From Plato’s Atlantis to a newly discovered sunken settlement along the Silk Road, this episode traces why drowned cities still haunt us. 

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Sources:  

https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/science/archeologists-discover-an-atlantis-like-metropolis-at-the-bottom-of-a-lake/

https://www.rgo.ru/en/article/underwater-archaeology-lake-issyk-kul

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/platos-atlantis-story/9E6E7F6C2A59E9F6F6C8C0D7B3A4B6D2

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0175%3Atext%3DTim.

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0175%3Atext%3DCrit.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atlantis-legendary-island

https://www.britannica.com/place/Helike-ancient-city-Greece

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/sunken-city-thonis-heracleion-egypt

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/santorini-volcano-minoan-eruption

https://www.britannica.com/place/Pavlopetri

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24036125

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