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title: Old city below Mahabalipuram
date: "2002-04-13T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1365
description: I was surprised to see news of a submerged city found near Mahabalipuram treated as a discovery. Growing up, I heard stories of these ruins and always assumed their existence was common knowledge rather than mere local legend.
keywords: [mahabalipuram, archaeology, submerged ruins, underwater archaeology, tamil nadu, oral history]
---

A [very old city](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1923000/1923794.stm) has been found submerged near Mahabalipuram. Funny. I never knew people didn't know about it... I knew of the story since a kid, except I had no idea it was supposed to be a "story".