04/27/2004: 
Urban Archaeology
Noah's Ark, Atlantis, Futility Ensues
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Hunt for Atlantis Leads Researcher to Cyprus
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A U.S. researcher who is convinced the fabled city of Atlantis is lurking in the watery deep off Cyprus will launch an exploratory mission this summer, he said on Monday."We believe our discovery will put Cyprus at the center of the world stage forever," Robert Sarmast told Reuters.
Sarmast said the east Mediterranean island is actually the pinnacle of the long-lost city and the rest of it is about one mile below sea level.
Using deep sea maps and clues found in Plato, Sarmast said he has discovered a sunken rectangular land mass stretching northeast from Cyprus toward Syria.
"We are going to sail 70 miles offshore Cyprus, directly over the spot where we believe Atlantis City lays submerged and waiting to be discovered," he said.
Satellite Imagery Finds Extraordinary Object on Mount Ararat, Excavation to Find Noah's Ark Scheduled to Begin
WASHINGTON, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Shamrock -- The Trinity Corporation today announced that they have collected new satellite images taken over Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey that will add a new twist to an exploration that has been going on for centuries. The images, which were revealed at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC today, reveal a man- made structure at the site where the Bible states Noah's Ark came to rest.The first pictures of the site, taken by the U.S. Air Force in 1949, revealed what seemed to be a structure covered by ice, but were held in a confidential file labeled "Ararat Anomaly" for years. In 1997, the government released several of these images, but experts deemed them inconclusive.
The summer of 2003 provided a great opportunity to take a new series of photographs. It was the hottest summer in Europe since 1500, which caused a massive meltdown on Mount Ararat. Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock - - The Trinity Corporation, who had been searching for the Ark via satellite for several years, used DigitalGlobe's Quick Bird satellite to collect a new set of satellite images. Quick Bird is the world's highest resolution commercial imaging satellite.
Mr. McGivern has compiled a team of scientists, archaeologists and forensic experts to excavate the object and collect samples beginning in August of this year.
"These new photos unequivocally show a man-made object," said Mr. McGivern. "I am convinced that the excavation of the object and the results of tests run on any collected samples will prove that it is Noah's Ark."
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Tuesday the 27th of April, noted:
fnjord
Wednesday the 28th of April, santo26 noted:
one of the leading theories is that atlantis was somewhere near minoan crete, which may or may not be near modern- day cyprus.
as for finding noah's ark, the satellite imagery is a pretty keen idea, but i'm not sure that a wooden ark would survive 4000+ years, but i guess it was powered by god...
