Posted on 08/10/2011 8:55:05 PM PDT by smokingfrog
HE has flown warplanes, shot at tigers and ridden bare-chested on horseback, but Russia's macho prime minister Vladimir Putin is now preparing for his next challenge - diving for Russia's version of Atlantis.
Putin, 58, traveled to the Taman Peninsula in the southwest of the country to publicise archaeological work at the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria, Ria Novosti news agency reported.
Putin was expected to put on diving gear and head to the bottom of Taman Bay, part of the Kerch Strait leading into the northern edge of the vast Black Sea.
Phanagoria was a major Greek colony in the Black Sea, which flourished from the fifth century BC. Its location was identified in the 18th century.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
At least Putin ain’t hangin’ no curtains!
Leaving aside politics for the moment, this sounds pretty interesting. I think Ballard would also agree, that there’s plenty to be discovered in the Black Sea yet, whether the flood across the Bosporus was as described, or different.
That is hilarious! Has anyone done one of those with Soros and Obama?
...traveled to the Taman Peninsula in the southwest of the country to publicise archaeological work at the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria, Ria Novosti news agency reported.
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I envy them their president.
Hopefully, he will leave politics aside, find Atlantis and stay there. ;-)
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