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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

The ancient underwater remains of a long lost Greek city were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon [sciencedaily.com] -- according to joint research from the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Athens (Greece).

When underwater divers discovered what looked like paved floors, courtyards and colonnades, they thought they had found the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization that perished when tidal waves hit the shores of the Greek holiday island Zakynthos.

But new research published today reveals that the site was created by a natural geological phenomenon that took place in the Pliocene era -- up to five million years ago.

Lead author Prof Julian Andrews, from UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, said: "The site was discovered by snorkelers and first thought to be an ancient city port, lost to the sea. There were what superficially looked like circular column bases, and paved floors. But mysteriously no other signs of life -- such as pottery."

There are, however, other cities lost to the sea in the Mediterranean that are real, such as Kekova [wikipedia.org] in Turkey. There are still others in the Black Sea that Ballard discovered [nationalgeographic.com], which could possibly explain the origin of the Noah (and other Middle Eastern) flood myths.

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