This guy has really done his homework! I especially like that he shows how much larger the landmasses became when sea levels were 130 meters (426 feet) lower than today. (This part of the video begins at about 7½ minutes in.) This a cogent reminder that many ancient cities are almost certainly buried beneath layers of mud and sediments that have accumulated over the eons.

Some links:
https://www.pnas.org/content/111/43/1…
https://geologycafe.com/class/chapter…
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ag…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ag…
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikivers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Si…
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi…
http://cdn.antarcticglaciers.org/wp-c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permafr…
https://www.uib.no/fg/kvart%C3%A6r/12…
http://metrocosm.com/timelapse-evolut…
http://metrocosm.com/earth-19000bc-30…
https://i.redd.it/l1eye5puu3v11.jpg

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June 19, 2020 at 05:56AM