:: Top News World's oldest submerged town dates back 5,000 years Archaeologists surveying the world's oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the Final Neolithic. Their discovery suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5,000 years ago — at least 1,200 years earlier than originally thought. Links with more detailed information: • World's oldest submerged town dates back 5,000 years Published on 11/4/2009 |