Atlantis! (Stargate found!)

[-Barista-]

TL;DR
Found some shit in the water by Spain.

Originally Posted by MSNBC

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — 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.

"This is the power of tsunamis," head researcher Richard Freund told Reuters.

"It is just so hard to understand that it can wipe out 60 miles inland, and that's pretty much what we're talking about," said Freund, a professor at the University of Hartford who led an international team searching for the true site of Atlantis.

To solve the age-old mystery, the team analyzed satellite imagery of a suspected submerged city just north of Cadiz, Spain. There, buried in the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, they believe that they pinpointed the ancient, multiringed dominion known as Atlantis.

The team of archaeologists and geologists in 2009 and 2010 used a combination of deep-ground radar, digital mapping and underwater technology to survey the site.

Freund's discovery in central Spain of a strange series of "memorial cities," built in Atlantis' image by its refugees after the city's likely destruction by a tsunami, gave researchers added proof and confidence, he said.

Atlantean residents who did not die in the tsunami fled inland and built new cities there, he added.

The team's conclusions are detailed in "Finding Atlantis," a National Geographic Channel special.

While it is hard to know with certainty that the site in Spain is Atlantis, Freund said the "twist" of finding the memorial cities makes him confident Atlantis was buried in the mud flats.

Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis 2,600 years ago, describing it as "an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Hercules," as the Straits of Gibraltar were known in antiquity.

Using Plato's detailed account of Atlantis as a map, searches have focused on the Mediterranean and Atlantic as the best possible sites for the city. Researchers have previously proposed that Atlantis was located on the Greek island of Santorini , the Italian island of Sardinia or on Cyprus .

Tsunamis in the region have been documented for centuries, Freund says. One of the largest was a reported 10-story tidal wave that slammed Lisbon in November 1755.

Debate about whether Atlantis truly existed has lasted for thousands of years. Plato's "dialogues" from around 360 B.C. are the only known historical sources of information about the iconic city. Plato said the island he called Atlantis "in a single day and night ... disappeared into the depths of the sea."

Experts plan further excavations at the site where they believe Atlantis is located and at the mysterious "cities" in central Spain 150 miles away to more closely study geological formations and to date artifacts.

So yea, Stargate possibly found. Regardless of it being Atlantis or not, it's pretty cool.

[Glucuronolactone]

Yeah, no kidding. I'm guessing we'll definitely hear from the news if it is Atlantis. Even if it's not, I'd like to know more about the city anyway.

[-Barista-]

Bump.

[vro]

Even if it isn't Atlantis, this could still be pretty awesome

[Zageron]

If they do find a stargate, we'll never know about it.

Wait what am I saying, they found one in Gizah like 50 years ago.

[Calcium Deposit]

I think even if it isn't Atlantis we should just say "close enough" and call it Atlantis just to prevent some of those horrible TV documentaries that never find anything from popping up.

"hey yo watch my show I might have found a dragon today"
"Oh snap that wasn't a dragon at all it was just some dude's car damn this crystal meth is amazing tune in next week maybe we'll find something"

[vro]

^ i lold

[phe0nixblade]

Originally Posted by Calcium Deposit

I think even if it isn't Atlantis we should just say "close enough" and call it Atlantis just to prevent some of those horrible TV documentaries that never find anything from popping up.

"hey yo watch my show I might have found a dragon today"
"Oh snap that wasn't a dragon at all it was just some dude's car damn this crystal meth is amazing tune in next week maybe we'll find something"

welcome to my sig.

[Nyokou]

There's a lot of speculation about this stuff.

I personally believe that "Atlantis" was Thera (Santorini).