SEA LEVELS AREN'T EVEN AS HIGH AS THEY WERE BEFORE THE LITTLE ICE AGE COOLING PERIOD LOWERED THE SEA LEVELS FROM THE 14TH CENTURY THROUGH THE 18TH CENTURY!!!!
Lot of tectonic uplift in the eastern Med as the Africa plate pushes into the European plate. Pisa Italy as well as Ostium used to be seaports too.