Nostalgia trip. I remember reading about it as a kid in an illustrated book about lost treasures and being enthralled by it. It´s not difficult to see the fasc

Nostalgia trip. I remember reading about it as a kid in an illustrated book about lost treasures and being enthralled by it. It´s not difficult to see the fascination that a "mystery" like this can have on men, to the point of fueling the actual belief themselves, for opportunistic reasons or simply for not being seen as fools (another famous example, Rennes Le Chateau). People ended up investing tons on money in the project, I wouldn´t be suprised if many of these reports of "coconut fibers", "timber platforms" were actually made up by the people making a living out of it, and not wanting the financing money to dry up. The "undecipherable" tablet that perfectly translates to current English with a basic substitution cipher is particularly laughable.