Thursday, August 8, 2013
3D scanner detects "British Atlantis"
University ofSouthampton scientists through technology - 3D scanner foundwalls, streets and church ruins of a city disappeared under waterfor centuries. It is about Danviça medieval city, regarded as"British Atlantis".
This city, once a prosperous lima sized fourteenth centuryLondon, plunged ten meters under water as a result of coastalerosion, which began in 1286.
Now there is more detailed maps of roads, walls and mainbuildings of this city discovered in the bottom of the sea.
For his discovery scientists used acoustic scanning technique with high resolution, which is the technology used for the first time at sea underwater archeology.
Scientists say that this technology is reminiscent of the bright lamp with battery run in the bottom of the sea, but in thiscase instead of light used item. Exploring the underwater city started in 2008 and has so far been discovered ruins 6 and74 potential archaeological findings.
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