New technologies bring marine archaeology treasures to light

Robotic submarines and ‘internet of underwater things’ to transform hunt for sunken cities and ancient shipwrecksNo one knows what happened at Atlit-Yam. The ancient village appeared to be thriving until 7000BC. The locals kept cattle, caught fish and stored grain. They had wells for fresh water, stone houses with paved courtyards. Community life played out around an impressive monument: seven half-tonne stones that stood in a semicircular embrace around a spring where people came to