Aquaboffins sink lost Greek city theory Greek and British scientists have announced that submerged remains off the Ionian island of Zakynthos bearing an uncanny resemblance to a lost city are in fact natural formations. Professor Julian Andrews, of the University of East Anglia's (UEA) School of Environmental Sciences, explained: "The site was discovered by …
"The scientists' findings - Exhumed hydrocarbon-seep authigenic carbonates from Zakynthos Island (Greece): Concretions not archaeological remains - can be found in the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology."
Spoiler alert - paywall. The abstract is free, the rest will cost you $41,95.
Still, amazing.
At a casual glance this could easily have gone on to become a ghastly scam like the so-called Bosnian pyramids.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/26/bosnian_pyramids/?page=1
A quick search suggests that the unwary are still being parted from their money on this one, the latest 'discovery' apparently being underground tunnels which have healing properties and which bring health benefits to those who visit. Aaargh.
Do you really expect the scientific establishment to tell you that the sunken ancient extraterrestrial astronoaut base is actually a sunken ancient extraterrestrial astronaut base?
(And there's no pottery because the aliens ate only pills or got their nutrients by draining the blood from their benighted human slaves!)
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Tish, what nonsense! What everyone really knows is that Atlantis sank due to a spat with Norheim getting rather out of hand in a BOOMwupsygeologicalfaultgluglluglug kind of way (see the account of Captain Phryges involvement in the incident, in the historical research document'Triplanetary' by Doc Smith.)
I'm sorry, but Scranton's future history was chronicled by Blish, not Smith:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_in_Flight#A_Life_for_the_Stars
Strangely, I can find no signs of evidence that Julian Andrews (UEA) ever visited the site. But he still professes: “This kind of phenomenon is quite rare in shallow waters. Most similar discoveries tend to be many hundreds and often thousands of meters deep underwater.".
So it's obviously the same? With no explanation why (or how come) : "At least 20 pillar bases were counted, all of which feature a 34 cm diameter incision, which were probably meant for wooden columns."
http://www.tovima.gr/en/article/?aid=516617
Coincidentally, the Greek Government is desperately keen on oil exploration in the same area.
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/print/volume-73/issue-7/offshore-mediterranean/mediterranean-sea-plays-offer-new-opportunities.html
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