Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-20 | Page 4 | Freaks and Oddities in Science News

F FREAKS R E A KS K'S and 0 ODDITIES D D I TIE S SIN IN S SCIENCE SCIENCE CIEN CE NEWS- NEWS J With the aid ald of trained divers and telephones U connected with motor boats soviet scientists have explored the ruins of a submerged Greek cit city lost for 2000 years beneath the waters of the Black sea o The city Is 15 tentatively Iden- Iden GREEK CITY tined tilled as the famous Old Cher- Cher LOST described by Strabo YEARS FOUND classical geographer 0 of br the first BY SCIENTISTS century The ruins are about ten miles south of Sevastopol in Crimea and are feet out feet out beyond the present present present pres pres- ent shore line It appears that the shore line which Js still retreating was pursued by th the advancIng advancing advancing ad ad- sea much more rapidly in antiquity and the flourishing seaside town was destroyed Exploration of the ruins was ws undertaken by an expedition the State academy of Moscow which first discovered the submerged town in 1930 1030 Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor K E. E in charge of the work has had with him this season a a. staff of archeologists architects geologists a moving picture unit and trained divers L In two months' months work Professor Profesor or re reports reports reports re- re ports the existence of a submerged fortified city has been established beyond doubt and the ruins mins have been charted The divers found th that t the city city was surrounded by two strong defense walls of stone more than thirteen feet thick and fortified forti toni tied lied by round towers Jato at regular intervals Within With With- in the walls valls the explorers found remains of more than sixty houses built on two straight streets crossing at rIght angles The center of the city was occupied by an unpaved unpaved un un- paved square elevated about three feet above the surrounding ground This This' square is pronounced similar to the r a place of Dt gathering in Athens From the plan It Is supposed that here was the ancient Acropolis Is of the city That the city was a Greek settlement of about the fourth to the second centuries B B. B C. C Is 15 concluded concluded concluded con con- from the architecture from the white marble mar mar- bl ble in the ruins and from a a. few sea-bottom sea finds of red clay of at vessels H Eating simple salts of calcium and phosphorus U to build strong healthy bones may also lengthen length length- en the prime of life Ute and prevent the onset of old age Calcium and md nd phosphorus can best be supplied to the body by eating of at milk mUk and leafy vegetables