Once home to Mesolithic hunters and vast plains, Doggerland vanished beneath rising seas. Its story has been buried—until now.

Eight thousand years ago climate change and rising sea levels inundated the country of Doggerland. Now archaeologists are mapping its terrain—and its DNA.

Thousands of years ago, a vast land connected Britain to mainland Europe—filled with forests, rivers, and human life. Then the sea rose. This is the story of Doggerland: Europe’s lost country.

Doggerland map: England was connected to France claims expert Doggerland, which is now submerged between the North Sea, is the name of an area of land which once connected Britain to the continent.

Scientists are set to reveal the secrets of Doggerland, an ancient landscape that was wiped out by a tsunami about 8,200 years ago, then fully submerged by rising sea levels following the end of ...