8 Mysterious Statues You Can Only See Underwater

Yayınlanma: 29 August 2024 - 00:32

The ocean is a place of wonder, from delicate reefs to intriguing wrecks and colourful critters. It’s not that we need more, but sometimes it’s fun to explore something different — like a trip to an underwater museum. Here are some of the most impressive underwater sculptures you probably didn’t know existed.

8 Mysterious Statues You Can Only See Underwater

This stunning 9-feet tall bronze mermaid sculpture of Amphitrite, created in 2000 by Simon Morris, rests 50 feet beneath the waves on Grand Cayman Island. In Greek mythology, Amphitrite was the wife of Poseidon, the queen of the seas and the mother of seals and dolphins. A statue probably depicting Queen Cleopatra III, discovered in the sunken city of Heracleion Since the Egyptian city was lost thousands of years ago due to a combination of earthquakes, tsunamis, and rising sea levels, historians debated whether it ever even existed.