Early battle with a rising sea that failed

Early battle with a rising sea that failed

Map of submerged Neolithic settlements in the Mediterranean. Credit: John McCarthy after Galili et al.

Around 7000 years ago, Neolithic villagers built an extensive seawall to protect themselves against sea-level rise in the Mediterranean.

It is the oldest known coastal defence evidenced by submerged archaeological remains, but the effort proved to be in vain.

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Published by Cosmos.

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