On 13-03-2011 07:33, Jan Rasmussen wrote:
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-tsunami-atlantis-idUSTRE72B2JR20110312
> Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:36am EST
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> (Reuters) - 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.
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> "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
> University of Hartford, Connecticut, professor who lead an international
> team searching for the true site of Atlantis.
>
> To solve the age-old mystery, the team used a satellite photo of a
> suspected submerged city to find the site just north of Cadiz, Spain.
> There, buried in the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, they believe
> that they pinpointed the ancient, multi-ringed dominion known as
> Atlantis.
>
> The team of archeologists 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.
>
> Atlantis residents who did not perish in the tsunami fled inland and
> built new cities there, he added.
>
> The team's findings will be unveiled on Sunday in "Finding Atlantis," a
> new National Geographic Channel special.
>
> While it is hard to know with certainty that the site in Spain in
> Atlantis, Freund said the "twist" of finding the memorial cities makes
> him confident Atlantis was buried in the mud flats on Spain's southern
> coast.
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> "We found something that no one else has ever seen before, which gives
> it a layer of credibility, especially for archeology, that makes a lot
> more sense," Freund said.
>
> Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis some 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.
>
> 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 are planned 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.
>
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