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Underwater Archaeologist Finds 1,600-Year-Old City that Vanished 1,200 Years Ago

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133 pointschrbutler16 comments

I'm interested to hear more about how this guy quit his finance job and founded an institution so that he could do what he loved doing most full time. Power move!

if anyone else is confused by the title: it was used for 1,600 years, and has been submerged for 1,200 years (so you might say it's 2,800 years old...)

That was my first thought when I saw the figurines in those photos: ”No way those are from 400-800AD, those are way older!”.

The first figurine looks like it’s wearing a Pschent (Ancient Egyptian double crown), much like the one on this statue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_red_granite_statue_of_...

The fourth figurine looks like it’s wearing a Khepresh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khepresh

The headline is misleading, he found it already in 2000.

whats misleading about the title?

maybe "finds" instead of "found" or "in 2000, found", here on a news (at least its in the URL) site.

That said, I have no problem, cool post OP!

It’s baiting. Look at this similar title:

“Technology company Apple introduces entirely new user interface for its computers”

(Title for a 2013 article, referring to Apple’s 1984 original Mac)

Im interested in how long these treasures will last now that they are on dry land. War, greed, weather. Will they last another 1200 years? Why excavate them? I'm thinking Indiana Jones, not responsible archaeology.

i want that under water pen! tired of having to write while on land.

Yeah, writing on land's a real bummer.

I don't know, I recall watching similar images in the Cleopatra excavation documentary they showed at one of the museum I attended not too long ago.

What kind of a source is core77.com?

core77 is mostly a design blog. This excavation dates back to 2000, so its not really new news.

After reading the headline, a part of me was hoping that they found Atlantis! Alas...

Good find!

Atlantis has already been identified. It's most probably Thera, on Santorini.

Anyone esle read this title and think Atlantis?

YES! Ha, I totally thought this...

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