3D scanner detects "British Atlantis"

Media reports that the British team at the University of Southampton scientists through technology - 3D scanner found walls, streets and church ruins of a city disappeared under water for centuries. It is about Danviça medieval city, regarded as "British Atlantis".

This city, once a prosperous lima sized fourteenth century London, plunged ten meters under water as a result of coastal erosion, which began in 1286.

Now there is more detailed maps of roads, walls and main buildings of this city discovered in the bottom of the sea.

For his discovery scientists used acoustic scanning technique with high resolution, which is the technology used for the first time at sea underwater archeology.

Scientists say that this technology is reminiscent of the bright lamp with battery run in the bottom of the sea, but in this case instead of light used item. Exploring the underwater city started in 2008 and has so far been discovered ruins 6 and 74 potential archaeological findings.