[nickcarraway]

An excavation site in Mahabalipuram, India. The city was once the capital of an ancient kingdom and famed for its elaborate Hindu temples.

Locals look at a lion head monument uncovered by the December 26 tsunami.

[pennyfarmer]

History is AWESOME. Sorry it took a tsunami to uncover these relics. Now next job is to protect it from idiots with greed and agendas.

I personally am a treasure hunter (hobbyist with a metal detector hence the name pennyfarmer )and I really hate folks that destroy ancient undocumented sites. Mainly these people rob from society and help to shut us hobbyists out of places that are documented.

[Joe 6-pack]

This sounds like the start of a great horror or mystery movie where a totem of unspeakable evil or a jewel of unspeakable wealth has been brought to the surface after centuries of entombment...

A little kid finds it, sells it cheap to an American tourist....and we're off to the races.

[Fred Nerks]

thanks for posting this article.

[anniegetyourgun]

FYI

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Fred.

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[Godebert]

"Or so they say. Spread across nearly a mile, the site was encrusted with barnacles and covered in mud. But the fishermen insist they saw the remains of ancient temples and hundreds of refrigerator-sized blocks, all briefly exposed before the sea swallowed them up again. "

And not a single camera phone among the whole bunch.