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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2156651,00.html
Unique Underwater Archaeological Park Opens at Caesarea
(Times-UK) Stephen Farrell - Just off Caesarea port, a unique underwater archaeological park opened last week, showcasing a sunken harbor built by Herod the Great for Caesar Augustus. Guides with waterproof maps lead divers beneath the waves along a marked route around the harbor foundations and sunken ships left on the seabed from 2,000 years of Phoenician, Roman, Jewish, Crusader, Byzantine, Mameluke, and British history One of the four routes can be viewed from the surface by anyone with a snorkel. The other three can be reached only with diving equipment.