Posted on 08/28/2007 2:18:21 PM PDT by BGHater
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I was a big fan of the whole “Lost Continent of Mu” thing as a teenager. There was a series of books by one Colonel James Churchward (I think he was called) purporting to lay out the evidence for one global antedeluvian civilization that inspired all subsequent cultures. I guess it’s possible.
He believes it was sunk only 3,000 years ago? 1,000 BC?
This date surprises me.
It sounds like Kimura is determined to see what he wants to see. He needs a lot more evidence to even begin to back him up.
Oh, great! Pretty soon Rodan will show up , then Mothra and Godzilla will have to get in on the act. This is the way these things always start.
Natural formations, re: Dr Robert Schoch, geologist/geophysist. I’ve seen the video of Dr Schoch scuba diving among the ‘ruins.’
To me, it looks impressive.
I wander if the people who built it were similar to the Ainu.
He found this more than 20 years ago. It’s been disputed strongly the whole time.
Wonder why it’s being recycled?
Was this caused by global warming?
Looks like a drowned city to me. I’m sold, barring evidence to the contrary.
Time to call up Captain Jinguji and ATRAGON, I guess. Better safe than sorry.
Could be:
If I recall correctly the rocks on surrounding cliffs are weathered and eroded in similar shapes.
I’ve seen film of the site before as well. The edges aren’t as sharp as they appear. Combine that with similar rock formations above the waterline it looks like a unique natural process to me.
If you look at climate history, sea level went way up about 12,000 years ago as the last ice age ended.
If there were any cities or towns near the coast, they’d be (soggy) toast now.
I don’t know about this one, but some of the “sunken cities” could be due to rapidly rising sea.
Seen it many times. Might be an ancient quarry that sank in an earthquake, but ruins, it ain’t.
That is not built-up as by separate blocks. It would not be carved in those nearly useless shapes. The horizontal surfaces are impressive but the fracture planes at odd angles are entirely natural. Partly sedementary, partly mineralized. What happened to the pieces that broke off?
I remember reading that the history of Mu was written as a part of the Greek alphabet (or something along those lines). It’s been a looong time...
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