LOST CITIES From Japanese pyramids to the ‘underwater kingdom of Wales’ – Cool submerged cities lost to the waves

THE legend of Atlantis describes a fictional utopia whose greedy and corrupt citizens fell victim to the cruel wrath of the gods.

But while the tale of the sunken metropolis is pure fiction, there are many real ancient cities across the globe that truly were lost to the sea.

A mysterious prehistoric forest recently rose again on a Welsh beach thanks to a heavy storm.

The collection of ancient tree stumps was buried under water and sand more than 4,500 years ago and now people are connecting it to an ancient legend about a “sunken civilisation”.

The forest is being associated with a 17th Century myth called “Cantre’r Gwaelod”, or the “Sunken Hundred”.

It is thought that the trees belonged to the ancient forest of Borth, which once stretched for two to three miles along the shore between Ynys-las and Borth in Wales.

This area is believed to have been a town surrounded by fertile land for farming and protected by floodgates.

An ancient legend dictates that the land was drowned when a priestess called Mererid neglected her duties at the fairy well she was in charge of and allowed it to overflow.

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