Atlantis-like city found under Silk Road lake; scientists say a 15th-century quake caused its fall
The Russian Geographical Society says brick ruins, grain mills and a 13th-century Muslim necropolis at Toru-Aygyr beneath Issyk-Kul show a lost Silk Road center now lies 1–4 meters underwater.
Archaeologists working in the shallow waters of Lake Issyk-Kul announced they completed the first campaign of a new survey.(photo credit: Russian Academy of Sciences)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
