The Lost City of Atlantis May Be Hiding in Plain Sight Sergio Frau

Newser ^ | August 17, 2015 | Sergio Frau

[SunkenCiv]

Sergio Frau suspects Plato was writing about a tidal wave on Sardinia...

Writer and journalist Sergio Frau is another. After researching the island for a decade, Frau suspects a mysterious disaster that devastated Sardinia 3,200 years ago was in fact a tidal wave, which boosts the theory that Sardinia and Atlantis are one and the same, reports the Guardian. Stefano Tinti, an expert on tidal waves who recently visited the island with Frau along with a dozen other experts, says 350 tidal waves have occurred in the Mediterranean over the last 2,500 years and one might explain why all of Sardinia's ancient megalithic edifices below 1,640 feet of elevation are hidden beneath dirt.

Frau explains at least 20,000 nuraghi—fortresses with a main tower—can be found across the island, dating between the 16th and 12th centuries BC. But below 1,640 feet in the south, the structures are buried. Excavations in this area have found a jumble of ceramics, cups, pots, oil lamps, sharpening stones, metal implements, knives, chisels, needles, and arrow tips; gold, silver, amber, and rock crystal jewellery have also been found. Tinti notes the 2003 earthquake in Algeria "triggered a shockwave that reached the Balearics and Sardinia an hour later," but only a comet hitting "very close to the coast and in a very specific direction" could have created a wall of water 1,640 feet high. The Guardian reports researchers could search for evidence of such an impact, including comet fragments, underwater. The initial purpose of the nuraghi, used later for moon worship, is also a subject of interest.

[SunkenCiv]

This is the weekly Digest ping, shows the other topics added this week. The title of the current topic should have been "The Lost City of Atlantis May Be Hiding in Plain Sight".

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• Bronze Age Greek city found underwater
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Climate:

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• Mapping tree density at a global scale

Diet and Cuisine:

• Philistines introduced sycamore, cumin and opium poppy into Israel during the Iron Age
• Recreated Pit Roast Offers a Taste of Stone Age Life [BBQ in ancient Cyprus]
• Common origins of Neolithic farmers in Europe traced

Prehistory and Origins:

• World's oldest wooden statue is TWICE as old as the pyramids: New analysis reveals Shigir Idol is...
• Mysterious Russian Statue Is 11,000 Years Old -- Twice As Old As The Pyramids
• Stunning Prehistoric Elk Carving Found in Norway
• Russia: New laboratory to study mammoth cloning
• Study reveals human body has gone through four stages of evolution
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PreColumbian America:

• For Inca Road Builders, Extreme Terrain Was No Obstacle (20K mile road)
• The Crater-like Inca Terraces of Moray

Roman Empire:

• Roman Mosaic Conserved
• Man With Metal Detector Finds Roman-Era Grave

British Isles:

• 3D printing revives bronze-age music
• Mesolithic site on Skye to be investigated
• 17th Century Scottish Soldiers Identified from Mass Graves [Battle of Dunbar]

Middle Ages and Renaissance:

• One more ancient civilisation found in Lake Issyk-Kul: could this be where St Matthew is buried?
• Pottery brings to life the path of early Pacific people

Epigraphy and Language:

• Via handwriting analysis, scholar discovers unknown Magna Carta scribe
• At the origin of language structure

Religion of Pieces:

• ISIS Destroys 3 Ancient Tombs in Syria, Official Says
• Here Are the Ancient Sites ISIS Has Damaged and Destroyed
• Inside the abandoned City of Libraries
• Oldest Koran 'Destabilises' Islamic History, Scientists Say It Pre-dates Mohammed
• How The Islamic World Was Forged: An Exercise In Common Sense
• Islamic State release pictures after 'destroying ancient temple' at Palmyra
• [FRchives:] Samson Effect
• [FRchives:] Muslims Say "Samson" was the first suicide bomber

WWII:

• Nazi gold train 'found' in Poland: live
• Suspected location of mystery Nazi gold train set ablaze but authorities insist it wasn't arson
• Radar Appears to Confirm Story of Nazi Gold Train in Poland Share on facebook
• [FRchives:] U.S. Explorers to Mine Alpine Lake for Nazi Loot (Austria's Lake Toplitz- Full of Nazi Stash?)

[OldNewYork]

Do you remember which fruit?

I think I remember reading something like that about avocados - that there was some now extinct megafauna that accounts for the size of the seed and their natural distribution, outside of their cultivation.

[blam]

"Do you remember which fruit?"

Nope, sorry.

[SunkenCiv]

The two meter high "Balikligöl Statue" is the oldest statue [13,500 years old] discovered until now. [Goblekli Tepe, Turkey