Secrets of the Black Sea: what civilizations rolled in it

In antique sources many cities on coast of the Black Sea are mentioned, and their location is quite precisely specified. However on land from them remained very little. Long time considered that populousness and prosperity of these cities were strongly exaggerated by ancient Greeks and Romans. However, thus in the sea repeatedly caught amphoras, and sometimes found also larger artifacts. It became gradually clear: many antique cities were absorbed by the sea. In 1953 the employee of the personnel of one of sanatoria Sukhumi, swimming in the sea, saw under water a big stone plate. Caused...