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Atlantis (maybe) rediscovered in Spain

By T.K. Randall
March 16, 2011 · Comment icon

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Analysis of underwater remains of a suspected ancient city leads research team to Southern Spain.

Mud flats located in Southern Spain are potentially the final resting place of the legendary lost city of Atlantis. A team of geologists has reviewed radar data collected in 2009 and are using it to back up the theory that natives of Atlantis that survived the city's watery fate (likely a tsunami, the researchers believe) traveled north and built "memorial cities". The team's findings will be reported on a special produced by National Geographic called "Finding Atlantis".

To solve the age-old mystery, the team analyzed satellite imagery of a suspected submerged city just north of Cadiz, Spain. There, buried in the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, they believe that they pinpointed the ancient, multiringed dominion known as Atlantis.

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#32 Posted by Paracelse 13 years ago

Dad says it's probably not Atlantis, but rather Trantis (or something like that, I'm partially deaf and we were talking on the phone), it was a port off Spain that was lost to what is best described as a tsunami two thousand odd years ago. Your dad prolly meant "Tartessos" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartessos and I was gonna suggest that's what they found. Mate could you by any chance be talking about Tartessos? That's the only lost city on the Spanish peninsula that I can think of. Tartessos was a harbour city and surrounding culture on the south coast of the Iberian peninsula, at the mouth... [More]

#33 Posted by Ikki 13 years ago

Spanish scientists have dismissed claims by Professor Richard Freund of Hartford University in Connecticut that the lost city of Atlantis is buried under the Doñana wetlands. Anthropologist Juan Villarías-Robles, who was part of a team investigating ancient settlements in Donaña, said Prof Freund had sensationalised their work. Shocking!

#34 Posted by Macroramphosis 13 years ago

If you have Google Earth, the co-ordinates of the dig are 36 57.25N, and 06 22.58W. Decent article about the discovery in the March 28/ April 4 edition of Newsweek, cover story is APOCALYPSE NOW. I'm with the Snitch. I like the South American aspect too, though the whole Atlantis theory it is more than likely to be an exaggerated allegory based on a rumour - especially as Plato was indeed the only source of the story in the ancient world.

#35 Posted by the L 13 years ago

Can we see some pics of that atlantis...I searched over internet but couldnt found it.

#36 Posted by Erowin 13 years ago

Woooow! I don't believe in Atlantis (It was pretty obviously a metaphor for a perfect society, and what turning your backs on the Gods would do), but its still an UNDERWATER CITY! That's an amazing find, that will be researched for years to come! I wonder what civilization it is from? Guess we'll have to wait to find out =D

#37 Posted by Undercoversceptic 13 years ago

They found a statue that dated from roman times in this city, probably a roman city in spain.

#38 Posted by Phox 13 years ago

Regardless if Altantis is real or not, it is a major drive that is helping the world discover more lost civilizations than any other driving force for archology. Myths and legends certainly do have their benefits. When and if America falls, I hope myths and legends are born to show that we lived and we were part of this ever evolving world.

#39 Posted by celticbecca 13 years ago

Ok! For some people who may not know for years people have believed that people from Basque are descendents from Atlantis and the reasoning for what I have heard is because the Basque language is one of the oldest languages in the world and probably many other reasons I would assume. If they are to find Atlantis they need to look beyond the Pillars of Hercules... And apparently Atlantis was a bunch of huge islands, to the point they could walk over to England.

#40 Posted by FusionFall123 13 years ago

Sweetness! The only thing I know is that it's located somewhere in Spain (I watched "Finding Atlantis") Oh, and I also hear this: "Atlantean residents who did not die in the tsunami fled inland and built new cities there," he added.

#41 Posted by Ranyhyn 13 years ago

You won't find Plato's atlantis, as others have said, because it didn't exist. But island societies that might have had tech they shouldn't have at the time could very well exist in multiple places. They're just not gonna be Atlantis, but does that really matter to people?

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