[spiritof1976]

As I understand it, the rather boring explanation turned out to be that the lines were the path of a boat doing sonar readings along the seafloor.

Basically these lines are an artefact of the mapping process. Shame really. Atlantis was a much cooler explanation.

[lper100km]

If you believe that, you’ll believe that UFOs are weather balloons!

[POAlex]

This is very interesting. So many people out there have different theories and ideas as to what happened to Atlantis.
Have any of you thought about Genesis 6 and 7? The Bible talks about what happened to the pre-flood civilizations.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('POAlex', 'T')his is very interesting. So many people out there have different theories and ideas as to what happened to Atlantis.

[spiritof1976]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lper100km', 'I')f you believe that, you’ll believe that UFOs are weather balloons!

[Jotapay]

As a former geologist, I highly doubt this. Go get me some cores and then we can talk. Until then, you can yak all you want and prove nothing.

Also, you have to consider, where is the ground under a sinking city going to go? I mean, if something like Atlantis was going to sink, where did the ground underneath it go? There would need to be evidence of massive tectonic activity, which I've never heard of. Continental crust does not just sink normally, as there is mantle or oceanic crust beneath it.

I'm sure Atlantis existed somewhere to become legend, but it's not like what we imagine because it's a totally normal explanation somewhere.

[eXpat]

Most cities in early civilization were by the sea, o rivers, so they could fish, and have plenty of water.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')uring the most recent ice age (at its maximum about 20,000 years ago) the world's sea level was about 130 m lower than today, due to the large amount of sea water that had evaporated and been deposited as snow and ice, mostly in the Laurentide ice sheet. The majority of this had melted by about 10,000 years ago.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'A')s a former geologist, I highly doubt this. Go get me some cores and then we can talk. Until then, you can yak all you want and prove nothing. ... I'm sure Atlantis existed somewhere to become legend, but it's not like what we imagine because it's a totally normal explanation somewhere.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n Timaeus (24), Plato clearly pinpointed the location of the real Atlantis. I'm amazed that everyone would think it did not exist in the Americas.

Plato said, "This power came out of the Atlantic Ocean, for in those days the Atlantic was navigable; and there was an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Heracles; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent which surrounded the true ocean; for this sea which is within the Straits of Heracles is only a harbor, having a narrow entrance, but that other is a real sea, and the surrounding land may be most truly called a boundless continent."


Should we continue our fun guessing games about the region known in Mexico as Atlantis, but which WAS NOT its name, for another few milleniums? Or should we confidently begin our search for the submerged so-called "Atlantis" lying near Mexico's southeast coast? Will the ruins that we'll surely find be those of the real "Atlantis?"

[strider3700]

As much as I love a good conspiracy theory the maps showing the path the sonar boat took matches up pretty damn well to the grid on the bottom. the reason they spent a bunch of time mapping this pointless piece of ocean is they where thinking about dumping nuclear waste there and wanted to see if it was stable enough to be "safe". I can't find any info on if they dumped there in the end or not.

[TheDude]

The area in question is described as roughly the size of Wales, i.e., larger than any municipality in history - bit large for a street grid. Also note that it's under several thousand feet of water, thus was subsurface even during the peak of glaciation. No, the ground hasn't subsided, either. Seamounts don't capsize or erode like that. Unless your latest bong hit is leading you to the notion that it's not only crafted by intelligent beings but also millions of years old, wow...

[dinopello]

Another "Atlantis" found in the North Sea. I wonder if it can be frak'd ?