I had mentioned this in an earlier thread, but couldn't find a link to the story; do you know how that just EATS at you?
Woo-hoo!!! I'm not crazy!!!
Here'sthe first paragraph:
--- 'Lost City' Found Near Cuba?
Dec. 6 — Explorers using a miniature submarine to probe the sea floor off the coast of Cuba said on Thursday they had confirmed the discovery of stone structures deep below the ocean surface that may have been built by an unknown human civilization thousands of years ago. Researchers with a Canadian exploration company said they filmed over the summer ruins of a possible submerged "lost city" off the Guanahacabibes Peninsula on the Caribbean island's western tip. The researchers cautioned that they did not fully understand the nature of their find and planned to return in January for further analysis, the expedition leader said on Thursday. ---
How true, that much is still to be found in the oceans of the world. I was watching a program a few months back, it was interestng to note that at one time the Mediterranean sea, many thousands of years ago was actually dry, it was as it seemed a vast desert. and too the Black and Caspian sea were much smaller then they are now, and they have even found evidence of settlements in the one of the last two seas (I forget which one it was), giving rise to the question of the biblical flood, that perhaps this is the flood that happened, not really global to us but was to them. Who knows but, someday maybe Atlantis will be found.
i thought this was really cool when i read about it too. apparently its an incredibly well preserved city for the probable time period. also incredibly expensive and difficult to get to though, so it may be a while before we get better analysis. given that there is only imagery from a ROV so far, its hard to make any assertions. even the 6kya date is a guess. still, what a neat thing to find.
Here's a little more information with some reproductions of the sonar images of the structures 2,200 feet below the surface: . http://www.earthfiles.com/earth310.htm
Shifting topics a bit, the comments about how the early Mediterranean was almost dry reminded me of the section of the Sahara desert called the "desert of whales" which is very literally covered with the fossilized skeletons of early whales that once swam in the shallow seas that flowed over the sahara.
