Sunken Cities
Neapolis
Drowned 365 AD · found 2017 · Off Nabeul, NE coast, Tunisia
Research onlyThe prize. A Roman city and a hundred tanks of garum, the sauce of an empire
Where. Off Nabeul, NE coast, Tunisia
Status. Research only
Where. Off Nabeul, NE coast, Tunisia
Status. Research only
The account
The same earthquake and tsunami that toppled Alexandria in 365 AD swallowed the Roman city of Neapolis on the Tunisian coast, and it lay unread until 2017, when archaeologists mapped streets, monuments, and a hundred stone vats once brimming with garum, the fermented fish sauce Rome could not live without. A whole industrial quarter, pickled under the Mediterranean for sixteen centuries.
Leads, where the trail points now
- Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the search centers on Off Nabeul, NE coast, Tunisia.
- What you are chasing is A Roman city and a hundred tanks of garum, the sauce of an empire. Work the documented record of Neapolis back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
- Tunisian heritage waters, a survey site, not a recreational dive.
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