Has the lost city of Atlantis been found??

Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : Has the lost city of Atlantis been found??
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

Previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · Next

AuthorMessage
Profile Ex: "Socialist"
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 12 Mar 12
Posts: 3433
Credit: 2,616,158
RAC: 2
United States
Message 1366615 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 2:55:06 UTC

Friendly reminder, please keep the discussion about Atlantis.
#resist
ID: 1366615 · Report as offensive
Profile Bob DeWoody
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 May 10
Posts: 3387
Credit: 4,182,900
RAC: 10
United States
Message 1366747 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 13:30:45 UTC - in response to Message 1366615.  

Friendly reminder, please keep the discussion about Atlantis.

Why should this thread be any different than most others? I have long marveled at the weird turns some topics take.
Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.
ID: 1366747 · Report as offensive
Profile john3760
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Feb 11
Posts: 334
Credit: 3,400,979
RAC: 0
United Kingdom
Message 1366757 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 14:35:58 UTC - in response to Message 1366747.  

Hello Bob.


ID: 1366757 · Report as offensive
Sirius B Project Donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 26 Dec 00
Posts: 24877
Credit: 3,081,182
RAC: 7
Ireland
Message 1366769 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 15:31:40 UTC

Whether or not Atlantis was real, civilisations of that period did in fact exist as we know from the many archaeological discoveries.

It is to Man's credit that we are a curious race of people, we like knowledge & exploring.

Unfortunately, Man in his current guise will make it extremely difficult for future archaeologists in that we won't leave "material" fossils but a digital one!

Floppies, CP/M GEM Dos 3 Win 8 etc, how will they be able to access especially as big companies like Microsoft want us all to go to subscription services a la cloud.

Where will the books be? Will future archaeologists be able to decipher the digital messages left?
ID: 1366769 · Report as offensive
Profile tullio
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 04
Posts: 8797
Credit: 2,930,782
RAC: 1
Italy
Message 1366798 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 16:49:33 UTC - in response to Message 1366769.  

Written documents are the main source of information about our past. There are some writing systems still not understood, such as Linear A of Crete. but most of the ancient alphabets (and hieroglyphs) have been deciphered thanks to findings such as the Rosetta Stone. I am not sure about magnetic disks, floppies, tapes etc. We cannot read even many magnetic recordings done in recent times given their constant evolution. Maybe punched card will be more durable.
Tullio
ID: 1366798 · Report as offensive
Profile Allie in Vancouver
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 16 Mar 07
Posts: 3949
Credit: 1,604,668
RAC: 0
Canada
Message 1366819 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 17:48:14 UTC

Of course Atlantis is real. It is in my daughter's boyfriend's gym bag. Going by the smell, there has to be something ancient and dead in there. :P
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein
ID: 1366819 · Report as offensive
Profile john3760
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Feb 11
Posts: 334
Credit: 3,400,979
RAC: 0
United Kingdom
Message 1366868 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 20:06:45 UTC

yeah, im not going to start digging there, I'll resume the search at the bottom of my garden. :)

john3760

ID: 1366868 · Report as offensive
Profile William Rothamel
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 25 Oct 06
Posts: 3756
Credit: 1,999,735
RAC: 4
United States
Message 1366884 - Posted: 11 May 2013, 21:58:13 UTC - in response to Message 1366868.  

Atlantis is right here in Georgia. Just 240 miles from Nashville.
ID: 1366884 · Report as offensive
Profile Sarge
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 25 Aug 99
Posts: 12273
Credit: 8,569,109
RAC: 79
United States
Message 1368013 - Posted: 15 May 2013, 1:28:54 UTC - in response to Message 1367833.  

Don't forget this thread! We could usefully combine the two??

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=70929


I agree, but there are some here that are acting as if there is no evidence for there being any grain of truth to such legends.
ID: 1368013 · Report as offensive
Profile Bob DeWoody
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 May 10
Posts: 3387
Credit: 4,182,900
RAC: 10
United States
Message 1368063 - Posted: 15 May 2013, 6:03:43 UTC

I think there is some basis behind the Greek poetic works about Atlantis similar to the stories about Troy. My personal take is that Santorini is what remains of Atlantis despite the inconsistency regarding it's location. Most of the other claimed sites are most likely wishful thinking on the part of quasi experts who push their theories to sell books or get financing for expeditions.
Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.
ID: 1368063 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1368093 - Posted: 15 May 2013, 7:58:09 UTC

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-tsunami-atlantis-idUSTRE72B2JR20110312

This is one of 3 place that may be the location of Atlantis . 2 is in Silves
if I find the doco i'll put the 3rd place all of then are near the entrance of the Mediterranean

Not Santorini or Minoa or over near Brazil

I make no claim as to knowing where it is if it ever was real
ID: 1368093 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1368112 - Posted: 15 May 2013, 8:32:47 UTC - in response to Message 1368098.  

Some people think that the Canary Islands are what is left of Atlantis. Their location nicely fits the traditional description.



Also the Azores or is that the Canary Islands ?
ID: 1368112 · Report as offensive
Profile tullio
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 04
Posts: 8797
Credit: 2,930,782
RAC: 1
Italy
Message 1368157 - Posted: 15 May 2013, 11:56:18 UTC

I've seen on TV some of the Akrotiri paintings, in Thera/Santorini and they are strikingly beautiful. The Minoan civilization was a peaceful one and was conquered after a tsunami had destroyed its fleet.
Tullio
ID: 1368157 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1368163 - Posted: 15 May 2013, 12:03:34 UTC - in response to Message 1368157.  

I've not been outside of oz since we came here only seen them on the tv there where definitely ahead of there time with there culture and art and things pitty about the tidal wave and what happened
ID: 1368163 · Report as offensive
Profile Sarge
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 25 Aug 99
Posts: 12273
Credit: 8,569,109
RAC: 79
United States
Message 1368346 - Posted: 16 May 2013, 3:52:38 UTC - in response to Message 1368157.  

I've seen on TV some of the Akrotiri paintings, in Thera/Santorini and they are strikingly beautiful. The Minoan civilization was a peaceful one and was conquered after a tsunami had destroyed its fleet.
Tullio


Simka Jacobovich has claimed that the Thera explosion is behind the 10 plagues in Egypt.
ID: 1368346 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1368367 - Posted: 16 May 2013, 6:19:00 UTC - in response to Message 1368346.  

Bimini is home to several landmarks said to contain mystical properties of obscure origins. I watched a special on TV. It was thought, Atlantis was there.
ID: 1368367 · Report as offensive
Profile tullio
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 9 Apr 04
Posts: 8797
Credit: 2,930,782
RAC: 1
Italy
Message 1368378 - Posted: 16 May 2013, 7:02:54 UTC - in response to Message 1368346.  



Simka Jacobovich has claimed that the Thera explosion is behind the 10 plagues in Egypt.

I have read in Thomas Mann's "Joseph and his brothers" about the plague. Mann takes his plot from the Bible and expands it.
Tullio
ID: 1368378 · Report as offensive
Profile Bob DeWoody
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 May 10
Posts: 3387
Credit: 4,182,900
RAC: 10
United States
Message 1368385 - Posted: 16 May 2013, 7:13:22 UTC - in response to Message 1368367.  

The artifacts at Bimini appear to be man made but several geologists discount that claim with arguments that the objects are of natural origin.
Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.
ID: 1368385 · Report as offensive
Profile Lynn Special Project $75 donor
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Nov 00
Posts: 14162
Credit: 79,603,650
RAC: 123
United States
Message 1368730 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 4:29:12 UTC - in response to Message 1368385.  

The artifacts at Bimini appear to be man made but several geologists discount that claim with arguments that the objects are of natural origin.


Thanks Bob, even so, the whole area appears to be very mysterious. Bermuda triangle. Crawling back into my hole, for now.
ID: 1368730 · Report as offensive
Darth Beaver Crowdfunding Project Donor*Special Project $75 donorSpecial Project $250 donor
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 20 Aug 99
Posts: 6728
Credit: 21,443,075
RAC: 3
Australia
Message 1368735 - Posted: 17 May 2013, 4:58:18 UTC - in response to Message 1368730.  

The artifacts at Bimini appear to be man made but several geologists discount that claim with arguments that the objects are of natural origin.


Thanks Bob, even so, the whole area appears to be very mysterious. Bermuda triangle. Crawling back into my hole, for now.



Don't forget to come out and get some sun Lynn and keep posting the great links and stuff much appeciated
ID: 1368735 · Report as offensive
Previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · Next

Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : Has the lost city of Atlantis been found??


 
©2024 University of California
 
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.