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03-13-2011, 12:59 AM
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| Ancient city engulfed by Tsunami may be Atlantis?
So the story of archaeologists finding a city they believe to be Atlantis is gearing up for a documentary reveal on Nat Geo today(Sunday)
and with the Tsunami in japan this article just popped up thought you guys may find it interesting, i did   Quote: Lost city of Atlantis, swamped by tsunami, may be found
By Zach Howard
NORTHAMPTON, Mass | Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:06pm IST
NORTHAMPTON, Mass (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.
"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.
"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.
(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Greg McCune)
| http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/0...72B2JR20110312
The national geographic page for the show http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...-4982/Overview | 
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03-13-2011, 01:35 AM
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fuck ive been watching these 2012, giant human exist, planet x and atlantis for the past 6 hours online
atlantis is island of gods, sent people to south america known as maya (west) and egypt (east)
they tried to take over athens but then atlantis sank, thats y greece is some what similar to atlantis
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03-13-2011, 03:35 AM
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He's Atlantean.
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03-13-2011, 03:39 AM
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03-13-2011, 04:35 AM
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Try watching the series Ancient Aliens on History.
I think most of it is hammed up, but some of what they point is rather remarkable.
Seems like there are still a lot of mysteries of what people did and created, let alone what else is out there.
I'm not holding my breath for atlantis.
Get it? Under water city? 
Yeah, I'm tired, so sue me.
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03-13-2011, 07:49 AM
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atlantis is getting up?
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03-13-2011, 08:48 AM
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Don't these bozos know anything? Atlantis picked up and moved to another galaxy :P 
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03-13-2011, 09:24 AM
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i dont see anything on the tv guide...?
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Looking forward to watching that
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IT is on the US national Geographic, I have cocaine submarines on at 9 on mine and when you go to nationalgeographic.ca you can see the content is different. Hopefully it shows up on torrents or something because i would be interested in watching it as well.
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03-13-2011, 10:36 AM
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will wait for torrent
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03-13-2011, 10:41 PM
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i was soo disappointed tonight too -_- had set my pvr and hoped that it was just the guide in error but :/
will have to look for it to dl
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03-13-2011, 11:46 PM
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they probably got the idea of the tsunami from Japans recent thing.
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03-14-2011, 02:08 AM
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if u like this kinda stuff, go download ancient aliens tv series. awesome findings
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03-14-2011, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by orange7 they probably got the idea of the tsunami from Japans recent thing. | yeah.... they made a whole documentary in 2? days and wrote all their research etc after seeing the japanese earthquake
FYI 'Finding Atlantis' is available for download
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03-14-2011, 10:46 AM
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engulfed, maybe, permanently sunk? i doubt it.
tsunami is not = ocean level permanently rising.
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03-14-2011, 09:01 PM
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it's out!
National Geographic Finding Atlantis 720p HDTV x264 DiVERGE
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03-14-2011, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo E engulfed, maybe, permanently sunk? i doubt it.
tsunami is not = ocean level permanently rising. | hard to say...earth used to have so much catostrophic natural disasters but not so much during the time mankind existed on the face of this planet...but it also makes you wonder what happened to the mayans..it was briefly discussed in one of the episode of Earth: The Biography (some bbc doc)
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03-15-2011, 02:05 AM
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Watched it, it's good, but I've seen better history/discovery channel documentaries.
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It's on a place that "logs releases". And on a place that makes "tv ez" for "italy".
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03-15-2011, 02:18 AM
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^^^ rofl
yeah i didnt post the link either cuz i wasnt sure about it
but im certain everyone who wants it can easily find it
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03-15-2011, 04:41 AM
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just watched 2 NatGeo videos on Atlantis.. very interesting..
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03-15-2011, 06:36 AM
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So just finished watching it Quote:
Originally Posted by StylinRed | lol this guy isn't even Dr. Freund; its another prof @ a different site; guess Nat Geo thought he looked more interesting (his site on crete had waaaay more chicks so i guess they're right)
Looks like this documentary was made just to fish for Grants so that Dr. Freund and team could excavate their site (which they say is very expensive as there's ground water to deal with so they haven't made any digs)
still it was an interesting watch even though he seemed to be grasping a lil too much
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Originally Posted by silva95teg IT is on the US national Geographic, I have cocaine submarines on at 9 on mine and when you go to nationalgeographic.ca you can see the content is different. Hopefully it shows up on torrents or something because i would be interested in watching it as well. | cocaine submarines? lol wtf is it a whole documentary on them?
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03-15-2011, 06:43 AM
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^^ yea dl'd months ago
its pretty boring unless you haven't heard about them before
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