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Thousands of years ago, the map of Europe looked very different.
Where the cold waters of the North Sea lie today, there once existed a vast landmass known as Doggerland — a thriving prehistoric world that connected what is now the United Kingdom to mainland Europe.
This lost land was once home to forests, rivers, wildlife, and human communities who lived, hunted, and built their lives across a landscape that stretched for hundreds of miles.
Then something changed.
As the last Ice Age came to an end, rising sea levels slowly began swallowing the land. Over time, entire forests disappeared beneath the waves. Villages vanished. Landscapes were erased.
And eventually, Doggerland was gone.
Today, evidence of this lost world occasionally resurfaces in the most unexpected places — fishermen pulling ancient tools from the seabed, fossilized forests appearing on beaches, and sonar scans revealing the shapes of long-buried river systems deep beneath the ocean floor.
In this episode of GL Deep Dives, we explore the story of Doggerland — the forgotten heartland of prehistoric Europe — and uncover how an entire world disappeared beneath the sea.
What was life like there?
How quickly did the waters rise?
And could this lost land hold clues about the vulnerability of civilizations to dramatic environmental change?
Join us as we dive into one of the most fascinating hidden chapters of human history.
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