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Atlantis Found. Again.

Tufriast writes "Paul McCartney and Mythic eat your heart out! BBC News has an interesting revelation regarding the lost city of Atlantis: "American researchers claim to have found convincing evidence that locates the site of the lost kingdom of Atlantis off the coast of Cyprus."" Hey, here's an idea: The idea of an almost mythical lost civilization is common thread throughout all old human societies - much like, say, really big Floods. Perhaps there could be more then one story that fits? But, no, that wouldn't be a simplistic enough answer to be sound-bitten into oblivion.

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  1. More to the point ... by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    But, no, that wouldn't be a simplistic enough answer to be sound-bitten into oblivion.

    In today's USA political climate, any such suggestion smacks of rabid anti-bible terrorism. Better watch them words, pardner!

    1. Re:More to the point ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Atlantis clearly never existed. Everyone knows that earth appeared suddenly on a friday about 6000 years ago, and nothing has changed since. And anyway, if it did exist, everyone who died was evil. 'cept for Noah, he was cool. And a pigeon. And an olive tree, apparently. Hang on, who wrote this crap, anyway?

    2. Re:More to the point ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, it's in Wikipedia. It must be true.

  2. Does this mean... by Craig+Maloney · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean Disney will now claim rights to all of the artifacts, and will release toys packaged with Happy Meals.

  3. Kent Brockwell reporting by Aquatopia17 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well I for one welcome our new alien over--I'm sorry, I'm reading from the wrong story. Well I for one welcome our new lost civilization overlords...

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  4. It was found months ago!! by cyberlotnet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where have you been hidding in a hole or something? I have been watching a elite team explore this place every friday night on the sci-fi channel, get with the program why don't you!

  5. No, No, No. by Jaruzel · · Score: 3, Funny

    They've got it all wrong. Atlantis can only be reached via the stargate using an 8 digit address!

    Tsk, don't these people know anything?

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  6. Atlantis? by Chardish · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want to know why everyone assumes the name of this discovery is Atlantis. How can we know the name of an ancient civilization we discover before we discover it?

    Anyway, wouldn't Mediterranis be far more appropriate, given its location?

  7. Re:Sonar isn't enough... by Randolpho · · Score: 3, Funny

    You'd think BBC would be above sensationalizing pseudo-science, wouldn't you?

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  8. The Lost City of Altalanta! by Vinnie_333 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Atlanta was more than just a delta hub. And the caffeine can really speed up the evolutionary process. Wooo doggies!

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  9. Re:More than one story that fits? by caseydk · · Score: 5, Funny


    Everybody knows that Atlantis exists in another galaxy and was recently found by a multi-national Stargate team who found that much of the city was still operational and solar powered.

    I think they even started making a documentary series about this.

  10. It's Like Star Trek by ReciprocityProject · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hey, here's an idea: The idea of an almost mythical lost civilization is common thread throughout all old human societies - much like, say, really big Floods.


    In related news, the stories of voyagers traveling back in time and interacting with the present-day citizens of Earth, being a common threat in all five of the Star Trek series, as well as one of the movies, is proof that the events of Star Trek will all become real historical facts.

  11. Re:Stiry of Atlantis was an allegory; it was not r by empaler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Getting your history lessons from someone who can't even spell their own domain name properly is not a good idea...

  12. It'd be Funny by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny
    If one of these bozos eventually did find Atlantis and it turned out there really was an ancient evil sleeping there just waiting to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world.

    Ah well, one can dream...

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  13. Re:Alas it was again lost. by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is there a fine for returning an overdue civilization? At even five cents a day, that's going to be pretty fierce!

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  14. Re:Altantis sure gets about by radtea · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, pretty soon we'll be having people reporting where Atlantis isn't:

    "Crypto-archeologists today reported that they found no sign of Atlantis off the coast of North Dakota. This is a striking new development in Atlantis Studies, which have previously shown that Atlantis once covered 98.7% of the Earth's surface area."

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  15. Re:More than one story that fits? by hunterx11 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear that in the director's cut, David and Goliath shoot at the same time

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  16. Re:More than one story that fits? by grassy_knoll · · Score: 3, Funny

    After all, ignorance breeds fear and intolerance.

    I think you misspelled religion there...

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