underwater city discovered

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="002285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>glialessandrini</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="glialessandrini"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="glialessandrini"><U>glialessandrini</U></A>   |   <B>underwater city discovered</B>   |   <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="télé lumière"><U>télé lumière</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="elton johns"><U>elton john's</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id126.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="magida"><U>magida</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="400 years old"><U>400 years old</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="psychic"><U>psychic</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="relax !"><U>relax !</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mir 20march"><U>mir 20march</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="antelias record"><U>antelias record</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="miss internet"><U>miss internet</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="tabbouleh"><U>tabbouleh</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="the Maronites"><U>the Maronites</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="the sixth day"><U>the sixth day</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="deapsea"><U>deap-sea</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="cinema"><U>cinema</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MZ??"><U>MZ??</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ski in leb"><U>ski in leb</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beirut"><U>Beirut</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="fairuz"><U>fairuz</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eiffel tower"><U>Eiffel tower</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="the man"><U>the man</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="001d2c00dkelyh.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="19cc0ca0.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Divers searched for two years</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>glialessandrini</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ancient Pharaonic city discovered 700 meters off Zahrani coast </B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="636" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="622"><div> Tuesday, March 27, 2001 </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="7" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Yarmota is a newly discovered city near Zahrani, some 700 meters off the coast between Tyre and Saida. The underwater ruins were discovered by Mohammed Seraji, head of Lebanon’s Divers Syndicate and historian Youssef Hawrani. </div> <div> During a news conference on Tuesday, Seraji displayed underwater photos of the statues and valuable assets he discovered during his adventure which has lasted two years and taken him down to the watery site over 600 times. He said the city lies at a depth of three to 17 meters. </div> <div> He explained that most probably the city was swallowed by the massive 7th century earthquake and subsequent flood which struck the whole Lebanese coast from Tripoli to Tyre. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="122" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>OPTIONS</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> The southern city’s island fortress, which was eventually connected via causeway to the inland part of Tyre by Alexander the Great in the fourth century, held off the warlord’s advance for no less than seven months. </div> <div> “The new city will change a lot of historic facts and provide answers to many questions that have confused scientists and historians for ages,” According to Hawrani. </div> <div> The archeologist added that he knew about the existence of the city, as its name was engraved on many of the clay tablets found in the Egyptian archive of Tal al-Amarina. </div> <div> Hawrani, however, opted for the better side of caution and decided not to announce the news until he witnessed himself the ruins of the old city. </div> <div> “I urge the government,” Seraji said, "to deal very seriously with this find and to protect the many statues and monuments that are lying under the sea." </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>