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Underwater Archaeologist Finds 1,600-Year-Old City that Vanished 1,200 Years Ago
- andrewcooke 13y agoif anyone else is confused by the title: it was used for 1,600 years, and has been submerged for 1,200 years (so you might say it's 2,800 years old...)
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoThat was my first thought when I saw the figurines in those photos: ”No way those are from 400-800AD, those are way older!”. The first figurine looks like it’s wearing a Pschent (Ancient Egyptian double crown), much like the one on this statue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_red_granite_statue_of_Amenhotep_III http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_red_granite_statue_of_... The fourth figurine looks like it’s wearing a Khepresh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khepresh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khepresh
- Gravityloss 13y agoThe headline is misleading, he found it already in 2000.
- cleverjake 13y agowhats misleading about the title?
- intrazoo 13y agomaybe "finds" instead of "found" or "in 2000, found", here on a news (at least its in the URL) site. That said, I have no problem, cool post OP!
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoIt’s baiting. Look at this similar title: “Technology company Apple introduces entirely new user interface for its computers” (Title for a 2013 article, referring to Apple’s 1984 original Mac)
- grannyg00se 13y agoI'm interested to hear more about how this guy quit his finance job and founded an institution so that he could do what he loved doing most full time. Power move!
- cdooh 13y agoAnyone esle read this title and think Atlantis?
- RVijay007 13y agoYES! Ha, I totally thought this...
- webwanderings 13y agoI don't know, I recall watching similar images in the Cleopatra excavation documentary they showed at one of the museum I attended not too long ago. What kind of a source is core77.com?
- seanmcdirmid 13y agocore77 is mostly a design blog. This excavation dates back to 2000, so its not really new news.
- SonicSoul 13y agoi want that under water pen! tired of having to write while on land.
- chrisphonk 13y agoYeah, writing on land's a real bummer.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoIm interested in how long these treasures will last now that they are on dry land. War, greed, weather. Will they last another 1200 years? Why excavate them? I'm thinking Indiana Jones, not responsible archaeology.
- alexsilver 13y agoAfter reading the headline, a part of me was hoping that they found Atlantis! Alas... Good find!
- diroussel 13y agoAtlantis has already been identified. It's most probably Thera, on Santorini.