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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I read this, but am a little suspect...

[Fallen Kell]

I also read an article about the same event on CNN I believe (I am too lazy to post the link). In anycase, the side-scanning sonar did pick up what appear to be walls which do fit exactly the description of Atlantis (60-70 exact points corallate directly to the description of Atlantis).

But I say I am skeptical about this discovery. Mainly because of who funded the expedition. It cost about $250k, which was raised by proceedes from book sales and donations, with the largest donation of $60k comming from a "Tourisim" society/acency in Cypris. Well, where does "Atlatis" show up? Off the coast of Cypris...

Plato's Atlantis, not just any Atlantis

[handy_vandal]

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.
-Hemos, from the original post

Hemos tries to make a good point, but reduces himself to ineffectual sarcasm -- evidently because he didn't RTFA.

Yes, many cities were flooded and sunk in ancient times. Yes, these events have become mythologized as a generic Atlantis.

But the article makes very clear: the discovers believe that *this* Atlantis is the Atlantis of Plato, because the dimesions and layout of the sunken city closely correspond to Plato's descriptions.

-kgj

Re:More than one story that fits?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh for the love of...

Okay; here's the deal. The Bible is translated and preserved extremely well from the original editions. The problem is this- where did the original edition come from?
What? You want me to educate you? My pleasure. *Ahem* When Constantine wanted to have a state religion, he decided Christianity was the optimal choice, since at the time it had little set dogma, and hence little political baggage. A system of control for him to leverage without having to give up much control to a well-established church/religion.
The problem? Everyone had their own stories about Jesus and the rest of the boys (this was 200-300 years after Jesus' death, mind you), and it's arguable how much of the stories were written and how many were passed by oral tradition (read: mostly bulls**t). So, Constantine convenes the Nicene council; mostly of religious leaders (Rabbis, proto-priests, etc.) and tells them to put together the "true" stories into a canonized book.
What this should make you ask is: how much editorializing went into the bible to make it politically acceptable, and how many flat-out lies and half-truths went into to make it palatable for the masses and rulers?
This is one major reason why I'm not a Christian.