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Title: Is the lost city of Atlantis on Google Maps? (Telegraph)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer/London Torygraph
URL Source: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblo ... ves/238865.asp?from=blog_last3
Published: Feb 10, 2011
Author: Nick Eaton
Post Date: 2011-02-10 21:53:50 by Original_Intent
Keywords: Archaeology, Atlantis, Ancient, Civilization
Views: 999
Comments: 69
It's rectangular. It certainly looks man-made. It's off the coast of North Africa. It's deep underwater. And it's on Google Maps. Could it be the ancient lost city of Atlantis? That's what Bernie Bamford, a British aeronautical engineer, wondered after he spotted an unusual pattern of rectangles on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, The Telegraph newspaper reports. About the size of Connecticut, the pattern looks an awful lot like an aerial grid map of a city. Check the site out on Google Maps. Here's an excerpt from The Telegraph report: According to his account, the city sank beneath the ocean after its residents made a failed effort to conquer Athens around 9000 B.C. Dr Charles Orser, curator of historical archaeology at New York State University told The Sun that the find was fascinating and warranted further inspection. You can read more about the intriguing find at The Telegraph's website. Check out the Atlantis Wikipedia page for more info on the mythical city. Poster Comment: Judging just by the Troll Index and the number of Troll comments on the posting (which is a contrary indicator) there may just be some there, there.
Atlantis experts said that the unexplained grid is located at one of the possible sites of the legendary island, which was described by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
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#6. To: Original_Intent (#0)
I clicked on that link but it didn't show the coordinates so I looked them up. They are: 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W By magnifying the picture a bit, a little box appeared in the coordinates marker and writing in Spanish appeared to the left but had to widen the screen to see it all. Tried it again and the writing showed up on the right in full. It says: Always there is a blue sky for our eyes If you click on the little box again, it moves to the right with angle markings. Clicked again and a beautiful picture appeared of a small metal balcony with double doors of wood that open onto what looks like maybe another balcony of wood, with a green tree behind it and a very blue sky. Can't post the image here -- no path given for it -- but hope everyone who'd like to see it too can do so at Google Earth.
I looked for it, but didn't find it yet. In the meantime, here's this:
Step up the magnification until a box appears in that marker, then click on it and the box that moves out of it.
That's it! How did you find the path to the pic?
I entered these numbers you gave: 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W Into the search box for Google maps: Hit enter and the page came up with that picture on the left.
#17. To: wudidiz (#16)
Google Maps -- I didn't try that option but thanks for the tip. It works. Pretty picture to go with that Spanish writing at the coordinates marker. Shows up with some more Spanish writing by going the Google Earth route that translates to "The Scrambled Drawer".
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Siempre hay un cielo azul para nuestros ojos
#8. To: GreyLmist, Original_Intent, all (#6)
If you click on the little box again, it moves to the right with angle markings. Clicked again and a beautiful picture appeared of a small metal balcony with double doors of wood that open onto what looks like maybe another balcony of wood, with a green tree behind it and a very blue sky. Can't post the image here -- no path given for it -- but hope everyone who'd like to see it too can do so at Google Earth.
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