Scientists Discover Lost World (8,000 Years Old)

BBC ^ | 2-15-2004

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Scientists discover lost world

A prehistoric lost world under the North Sea has been mapped by scientists from the University of Birmingham. The team used earthquake data to devise a 3D reconstruction of the 10,000-year-old plain.

The area, part of a land mass that once joined Britain to northern Europe, disappeared about 8,000 years ago.

The virtual features they have developed include a river the length of the Thames which disappeared when its valley flooded due to glaciers melting.

This is the most exciting and challenging virtual reality project since Virtual Stonehenge.

Professor Bob Stone

Professor Bob Stone, head of the Department of Engineering's Human Interface Technology Team, said they were working to ensure the visual accuracy of the environment.

"This is the most exciting and challenging virtual reality project since Virtual Stonehenge in 1996.

"We are basing the computer-generated flora on pollen and plant traces extracted from geological core samples retrieved from the sea bed."

Dr Vincent Gaffney, director of the University's Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity and lead investigator on the project said they still had a lot of work to do.

"We intend to extend the project to visualise the whole of the now submerged land bridge that previously joined Britain to northern Europe as one land mass, providing scientists with a new insight into the previous human occupation of the North Sea."

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"As you sit in the farm yard and looked South East you can see a ridge of low mountains, more like hills that we always referred to as the 'blue hills' and my Grand Mother in her 90's refers to as the 'shore of 'Lake Agassi'... "

Interesting. I've read that geologists can still 'see' the ancient shore line in some areas. (You should always listen to your mother)

[Hatteras]

"This is cool. Gives Atlantis more credibility."

I will be highly disappointed if they identify this area in the North Sea as "Atlantis". Atlantis has got to be tropical because I have so many images of blonde-haired, doey brown-eyed, copper-toned beach babes frolicking around in the gentle aqua blue waters of the tropics just waiting for my ship to run aground... sigh...

[in the Arena]

I've got several pictures of the area, I'll try to find one that captures that ridge line and post it...I'll be back there this summer and make a point of getting a good shot and also some of the local terrain...

[Ophiucus]

{holding hands over ears}

LOL

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