ART BELL ...... BUMP!
Posted on 04/10/2002 5:54:43 PM PDT by Pokey78
A MYSTERIOUS settlement that sank beneath the waves at least 1,200 years ago has been discovered by divers off the south-east coast of India.
Granite blocks and walls that lie 20ft below the surface may be the remains of six "lost temples" that form part of local mythology.
The ruins came to light after the controversial amateur archaeologist and best-selling author Graham Hancock interviewed fisherman for a recent television series.
After hearing accounts of the myth of a submerged city, he and two dozen divers searched the sea bed last week.
India's National Institute of Oceanography, which was involved in the discovery, believes the ruins at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu could be 1,200 to 1,500 years old.
But Mr Hancock, who argues that civilisation predates the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians by thousands of years, believes the city could go back to 3,000 BC.
The ruins were discovered half a mile off the coast by a team from the NIO and the UK-based Scientific Exploration Society. They include remains of walls and scattered carved blocks and stones and may cover several square miles.
According to local legend Mahabalipuram was once home to a great city. The gods became so jealous of its beauty that they sent a flood to swamp the city. Six temples were submerged, leaving just one on the shore.
There is a lot in there that's hard to ignore.
I do believe great minds think a like! BUT how did we both know who Art's guests are?
20 feet deep? What about the deal off the coast of Cuba? That's supposed to be 2,000 ft.
Boy! I wonder what the locals there did to get the gods THAT pissed off????!!!!
I did read Fingerprints of the Gods; there are clearly some unexplained facts out there although the most significant in my view is the Piri Reis map about which I have read in a number of other places.
However far and away Mr. Hancock's best work is a book called "The Sign and the Seal". In it he unravels the most significant historical mystery, I believe correctly. And with the exception of a single chapter on possible little green man and unexplained magic explanations for God which is a direction many who reject Jesus Christ go, the book is a sound well researched document.
The existence of a previously unknown civilization DOES NOT justify ANY Contemporary political philosophy!
AT MOST, current archaeological discoveries indicate that the Human Race has-----"Been there--Done That!!---"
Doc
The temple of the donut god. I bet it was full of cops when it flooded.;-)
ART BELL ...... BUMP!
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