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Pavlopetri: The City Beneath the Waves

"Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world."

2011-10-09
7
en 50m
DocumentaryHistory
Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thrived for 2,000 years during the time that saw the birth of western civilisation. An international team of experts is using cutting-edge technology to prise age-old secrets from the complex of streets and stone buildings that lie less than five metres below the surface of the ocean. State-of-the-art CGI helps to raise the city from the seabed, revealing for the first time in 3,500 years how Pavlopetri would once have looked and operated.

Director

Paul Olding

Producer

Paul Olding

Executive Producer

Philip Glenister

Executive Producer

Gary Hunter

Writer

Paul Olding

lost civilisation ancient greece archeology lost civilization undersea city sunken city historical reinterpretation underwater archaeology historical revisionism historical documentary

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • BBC