Scientists Interrupt Search for the “Mayan Atlantis" in the Caribbean.

Cuban Newpaper: GRANMA ^ | November 2004 / FR Post 3-30-05 | Editorial Staff

[vannrox]

Scientists Interrupt Search for the “Mayan Atlantis" in the Caribbean.

Cuban Newpaper: GRANMA

Mexico City, November 6, 2004

Forwarded by David Drewelow

This story updates this prior story

. - A group of scientists searching for a hypothetical “Mayan Atlantis" found a pyramid of 35 meters under the waters of the Caribbean, but it had to interrupt the mission due to technical problems, as reported by the Mexican newspaper Millenium, today.

After 25 days of work in the sea, near the southwestern end of Cuba, the investigations deeper than 500 meters had to be abandoned due to problems with the mini submarine Deep Worker informs agency DPA.

According to the Russian scientist Paulina Zelitsky, who heads the mission, in April or May a new attempt will be made because there were findings there that would allow one to suppose that in that zone a pre-Hispanic establishment existed that was submerged by some cataclysm in the past.

So far, as previously indicated, it was possible to confirm the existence of a pyramid of 35 meters of height and rocky "unnatural formations", In Addition, the team managed to extract a carved rock, possibly part of another pyramid.

The mission weighed anchor on October 7th of this year from the Mexican port of Progress, in the Eastern Yucatan Peninsula, with an international team of scientists.

According to preliminary reports by Zelitsky, who noted that she will extend her remarks and conclusions in more detail in an exclusive article for National Geographic.

During the expedition’s 25 days there were additional findings. Among them were stone extraction with animal fossils, volcanic sand remainders and a bacterium that can be used in vaccines and that are similar in their properties to microorganisms found previously only at more than 3,000 meters of depth.

The mission failed due to technical problems with the submarine and faults in the illumination system, that was "six teams weaker than expected", the scientist said.

"Because the apparatus could not move, it took photographs from pyramids from a distance of one to three meters, without being able to take photos from a distance from those structures so that one could have the perspective of the buildings", she explained.

"We were only able to make superficial dives . We did not remove what we waited for by lack of properly adapted equipment", she said, thus in the next attempt we will use a robotic unmanned submarine.

[blam]

"Thing is, any cataclysm big enough would have left clear traces, since the timeframe is within 4 KY, probably, since it's unlikely that there would have been Olmec pyramids much before that."

Maybe survivors/refugees, Bye, Bye Beringia (8,000 Year-Old Site In Florida)

[Vinnie]

I recall a formation off the north coast of Bimini, Bahamas that looked manmade. Stones in a 'pavement' type pattern. It was thought to be the Lost City.
Accepted conclusion now is a natural formation.

[blam]

Ping.

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