Atlantis Found. Again.

Tufriast writes "Paul McCartney and Mythic eat your heart out! BBC News has an interesting revelation regarding the lost city of Atlantis: "American researchers claim to have found convincing evidence that locates the site of the lost kingdom of Atlantis off the coast of Cyprus."" Hey, here's an idea: The idea of an almost mythical lost civilization is common thread throughout all old human societies - much like, say, really big Floods. Perhaps there could be more then one story that fits? But, no, that wouldn't be a simplistic enough answer to be sound-bitten into oblivion.

More to the point ...

[A nonymous Coward]

But, no, that wouldn't be a simplistic enough answer to be sound-bitten into oblivion.

In today's USA political climate, any such suggestion smacks of rabid anti-bible terrorism. Better watch them words, pardner!

Does this mean...

[Craig Maloney]

Does this mean Disney will now claim rights to all of the artifacts, and will release toys packaged with Happy Meals.

Kent Brockwell reporting

[Aquatopia17]

Well I for one welcome our new alien over--I'm sorry, I'm reading from the wrong story. Well I for one welcome our new lost civilization overlords...

It was found months ago!!

[cyberlotnet]

Where have you been hidding in a hole or something? I have been watching a elite team explore this place every friday night on the sci-fi channel, get with the program why don't you!

But did they...

[Anonymous Coward]

find Jesus?

Re:More to the point ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Atlantis clearly never existed. Everyone knows that earth appeared suddenly on a friday about 6000 years ago, and nothing has changed since. And anyway, if it did exist, everyone who died was evil. 'cept for Noah, he was cool. And a pigeon. And an olive tree, apparently. Hang on, who wrote this crap, anyway?

No, No, No.

[Jaruzel]

They've got it all wrong. Atlantis can only be reached via the stargate using an 8 digit address!

Tsk, don't these people know anything?

Atlantis?

[Chardish]

I want to know why everyone assumes the name of this discovery is Atlantis. How can we know the name of an ancient civilization we discover before we discover it?

Anyway, wouldn't Mediterranis be far more appropriate, given its location?

Pseudo-Intellectualism Runneth Rampit

[Anonymous Coward]

Amazing. All those speaking on topics they know so very little about. Oh well. I guess that's your right to do so.

Of course if some other ideology ruled the earth you wouldn't have the Internet or Slashdot.

Something to think about, from a 43 year old Marine Corps Vet.

Here Hemos, let me help you...

[Weaselmancer]

Worst. Lost. Civilization. Evar.

Face on Mars!

[tiredwired]

That looks just like the face on Mars so it must be true!

Re:Atlantis -- antarctica?

[Anonymous Coward]

I always thought that Atlantis sounded South American, ie. Atl Antis (like Chocolatl, Quetzalcoatl). However, I saw a 'documentary' some time ago about someone who had this theory, and tracked down some myserious site via satellite photos, only to find out (when he got there) that it was a factory!

Re:Atlantis -- antarctica?

[madaxe42]

There was also some dude who theorised that atlantis was in peru. At the top of a mountain. In a desert. With no archaeology at all. And no water. Or rain. And he was on crack. Probably.

Re:Sonar isn't enough...

[Randolpho]

You'd think BBC would be above sensationalizing pseudo-science, wouldn't you?

Re:All old cultures eh?

[Timesprout]

There are dreamtime stories about Atlantis but in keeping with Australian naming conventions they call it Kookanuggiebiddlybong and because Australians get everything upside down its tells the story of a city rising from the depths and making a sea disappear.

SG-1 Found It.

[Space_Soldier]

I could swear that Stargate SG-1 found the city in another galaxy.

It's a Wrong Answer

[Alien54]

1) He attributes the flooding of the site to the biblical flood

2) The site is located 1600 meters (about 1 mile) below the surface.

3) The biblical flood he attributes to/identifies as the Flooding of the Med when the Atlantic broke through the mountain wall at Gibraltar. Geology indicates that while such an event did take place, it was 6 million years ago, not at the end of the Ice Age.

Therefore, it is more likley that the site is an old flooded out UFO base from the time period of the flood out, in my opinion. It would have been logical to have such bases in the Med basin, as there would have been spectacular salt flats in bottom of the Med basin, making an easy to find landmark from space, and a useful landing strip. Of course, any structures there have been flooded out very long ago.

The Lost City of Altalanta!

[Vinnie_333]

Atlanta was more than just a delta hub. And the caffeine can really speed up the evolutionary process. Wooo doggies!

Re:More to the point ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, it's in Wikipedia. It must be true.

Re:Does this mean...

[empaler]

Not only that - they'll demand that anything not conforming with their vision/version of Atlantis be destroyed or altered...

Why does everyone say that this city is lost?

[zzyzx]

I know exactly where it is. It's at the intersection of I-75, I-85 and I-20. I go there all the time. What's the big deal?

What?

Oh AtlantIS.

Sorry.

No Way

[Lucas Membrane]

The time since the Mediterranean flooded last is measured in megayears, not kiloyears. All he's got is sonar, and it's pretty easy to interpret unusual formations as signs of civilization. Take the interstate highways, for example.

Re:More than one story that fits?

[caseydk]

Everybody knows that Atlantis exists in another galaxy and was recently found by a multi-national Stargate team who found that much of the city was still operational and solar powered.

I think they even started making a documentary series about this.

It's Like Star Trek

[ReciprocityProject]

Hey, here's an idea: The idea of an almost mythical lost civilization is common thread throughout all old human societies - much like, say, really big Floods.

In related news, the stories of voyagers traveling back in time and interacting with the present-day citizens of Earth, being a common threat in all five of the Star Trek series, as well as one of the movies, is proof that the events of Star Trek will all become real historical facts.

Re:Stiry of Atlantis was an allegory; it was not r

[empaler]

Getting your history lessons from someone who can't even spell their own domain name properly is not a good idea...

Re:Atlantis = Plato's fairytale.

[bigdavex]

But was there an advanced civilization on an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that got its ass kicked by the Greeks sometime between 1200-10000 BC (Depending on if you take Plato's words of 10k years literarly or not)?

That 10^3 vs. 2^10 ambiguity has been a problem for a long time, apparently.

It'd be Funny

[Greyfox]

If one of these bozos eventually did find Atlantis and it turned out there really was an ancient evil sleeping there just waiting to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world.

Ah well, one can dream...

Frederic Bush?

[Anonymous Coward]

Written by a Bush....!

HEY, George Bush, and the Burning Bush!? Any relation?

DAMN

[Sai Babu]

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DIRECTOR CONTRACT AWARD COMMITEE/FOREIGN BILLS
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT
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Re:mod parent up

[micromoog]

Springfield . . .

Re:Alas it was again lost.

[AndroidCat]

Is there a fine for returning an overdue civilization? At even five cents a day, that's going to be pretty fierce!

Re:More to the point ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Great yet another IP lawsuit. Tommorrow's headlines SCO Group(SCOX) files suit against Allah(ISLM), Vishnu(HIND), and Yahweh(GOD) for infinging on thier UNIX AI patents with thier product called "Man" another suit is filed on trademark dilusion on the "man" help system. Zues(OLYP) and ODEN(VAHN) purchase a licensing agreement from SCO for $600 and according to the yet to exist proSCO website are the only true dieties. Jesus, Mohamed, Joseph Smith, were unavailable for comment through normal channels of prayer. Sources say McBride will release a statment shortly after recovering from wounds inflicted by multiple lightning stikes. (apologies if I missed your particular religion or mutilated it beyond recognition.

Re:More than one story that fits?

[IngramJames]

Of which someone should have pointed out that the United Kingdom is the nation, not Scotland.

I wouldn't say that too loudly in certain parts of Glasgow if I were you...

Re:Pseudo-Intellectualism Runneth Rampit

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, here's something I know lots about: spelling.

It's r-a-m-p-a-n-t.

Re:Altantis sure gets about

[radtea]

Yeah, pretty soon we'll be having people reporting where Atlantis isn't:

"Crypto-archeologists today reported that they found no sign of Atlantis off the coast of North Dakota. This is a striking new development in Atlantis Studies, which have previously shown that Atlantis once covered 98.7% of the Earth's surface area."

--Tom

Re:Is there a better URL? The Minoans are fascinat

[oku]

You know you have been reading /. too long when this appears to you as:

The Minoans were probably the real proto-Geeks.

Re:Atlantis = Plato's fairytale.

[Anonymous Coward]

Athens shot first!

Re:Altantis sure gets about

[AndroidCat]

I saw it last night down at the 7-11. It was wearing an Elvis costume.

Re:More than one story that fits?

[hunterx11]

I hear that in the director's cut, David and Goliath shoot at the same time

Re:More than one story that fits?

[grassy_knoll]

After all, ignorance breeds fear and intolerance.

I think you misspelled religion there...

[badum-ching]

Re:why post when you don't know?

[The Taco Prophet]

Yes, there is a lot of BS when we discuss antideluvian civiliazations.

Antediluvian. I would suggest that antidiluvian civilizations are the ones that survived the flood :)

Atlantis doesn't exit YET

[spaceman375]

Atlantis is supposed to be a highly advanced civilization. Global warming is predicted to expose a good third of Antarctica. Nostradamus said we'll have a thousand years of peace before another huge war. Note that almost nobody had heard of Atlantis when Plato spoke of it, yet as we get closer to the epicenter of the destruction of a civilization (and perhaps a continent) more and more people have heard of it. Could it be that Atlantis hasn't been found yet because it's 1000 years in the future?

Re:why post when you don't know?

[gad_zuki!]

>(cf. Current Science 86(9):1256-60 (10 May 2004))

What's that? A citation? The grandparent would consider you part of this "academic mafia/freemason conspiracy!"

Re:More to the point ...

[Amdmhz]

He stole some from me. Here is my address for returning it ....