Archaeologist Discovers 6,000 Year-Old Island Settlement Off Croatian Coast

Aerial view of Neolithic settlement in Lumbarda, Croatia, on June 23, 2021. Antonio Bronic/Reuters

LUMBARDA, Croatia—Archaeologist Mate Parica was examining satellite images of Croatia’s coastline when he spotted something unusual.

“I thought: maybe it is natural, maybe not,” said Parica, a professor at the University of Zadar.