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Underwater cemetery and hospital discovered by archaeologists

The hospital, which was abandoned in 1873, had once been used to quarantine patients with yellow fever.

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Quarantine hospital, cemetery found submerged off Florida Keys

Records indicate dozens of people may have been buried at the site, according to the National Park Service

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An archaeologist saw shapes in the water They led to a submerged grave

An archaeologist saw shapes in the water They led to a submerged grave
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Researchers discover submerged cemetery and hospital off the Florida coast

Researchers discover submerged cemetery and hospital off the Florida coast
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Archeologists discover underwater cemetery, hospital near Florida Keys

The submerged hospital was used to quarantine and treat patients with yellow fever between 1890 and 1900.

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