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Posted on 04/19/2011 9:17:29 AM PDT by Palter
Retired German math teacher Joachim Rittstieg says ancient Dresden Codex and Mayan priests guided him to the legendary Atlantis in eastern Guatemala.
A retired German math teacher has spurred a national hubbub in Guatemala by claiming to have discovered an ancient underwater city laden with treasure.
Joachim Rittstieg grabbed headlines in March with his visit to Lake Izabal in eastern Guatemala. Buried there, he claims, are eight tons of gold tablets in Plato’s legendary Atlantis.
Instead of being dismissed, Mr. Rittstieg has garnered a lot of interest. Guatemalan newspapers called him a “German scientist” and followed his expedition with enthusiasm.
Rittstieg arrived with a reporting team and a scuba diver sent by a popular German tabloid.
The buzz over Rittstieg is “very strange,” says Oswaldo Chinchilla, a Guatemalan archaeology professor and Mayan museum curator. “This is complete fantasy,” he says.
Meanwhile, a group of German Mesoamerican scholars called Rittstieg’s claims “absurd” and damaging to Germany’s reputation.
Rittstieg says he can’t help the fact that he found the city and the experts didn’t. He says the ancient Dresden Codex and Mayan priests guided him, and claims the US Navy helped detect the exact location. “They say it cannot be. But I have the basic information now,” says Rittstieg, who is seeking funding for an excavation.
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Headline should read, “Lost City of Atlantis, and Elvis, found in Guatemala.”
How many times has Atlantis been found so far this year?
Elvis? I didn’t see anything about Elvis. Where was he found?
Must be a mistake; I’ve had reincarnated former Atlanteans tell me Atlantis is down a chute in my back yard which leads to a tunnel in which there’s an interdimensional space warp to the site.
Man, that city sure gets around.
Actually, it's been moved to this galaxy!
In fact, it currently is floating (cloaked of course) off the coast of California, don'tchaknow!
So Socrates and Plato knew of the existence of Atlantis, but somehow totally missed that whole America thing?
Down south, ping.
LOL, is that even possible?
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