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2004-11-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Lost city of Atlantis 'found' off the coast of Cyprus

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-15 8:41:41 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Tis where da Jooo's have their secret Zionist Death Ray(tm) hidden . just FYI :)

Posted by MacNails 2004-11-15 9:04:43 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:04:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Well, I, for one, welcome the return of our Atlantean masters!

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-11-15 9:49:59 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:49:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 thanks Kent

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-15 9:52:53 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:52:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Whose Kent?

Posted by Conanista 2004-11-15 10:16:48 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:16:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "American researcher believes he is ready to silence the doubters"

The doubters will point out that Plato located Atlantis in 'Western Sea'. "This location is South-East of Athens. Hence Atlantis did not exist."

BTW, I have a nice bridge to sell. It's between India and Sri Lanka as you can see from NASA images. It has been under 30-40 ft of water for the last 12,500 years, but chances are that it can be used agains when the next glacial will take a hold. (If I were to believe carbon dioxided environuts, it may as well be tomorrow as we cause global warming by a fraction of emissions that Mt Etna is able to spew out in a matter of days when it is active, not mentioning other volcanos; the global warming would then flip the switch to global chill; this part as well may be true, albeit I resent the insinuation that my chain smoking is responsible).

Hidus claim that some dandy fella named Rama (not related to Rama-dinga-dong thingy in any form or fashion) built a bridge between India and Sri Lanka a very, very, very long time ago. I use 'very' three times to give some impression about the time frame. Really very long. Hope that's sufficient to convey the span. Curiously, they claimed it for a long time (quite a while, but not really very long), before NASA imaged it.

Posted by CornÃ®liÃ«s 2004-11-15 10:51:20 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:51:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 PIMF 20/20... Hidus is possed to be Hindus.

Posted by CornÃ®liÃ«s 2004-11-15 10:53:53 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:53:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I have another bridge to sell Sarmast.

Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-11-15 12:40:44 PM|| 2004-11-15 12:40:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "They laughed at me at the Sorbonne! They called me mad..."

Posted by mojo 2004-11-15 12:44:34 PM|| 2004-11-15 12:44:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Mojo, would that be Schliemann?

Posted by CornÃ®liÃ«s 2004-11-15 1:16:00 PM|| 2004-11-15 1:16:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 This guy finds Atlantis and I am still searching for my keys.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-15 2:45:24 PM|| 2004-11-15 2:45:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Corny: Nope. Donovan.

Posted by mojo 2004-11-15 3:24:54 PM|| 2004-11-15 3:24:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Mark, they are in the fold of your car seat.

Posted by CornÃ®liÃ«s 2004-11-15 4:01:38 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:01:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Here's a secret Frank G. project.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-15 4:20:30 PM|| 2004-11-15 4:20:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Wait, I thought Atlantis was supposed to be in the Atlantic Ocean? Wouldn't this be Medittereanis?

Posted by bman 2004-11-15 8:26:46 PM|| 2004-11-15 8:26:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 seems this fellow has been pushing this theory for quite a while (probably trying to get another grant) ---

FROM HISTORY TODAY SEPT. 28, 2003:

Is Atlantis off the coast of Cyprus?

An American researcher believes he has found the site of the fabled ancient civilisation of Atlantis. Explorer and mythologist Robert Sarmast believes the island lies off the south coast of present-day Cyprus. Using sonar technology, ocean mapping techniques and ancient texts he has now published maps to show where the underwater archaeology is situated. The legend of the civilisation originated in ancient Egypt and Greece and was described by the philosopher Plato in his dialogues the Timaeus. It was wealthy and powerful but eventually defeated and overwhelmed by a massive flood. The research has cost $500,000 and has been funded by the Heritage Standard Corporation; there are now plans to search the ocean floor. Mr Sarmast, who has published his findings in Discovery of Atlantis - The Startling Case for the Island of Cyprus, said: "We are set to make the biggest archaeological discovery of all timeâ¦ Within his dialogues, Plato provides factual clues as to what Atlantis was like. I have matched all but two of the 45 clues with the area around Cyprus.â Others believe Platoâs writings are allegorical. Archaeologist Dr Despo Pilides, at the Cypriot Department of Antiquities, said: "Serious archaeologists tend to place the search for Atlantis within the realm of fantasy." (Sept 28th)

Posted by mhw 2004-11-15 8:38:42 PM|| 2004-11-15 8:38:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 a cable-stay trestle bridge? Bwahahaha!

We have bridges that....oooooh almost made me spill the goods. Nice try, Ship.

BTW - Kent was a reference to Kent Brockman a la Simpsons and the welcoming of our new overlords by Mike K - the good Mikey

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-15 8:53:58 PM|| 2004-11-15 8:53:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Good point, bman. However, old Greeks considered all the ocean body on earth Atlantic Ocean. A brief look at the globe would convince you they had some beef there.

Now, regarding the location beside Cyprus... If we lower the water level so that the location is above sea level, we would break the connection with Atlantic Ocean and get something like a pond--an inland sea similar to Caspian Sea.

The last time that this were the case was about 12,500 years ago, when the last glacial ended and the oceans acquired additional mass from melting ice. The rise was approximately 100m. It was very close to that time frame (about 500 years later) that the water breached through the Gibraltar Narrows and the shape of the original inland sea got close to today's form. The same was repeated several millenia later in the Black Sea proper. These two episodes form the core of Great Flood myth.

Thus, the time frame when there may have been something located at the vicinity of Cyprus is very narrowly defined by its latest boundary, ~ 10,000 BCE, the location would be under water already.

I don't have a problem to imagine that the event of great flood 10,000 BCE would be refletcted in stories that would be passed on and preserve that very fact. It is harder to imagine that if there was a setlement at the location near Cyprus, that any details would survive for so long.

That there may have been a settlemet which may be called a city is not that far fetched, Jericho has been settled continuosly back to at least 9,000 BCE, according to archeological evidence--it seems to be in fact the oldest known city in the world. However, I would expect only fragments to be passed through verbal medium.

I suspect that the story of Atlantis is a composite that incorporates different fragments of verbal tradition. One of the larger fragments that contributed to details such as city plan and description of the might may be actually attributable to Minoan (Crete) civilization, that ended as suddenly as told in the story of Atlantis , as a result on natural catastrophe about 1,650 BCE.

Back to the Greek concept of Atlantic Ocean... As I already explained, they considered all the ocean body to be one big motha ocean and they called it Atlantic as a reference to the mythological overseers of its domain--Altants.

If there was such a place as Atlantis, it could have been at any location of the one big ocean of Atlants.

Posted by Conanista 2004-11-15 9:18:11 PM|| 2004-11-15 9:18:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 News Flash--Atlantis Found--LLLs form waiting line for entrance visas

Posted by Cheaderhead 2004-11-15 10:05:19 PM|| 2004-11-15 10:05:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Cheaderhead, it was no workers paradise, na'ah.

You're talking about Moo and Lemmingia, or was it called Mu and Lemuria? Whatever was it called, it is evident that moonbats have their origin there.

Posted by Conanista 2004-11-15 10:28:03 PM|| 2004-11-15 10:28:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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