10 STRANGEST Things Found In The Ocean!

10 STRANGEST Things Found In The Ocean!

Despite the earth being covered largely by the oceans, a huge percentage remains unexplored until today. From surprising geological formations and natural phenomena to creatures that defy imagination, new technological advancements mean that scientists are discovering amazing things every year - and that’s just the work of Mother Nature. Locomotive graveyards, ancient civilizations, felled military vessels, and unbelievably odd marine creatures are just a few macabre and magical wonders living underneath the sea. In short, there are SOME of the tons of crazy things lurking in the deep.
10. Ancient Cities

Atlantis isn't the only forgotten civilization buried many leagues under the sea. The remains of at least a dozen lost cities rest eerily at the bottom of the ocean near places like Greece, Japan, and India. The Ancient City of Alexandria, ruled by Egypt's last Pharaoh Cleopatra, is almost perfectly preserved under the sea. It is believed the city disappeared underwater due to a series of natural disasters, including tidal waves and earthquakes. Hidden for almost 1,600 years, it was rediscovered in 1998. There have recently been plans to build underwater tunnels throughout the city, making it the world's first underwater museum.

Another spectacular, and shockingly intact, submerged civilizations is Shicheng, also called the Lion City, at the bottom of China's Qiandao Lake. But this one isn't ancient; in fact, it was purposely flooded in 1959 to make room for a dam and an adjoining hydroelectric station after the city's inhabitants were relocated.
9. Lake Michigan Stonehenge

OK so this wasn't found in the sea, rather a lake, but it's definitely weird. Of all the things lurking in the middle of Lake Michigan, an aquatic Stonehenge wouldn’t be the first thing to spring to mind. But in 2007, Mark Holley, professor of underwater archeology at Northwestern Michigan College, discovered a strange series of stones 40 feet below the lake’s surface, mysteriously arranged in a circle. Why they're there, how old they are, and what they mean are all yet undetermined, but pictures reveal they aren't that different from other strange stone arrangements found throughout the world, particularly in comparison to StoneHenge, England.

Even more exciting, one stone appeared to be engraved with what looks like the image of a mastodon, an elephant-like animal that went extinct about 10,000 years ago. Without further excavation, however, the site has remained a mystery.
8. Over £150 Million of Lost Silver

A 412-foot steel-hulled British cargo ship that sank in February 1941, consists of 1,574 silver ingots weighing about 1,100 ounces each or almost 1.8 million troy ounces in total, sets a new record for the deepest and largest precious metal recovery from a shipwreck. The cargo ship had been torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland in 1941 when it was returning home from India, while in the service of the British Ministry Transport.

Including the silver recovered in 2012, Odyssey has now recovered 2,792 silver ingots from SS Gairsoppa or more than 99% of the insured silver reported to be aboard the Gairsoppa when she sank. Under the terms of Odyssey's contract with the UK Department for Transport, which follows standard commercial practices, Odyssey will retain 80% of the haul after expenses and the remaining 20 percent went to the British Treasury.


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