Sweden’s Atlantis Discovered

Mankind has always been fascinated by the idea of civilizations buried beneath the waves. Stories of Mu, Lumuria or Atlantis capture the human imagination. These tales of ancient lost cities are probably myth or exaggeration. However, on rare occasion archeologists discover something very similar to these ancient stories.

Most recently, Professor Bjorn Nilsson from Soderton University and a team from Lunds University discovered what’s come to be known as the “Swedish Atlantis”. Nilsson, personally, has distanced himself from the term. In particular he’s pointed out that his finds highlight a nomadic culture, rather than a people focused on city building or farming.

However, the importance of the archeological site goes far beyond similarity to ancient myth. Nilsson and his team have discovered a number of important historical artifacts on the site. Recovered artifacts include wood, flint tools, rope and even a harpoon carved from the horn of the extinct aurochs.

The reason many of these items were able to survive for 11,000 years has to do with the material they were buried within. The items were uncovered from a layer of sediment known as gyttja. The gyttja served to protect the fragile organic material from environmental stresses which might have destroyed them if they were on land. The well preserved nature of the location makes it a time capsule into a distant period of human history.

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