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Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt

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Re: Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt

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A better source might be the acheologists' own website: https://www.franckgoddio.org/projects/sunken-civilizations/h... There's a good video from a couple years ago there exploring the same site, I guess the news is a new cache of artifacts, not the discovery of the temple itself.

In this case, the second half of the headline is the more relevant part of the news, even though it may read like clickbait: "Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt found brimming with 'treasures and secrets'"

Re: Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The entire sentence says, "The former city, now underwater and about 4.3 miles (7 kilometers) from Egypt's modern-day coast, was destroyed when a major earthquake and tidal waves caused the land to liquefy and sink into the Nile delta." That seems pretty clear. The land sank below sea level during the earthquake.

Clearly Atlantis has been found.

Per the legend, atlantis was a chain of islands connecting Europe and America; when the last one of those sunk, Sahara had risen, turned into a desert, and the tidal waves washed away Egypt.

Re: Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt

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post #12
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clearly Atlantis has been found.

Per the legend, atlantis was a chain of islands connecting Europe and America; when the last one of those sunk, Sahara had risen, turned into a desert, and the tidal waves washed away Egypt.

Reading the Plato on it, vaguely sounds like someone describing continental drift, but in a way that would be easier for people of the time to understand.

I'm just imagining this im sure, they couldn't have known about it.

Re: Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt

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post #12
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clearly Atlantis has been found.

Per the legend, atlantis was a chain of islands connecting Europe and America; when the last one of those sunk, Sahara had risen, turned into a desert, and the tidal waves washed away Egypt.

I'm sure it has been suggested, but are we sure it isn't describing the flooding of Doggerland?

Re: Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The entire sentence says, "The former city, now underwater and about 4.3 miles (7 kilometers) from Egypt's modern-day coast, was destroyed when a major earthquake and tidal waves caused the land to liquefy and sink into the Nile delta." That seems pretty clear. The land sank below sea level during the earthquake.

Clearly Atlantis has been found.

They always say that when a sunken city is found.

There's a lot more than you would think!

Re: Sunken temple and sanctuary from ancient Egypt

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A better source might be the acheologists' own website: https://www.franckgoddio.org/projects/sunken-civilizations/h... There's a good video from a couple years ago there exploring the same site, I guess the news is a new cache of artifacts, not the discovery of the temple itself.

Changed from https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/su.... Thanks!
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