Atlantis has been found... again!

tnjrp · #1 by **tnjrp** » Mar 15, 2011 9:52 am

A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago, in mud flats in southern Spain.

I suppose we'll have to wait for a while to see how the archeological community takes this on, but a "fast food version" of Dr. Richard Freund's team's research is apparently coming out tonight on National Geographic Channel:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42072469/ns ... e-science/
http://canton-ct.patch.com/articles/has ... f-atlantis

chairman bill · #2 by **chairman bill** » Mar 15, 2011 10:04 am

Fascinating, if it turns out to be true.

pennypitstop · #3 by **pennypitstop** » Mar 15, 2011 10:10 am

Until they find a sign saying 'Welcome to Atlantis, twinned with Gomorrah, population 20,500', then surely it's just a buried ancient city.

CJ · #4 by CJ » Mar 15, 2011 12:20 pm

Even if it isn't Atlantis is a fantastic discovery. You can just hear the marketing exec' 'COULD it be Atlantis?' :plot:

trubble76 · #5 by **trubble76** » Mar 15, 2011 12:56 pm

You can't prove it's not Atlantis. [/fundy]

Forgetting the Atlantis thing, it's a really exciting discovery. There should be all sorts of interesting finds.

HPrice · #6 by **HPrice** » Mar 15, 2011 2:31 pm

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... JR20110312

Horribly topical as it mentions tsunamis!

chairman bill · #7 by **chairman bill** » Mar 15, 2011 2:33 pm

Merge in 3, 2, 1 ...

HPrice · #8 by **HPrice** » Mar 15, 2011 2:40 pm

Sorry, didn't see the other thread.

chairman bill · #9 by **chairman bill** » Mar 15, 2011 2:46 pm

No worries. Mods will merge them

HPrice · **#10** by **HPrice** » Mar 15, 2011 6:27 pm

This find is arguably the best fit so far to what Plato actually wrote, though only in position. It is certainly much smaller than Atlantis was supposed to be. some of the many other suggestions for where Atlantis might be are far less credible. Of course, it's always possible that Atlantis is simply a myth OR a story, based on real events that had already been heavily distorted by being passed between people.

Tyrannical · **#11** by **Tyrannical** » Mar 20, 2011 7:06 am

Whenever I hear "Atlantis found!" and the "location" is some where on dry land, I just think lazy archaeologist afraid to get wet.
India has a few sunken "cities" last occupied within the last 2,000 years, and I'd think most coastal city locations over 5,000 years old would have been washed away by now.

Spearthrower · **#12** by **Spearthrower** » Mar 20, 2011 9:12 am

The most convincing book I ever read on the subject also proposed Iberia as the location.

Tyrannical · **#13** by **Tyrannical** » Mar 23, 2011 4:02 pm

Spearthrower wrote:The most convincing book I ever read on the subject also proposed Iberia as the location.

At least the Sundra shelf theory involved a warm climate and a potentially large human carrying capacity during the previous glaciation. As well as the mechanism for a cataclysmic destruction being among the most earthquake and volcanically plagued regions of the world.

HughMcB · **#14** by **HughMcB** » Mar 23, 2011 4:58 pm

Spearthrower wrote:The most convincing book I ever read on the subject also proposed Iberia as the location.

What book would that be?

Spearthrower · **#15** by **Spearthrower** » Mar 25, 2011 7:23 am

Tyrannical wrote:
Spearthrower wrote:The most convincing book I ever read on the subject also proposed Iberia as the location.

At least the Sundra shelf theory involved a warm climate and a potentially large human carrying capacity during the previous glaciation. As well as the mechanism for a cataclysmic destruction being among the most earthquake and volcanically plagued regions of the world.

Tyrranical doesn't know how to let bad ideas die.

Spearthrower · **#16** by **Spearthrower** » Mar 25, 2011 7:25 am

HughMcB wrote:
Spearthrower wrote:The most convincing book I ever read on the subject also proposed Iberia as the location.

What book would that be?

Unfortunately, it's been years since I read it and it's in the family loft back home, so I can't pull it off the shelf to tell you.

One key point I recall was that the 'fall' of Atlantis was a metaphorical decline in regional economic sway.

cavarka9 · **#17** by **cavarka9** » Mar 25, 2011 7:34 am

Havent they discovered it enough times already? :what:

tnjrp · **#18** by **tnjrp** » Mar 25, 2011 7:46 am

A couple of times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_h ... f_Atlantis

Of special note :whistle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_h ... is#Finland

But, as said, this specific effort is a bit more science-oriented than the majority of them.

cavarka9 · **#19** by **cavarka9** » Mar 25, 2011 8:41 am

tnjrp wrote:A couple of times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_h ... f_Atlantis

Of special note
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_h ... is#Finland

But, as said, this specific effort is a bit more science-oriented than the majority of them.

I Think, they keep stumbling onto old ancient sites, want grants to fund their excavation so come up with the eternal "Atlantis myth".
That way, they can rev up the publics attention.

Crispo · **#20** by **Crispo** » Mar 25, 2011 8:45 am

I find spending money on finding location of an ancient Greek Utopia ludicrous.