Israeli scientists have found evidence of a powerful tsunami that struck the coast of Israel about 10,000 years ago.

about it Stated in the article, Published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.

Archaeologists are still struggling to gather enough evidence before reaching the final conclusions about the location of the floodwaters in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. At that time, the level of the world’s ocean was rising rapidly, and locals were trying to fight it by building dams: scientists discovered such a dam, which is about 10,000 years old, last year in a flood-ravaged center in Tel Crete.

But recently, researchers have found that residents of these areas are threatened not only by rising sea levels, but also by devastating tsunamis. This is the conclusion reached by Gilad Steinberg, an archaeologist at the University of California, and his colleagues after studying the results of excavations near Teldora.

Archaeologists have found signs of a tsunami in the vicinity of the former port city of Teldor, with waves reaching a height of 40 meters. Scientists believe it has destroyed all coastal habitats. In the studied rock samples, scientists found a small layer with traces of marine animals and debris – their age is 9.9-9.3 thousand years.

How these deposits formed was at first a mystery to scientists – at that time Teldor was located a few kilometers from the sea. They soon discovered that the deposit was found about 10 to 10,000 years ago, 1.5 to 3.5 km away from the potential for runoff on the coast. As a result, scientists concluded that the fragments fell to the ground as a result of a strong tsunami, reaching a height of 40 meters.

Shinberg and colleagues said the quake struck in these places, causing an underwater landslide. The 40-meter wave washed away all the ancient inhabitants of the area, and scientists have not been able to find any evidence of their life in the area.

As reported by “Apostrophe”, Archaeologists have unearthed excavations in the Katikoy area of ​​Istanbul, Turkey Remains of a Nigo marble structure on the Asian side. Although the shape of the monument gives no indication of its function, archaeologists believe the site was sacred.