Atlantis Found!

It must be that time of the decade again. Someone is claiming they have found the lost city of Atlantis. This time anyone can check it out on Google Maps.

Now this is all well and good, but there are four three things that make this a little unbelievable.
  • It is about 1000kms off the coast of Spain, so either the sea rose a lot, or the island sank a lot.
  • The city itself is 130km x 150km - thats a big ancient city
  • According to The Book of Critias by Plato, Atlantis was laid out in a circular fashion, not a grid.
  • The story was published by The Sun - so there goes any credibility.
Actually the truth turns out to be just as interesting. It would appear that the grid is from a study The Geology of the Madeira Abyssal Plain investigating its suitability for radioactive waste disposal (PDF link).

Comments

  1. John, KurandaFebruary 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    What ever it is, hoax or not, I doubt if it is Atlantis. Based on the grid on Google maps it would be 175km x 125km wide! A city, nay a metropolis of that magnitude in the ancient world - I do not think so. Rome at its height appears to have had no parts of it more than 10km from the Palatine Hill.

    Atlantis - I think not!

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