trains flying about 30 meters away and caused serious damage, only leaving their front parts recognizable.