5 Million Year Old Underwater "Lost City" Was Not Built By Men Say Scientists
When underwater divers discovered what looked like paved floors, courtyards and colonnades, they thought they had found the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization that perished when tidal waves hit the shores of the Greek holiday island Zakynthos.
But new research published reveals that the site was created by a natural geological phenomenon that took place in the Pliocene era – up to five million years ago.The ancient underwater remains of a long lost Greek city were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon — according to joint research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Athens (Greece).
Credit: University of Athens
The bizarre discovery, found close to Alikanas Bay, was carefully examined in situ by the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of Greece.
Archaeologist Magda Athanasoula and diver Petros Tsampourakis studied the site, together with Prof Michael Stamatakis from the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment at the University of Athens (UoA).
After the preliminary mineralogical and chemical analyses, a scientific research team was formed, composed of UoA and UEA staff.
The research team went on to investigate in detail the mineral content and texture of the underwater formation in minute detail, using microscopy, X-ray and stable isotope techniques.
The ancient underwater remains of a long lost Greek city were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon — according to joint research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Athens (Greece).
Credit: University of Athens
“We found that the linear distribution of these doughnut shaped concretions is likely the result of a sub-surface fault which has not fully ruptured the surface of the sea bed. The fault allowed gases, particularly methane, to escape from depth.
“Microbes in the sediment use the carbon in methane as fuel. Microbe-driven oxidation of the methane then changes the chemistry of the sediment forming a kind of natural cement, known to geologists as concretion.
“In this case the cement was an unusual mineral called dolomite which rarely forms in seawater, but can be quite common in microbe-rich sediments.
“These concretions were then exhumed by erosion to be exposed on the seabed today.
“This kind of phenomenon is quite rare in shallow waters. Most similar discoveries tend to be many hundreds and often thousands of meters deep underwater.
“These features are proof of natural methane seeping out of rock from hydrocarbon reservoirs. The same thing happens in the North Sea, and it is also similar to the effects of fracking, when humans essentially speed up or enhance the phenomena.”
Contacts and sources:
Lisa Horton
University of East Anglia
Source: http://www.ineffableisland.com/2016/06/5-million-year-old-underwater-lost-city.html
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Oh yeah, with out a doubt those definitely are naturally created phenomenon!!! What a crock!!!
They must think were realllllly stupid
I only have too say about the so-called geologists : they are full of #&(!
TPTB:
“Here…let us sweep the real history under the rug. There…now let us make our own history and tell it like we want it. There…now let us keep everyone ignorant about the past. Finally, lets confuse everyone about everything as a distraction from important matters so that when the REALLY important world events take place, people will have been SO THOROUGHLY deluded that a mere meaningful thought will be highly implausible.”
Real or not, this too is a distraction. Learning from history IS important, so don’t get me wrong on this matter. The truth is simply this: we won’t ever know because there are a lot of people who invest their very lives into covering up truth about the past…for selfish gain of continuity of power and control.
Do not dance to the beat of insanity.
Without speculating on whether their findings are man-made or the result of natural phenomenon; nature is full of examples of nearly perfect geometrical symmetry that are natural in origin, so what the geologists are saying is not really that far-fetched.
When diving on a special spot in Quintana Roo, At about 25m deep, I could see huge square tiles of stones perfectly aligned like paving a way or a public place.
On the exit, I asked the diving guide if he noticed those strange occurrences.
I asked him if this was natural phenomena because I didn’t see such disposition on the other diving spots.
he just answered that yes, this was reported but it was not allowed to talk about it…
Strange
It could be he didn’t have the answer to my questions.