The Mysterious Fuxian Lake's Ancient City

A research team diving in the waters of #FuxianLake has uncovered more #archeological evidence of a long-rumored, #submerged #ancientcity. The 20-day investigation off the eastern shore of the lake allowed researchers to map portions of the site, take photos and, perhaps most importantly, recover dozens of long-forgotten relics. #Scientists from the #Association of #Chinese #Cultural #Studies (ACCS) and #Yunnan University conducted their fieldwork from September 26 until October 15, recovering 42 handmade stone artifacts in the process.

The interdisciplinary group, working roughly 60 kilometers southeast of #Kunming, included #historians, #archeologists and experts on the #ancient #cultures of #Yunnan. The objects retrieved during the dives were catalogued and tagged with individual global positioning coordinates and will now be further analyzed in labs. In addition to the relics, several carved stones were photographed and otherwise documented.

These include marks the scientific team says resemble #yijing divination #trigrams as well as representations of male and female genitalia and depictions of the sun and moon. The underwater area in question stretches over 2.5 square kilometers and the research carried out recently focused on a relatively small portion of the site. Of the 30 buildings, walls and cobblestone roads thought to lie below the surface of Fuxian, only two were examined during the September and October dives. @HuangYilu, #professor of #archeology at #Yunnan #University, told reporters, That our investigation and research is based on formal examinations organized by CCTV in 2001 and 2006. " Those two expeditions, which used submersible vehicles, actually created far more rumor and innuendo than they did provide scientific certainty. Eight years ago when China Central Television was once again covering the story, the national press routinely referred to the #ruins of #Fuxian as either "China's #Pompeii" or "China's #Atlantis".

#mysterious #sunkencity and Several #Pyramid-Shaped Structures Discovered in #China: #Carvings found on one of the stones in the underwater #ruins in #FuxianLake. ( Sa Defenza ) Experts admitted it is not yet possible to decipher these symbols. If the underwater #relics are indeed far older than 1,800 years old, the scientists will have to explain what tools could have been used for such #carvings at that time. Several new buildings have been #discovered in the Fuxian Lake in China which completely took the world by surprise. The science community has been shaking to its very core by this discovery as what it entails is simply impossible, to say the least.

They are not your average constructions, as the many #carvings on the walls of these buildings prove that they were meant for a lot more than they appear to be. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's start with the beginning. The discovery of the #yuyuan city is what caused all of this commotion. According to most experts, it was officially started back during the #Western #HanDynasty, which took place around #206BC - #24AD. Nobody knows why or how the city ended up completely submerged underwater, but what we do know is that it now lies at the bottom of the #Fuxian lake. Inside of this city, it appears as though a pyramid-shaped building was uncovered.

The reason as to why we started it as a pyramid-shaped building and not a normal #pyramid is because it is way more complex than any other pyramid out there. When people think of pyramids, they think of them as the #ancient #Egyptian's depiction of #pyramids, but as it turns out, this may very well be different from every point of view except external. What made this discovery especially strange is the discovery of drawings of the Sun and other such astrological elements on it.

Carvings of masks that date back to 18,000 years ago make this whole discovery out of this world, to say the least. The #enigmaticCarvings on #UnderwaterRuins in #China #Mystify Investigators In an underwater investigation in #FuxianLake #yunnanprovince #china started on June 13, 2006, #archeologists discovered remains of a group of huge #ancientbuildings at the bottom of the lake.