Category: underwater

Cyprus Showcases Ancient Undersea Harbor to Draw Tourists

AMATHUS, Cyprus—It’s said that Demetrius the Besieger, a mighty warrior king and one of Alexander the Great’s successors, built this harbor on Cyprus’s southern coast 2,400 years ago to thwart a potential naval invasion from the ruler of Egypt, Ptolemy I, another of Alexander’s heirs. French archaeologists who initially studied the ancient harbor of Amathus…


Photographer Captures Otherworldly Mayan Underwater Caves Formed Millions of Years Ago

These eerie yet magical photographs show part of a worshipped Mayan world—a glimpse into the world’s longest underwater cave systems. Formed millions of years ago during the ice ages, these rare images show cenotes at the Rivera Maya in Mexico. Photographer and diver Martin Broen, from New York, captured these incredible scenes when diving in…