Scientists claim to have found Atlantis
Researchers say they might have found the lost city of Atlantis, which is believed to have been swallowed by a tsunami thousands of years ago.
"This is the power of tsunamis," head researcher and Hartford University professor Richard Freund told Reuters. "It is just so hard to understand that it can wipe out 60 miles inland, and that's pretty much what we're talking about," he added.
The US-led team used deep-ground radar, digital mapping and underwater technology to survey the site the mud flats in southern Spain where the legendary city is said to have disappeared. The equipment that Freund describes as "an MRI for the ground," can determine what's in the ground down to about 60 feet.
"It's translated into color-coded maps and tells us what's there," Freund explained. "For example, the resistance of fired pottery is different than resistance of sand; the resistance of bone is different than the resistance of metal. And it all comes up in different colors."
The international team also used a satellite photo which shows a submerged city buried in the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park north of Cadiz, Spain. [English]