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This discovery is amazing I can't wait to see what they find.

That's cool. I'll read the article later. Thank you for sharing the news.

Now that is neat! ^^

Interesting. Does Japan have an oral tradition/myth of a 'lost civilisation' ?

Meow Purr.

This has been going on for a while now but there is some difficulties in studying the phenominon. Most mainstream scientists attribute these formations to naturally occuring shifts. But there are some pretty straight lines there. I thought these pictures were from a place just off Ohkinawa

This placed looked to be true as far as the rock formations being made by the human race. I think it is more likely that this place is the place of one of Japan's legends and more likely to be the place that fell in the sea due to earthquakes some 3000 years ago.

The formation was discovered in 1987 by a scuba instructor/guide. Kimura's been milking this natural formation since 1990.

The site was investigated by fringe geologist/pseudohistorian Dr. Robert Schoch, who came away from it noteably unimpressed - this from the geologist that postulated the much talked about earlier carving date for the Sphinx at Giza.

Pseudohistorian John Anthony West, a tourguide and sometimes playwrite, has given up on it. In fact, only Kimura and Graham Hancock still maintain that the site is man-made.

It is the infamous Yonaguni "monument." Off the coast of Yonaguni-Jima. The island of Yonaguni-Jima has a morphology so similar to that of this rock outcropping that, if this "monument must be man made," then the entire island of Yonaguni_Jima must also be man-made.

Because Kimura's been squawking about this for 17 years now, and because there's no new news in this story, and because the word "Mu" was coined by Augustus Le Plongeon when he mistranslated some Mayan glyphs, I'd say that this "story" is just a line of bull produced by some reporter either being paid by Kimura (or Hancock) or that got drunk and almost missed a deadline so he drummed up some 20 year old crapola and sent it to his editor - who printed it also because of some deadline.

The whole thing is a comical farce.

Harte

Harte's ramblings where a little hash.

While the formation does appear to have straight
lines in actuality the lines up close are about as
straight as a Gay Pride Parade (no offense).

Currently there isn't enough proof or evidence
there to have any one in a high standing to
take notice.

Great news.. Thanks for sharing the article

something, just feels funny about that artical. something just isn't right. I think if Atlantis does exist, it won't be anywhere close to land. [IMO] and does anyone know how the story of Atlantis got started in the first place?

People believe that Atlantis was paradise, all the inhabitants used magic, then it sunk because God was angry about how evil peopl have become, so he sunk the island, along with the residents

I think the story of Atlantis originates from Plato, the famous Greek philosopher

That's all I ever heard too...but I heard also recently that the place got ruined and sunk because of high technology crystals.

If you want to learn about what Atlantis was supposed to be, and not what some spirit-channeling hucksters claim it was to talk you out of your cash, then see what Plato - the originator of the story - said:

Plato's Timaeus

Plato's Critias

These links take you to translations of two of Plato's Dialogues. These are the only ancient references to Atlantis.

Note that there is no mention of any crystal "technology," nor any other high tech devices or systems. Plato described Atlantis exactly like a Bronze-Age society. Except his date for Atlantis pre-dates the Bronze Age by several millenia.

Note also that the main thrust of the story is how the Athenians of old were far superior to the Athenians of Plato's day and age - witness their utter defeat of the mighty Atlanteans in the tale. Notwithstanding the demonstrable fact that Athens didn't even exist during the time period described by Plato in the tale, can you begin to see how the fable is more about Plato's estimation of the state of the Republic during his time than it is about some ancient and mighty empire?

Harte