Helike - The Real Atlantis BBC Two 9.00pm Thursday 10 January 2002 On a winter night in 373 BC, the classical Greek city of Helike was destroyed by a … Scientists were divided in their opinions about the exact location of Helike. Yet, it was this conviction that the city was hidden somewhere in the Gulf of Corinth that made its discovery impossible.
Numerous archaeologists, historians, professors and explorers wrote, studied and actively searched, trying to discover any trace of the ancient town, with little success.

The submerged town was long one of the biggest targets for underwater archaeology. Among them are the following: It means that Helike, the city that inspired the myth of Atlantis, should lie not underwater but underground.
As Helike was a submerged city, its location was one of the big mysteries of underwater archaeology.

But their work, essays, observations and studies contributed to an important and growing body of knowledge.