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If you look at a current map of the world you can see that we've built towns and cities near almost every sheltered harbor and river delta. This seems to be part of our nature as a species. That being the case, it would be interesting to use some of the underwater megaliths that have been discovered
as markers showing historical sea levels, redraw the world map based on those sea levels, and then send submersibles searching for ruins where harbors and river deltas used to be. This makes more sense than assuming every underwater megalith is the fabled sunken city of Atlantis. See the link for one example of such a marker.
Cuban Underwater Megalith
http://www.morien-i...interview2_ADC.html
Google 'underwater megalith' to see more examples. [longshot9999, Feb 01 2005]
Atlantis
http://www.atlan.org/
This website presents a new theory. [Pericles, Feb 01 2005]
This should help us draw the map
http://www.scienced...02/050201100856.htm
Update [longshot9999, Feb 04 2005]
1953 East Coast floods
http://www.bbc.co.u...ng/1953_flood.shtml
Large storm surge flooding event [oneoffdave, Feb 07 2005]
[link]
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Let's just "ASSUME" water rose? What use is your map? Some area water level actually drop during the ice age. |
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Even more interesting: let's assume the water *will* rise then draw a map of what will be obliterated. |
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neoearth - It's true that the water level would have dropped during the last ice age, which is what this idea is based on. Whatever humans were around back then would have built their settlements along the revised coastlines. It's these coastlines, and their potential settlements, that my map would help point out. When the ice age ended the ocean covered them, obscuring the evidence of which sites would be best to search. |
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The 'assume' part of the message was aimed at those who assume every buried artifact is a remnant of land that sank (usually Atlantis) instead of the result of waters that rose. |
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Lately, when I'm not reading about entheogens, I'm reading about Atlantis. This website was of much help (link). |
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Sorry, is there an idea here?. People are exploring underwater all the time and not just in the UK. They are also aware of the fact that coastlines move. |
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gnome - Yes, the idea is to change from our currently random search to one based on our species habit of building settlements in predictable locations. Existing underwater discoveries would be used to determine where the worldwide ancient coastline, and settlements, would most likely be found. |
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[wagster] these maps (future ones) exist, saw one of London recently. Don't know why they are not in general circulation - suspect a global conspiracy of property developers who are sitting on the information in order to sell us houses which will flood by next Tuesday ;-), when they can sell us another. |
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So, [Pericles], did Atlantis exist? |
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Well, yes [troll]. I do think Atlantis existed. |
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[moomintroll] - I live on the side of a hill in South London. This presumably means that if sea levels rise I will for a period be living on an island. |
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<Pericles> The last theory I read put Atlantis as Crete whose culture would have been wiped out by a massive Volcanic induced tidal wave (I forget the name of the island, but it's got a big ole in the centre now.) Unless, of course, you submit the Antartica theory as a possibility. |
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Yeah... I think you've got a bit of time, [wag] - apparently the Thames Barrier has a bit of spare capacity built in. It was in some Guardian supplement a couple of months back. |
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Might be worth investing in a boat, though - before prices go up, you know. ;-) |
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As seawater continues to push hard on great submerged continental shelves like the one offshore of western Africa, land will rise elsewhere. Your real value comes about knowing where new land will push up. |
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[Zimmy] The island you are thinking of is Santorini, in the Cyclades. If I recall correctly, some people think Santorini itself was Atlantis, part of the Minoan civilisation. |
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(Damn, no support for Greek letters here...) |
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Apparently the spare capacity that the Thames Barrier has is not as much as they were thinking. Another event like the 1953 storm surge [link] with current sea levels may well over-top it. |
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Isn't there evidence of a tsunami having obliterated a settlement in Western Greece? That appears to be the best contender for Atlantis. |
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