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Friday, September 1, 2017

A Roman city that was destroyed over 1,600 years ago by a tsunami has been found by archaeologists off the Northeastern coast of Tunisia.

Due to favorable weather, scientists found the remains of Neapolis (now Nabeul in Tunisia) after a 7-year long search. Within the “sunken city”, they discovered around 100 tanks of garum, a fermented fish condiment.

“It’s a major discovery,” says Mounir Fantar, head of the mission. It “has allowed us to establish with certainty that Neapolis was a major center for the manufacture of garum and salt fish, probably the largest center in the Roman world.”

They have also shown that Neapolis was submerged in the AD 365 earthquake that damaged other coastal Mediterranean cities. Little was known about the city, because Neapolis sided with Carthage in the Third Punic War, and was punished once it fell under under Roman control.

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