Tsunami Uncovers Ancient City in India

AP/Red Nova ^ | Feb. 18, 2005

[Unam Sanctam]

Ping. Click on link for picture.

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[AgThorn]

hmmm .. not too impressive since its' so worn.

[marvlus]

With the waters receding and the coastline changing,...

Wait a minute, how could the waters be receding? I thought Global Warming was causing the waters to rise? I'm confused.

[ikka]

The six-foot rocky structures that have emerged in Mahabalipuram, 30 miles south of Madras, include an elaborately carved head of an elephant and a horse in flight. Above the elephant's head is a small square-shaped niche with a carved statue of a deity.

Democrats and Republicans?

[Socratic]

"I thought Global Warming was causing the waters to rise? I'm confused."


And what made these waters rise before the Industrial Revolution? Confusion reigns!

[Socratic]

Reunite Gondwanaland! Let the revolution begin.

[lsee]

In related news....(just kidding, folks)

[edcoil]

I think its pretty cool but in searching "legendary seven pagodas" - I see some city off the coast of India reported such a discovery in 2002.

From the photo's, looks like the tip of an iceburg and it should be interesting to see what the dig up as they remove the sand around these things.

[layman]

"The six-foot rocky structures that have emerged"

Apparently the people in the picture are about three feet tall.

[onehipdad]

Ancient?!? 7th century isn't ancient. Jericho's ancient. The Great Pyramid of Cheops, that's ancient.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

My thoughts exactly. "Intricately carved?" "Bas relief?"
I've seen more detailed 'carvings' at Arches National Park.

[BenLurkin]

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Ping.

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GGG Ping.

Lost Civilization From 7,500BC Discovered Off Indian Coast

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks all.

The sea claimed an ancient capital of India. Now it has given it back
	Posted by CarrotAndStick On News/Activism 02/13/2005 8:05:17 PM PST · 21 replies · 1,097+ views The Independent | 14 February 2005 | Jan McGirk Two granite lions placed as guardians of an ancient city proved impotent before the power of the sea. But that same force has brought them to light centuries later. The Boxing Day tsunami has revealed what archaeologists believe to be the lost ruins of an ancient city off Tamil Nadu in Southern India. The 30-metre waves, which reshaped the Bay of Bengal and swept more than 16,000 Indians to their deaths, shifted thousands of tons of sand to unearth the pair of elaborately carved stone lions near the 7th-century Dravidian Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram. Indian archaeologists believe these granite beasts...

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[SunkenCiv]

[bobdsmith]

hmm strangely non-euclidean geometry...

[winner3000]

I can't wait for archeologists to find the first person beheaded by a Muslim!