Researchers have revealed the first images from the Caribbean sea
floor of what they believe are the archaeological remains of an ancient
civilization. Guarding the location’s coordinates carefully, the
project’s leader, who wishes to remain anonymous at this time, says the
city could be thousands of years old; possibly even pre-dating the
ancient Egyptian pyramids, at Giza.
The site was found using advanced satellite imagery, and is not in
any way associated with the alleged site found by Russian explorers
near Cuba in 2001, at a depth of 2300 feet. “To be seen on satellite,
our site is much shallower.” The team is currently seeking funding to
mount an expedition to confirm and explore what appears to be a vast
underwater city. “You have to be careful working with satellite images
in such a location,” the project’s principle researcher said, “The
digital matrix sometimes misinterprets its data, and shows ruins as
solid masses. The thing is, we’ve found structure - what appears to be
a tall, narrow pyramid; large platform structures with small buildings
on them; we’ve even found standing parallel post and beam construction
in the rubble of what appears to be a fallen building. You can’t have
post and beam without human involvement.”
Asked if this city is the legendary city of Atlantis, the
researchers immediately said no. “The romanticized ideal of Atlantis
probably never existed, nor will anyone ever strap on a SCUBA tank,
jump in the water, and find a city gateway that says, ‘Welcome to
Atlantis.’ However, we do believe that this city may have been one of
many cities of an advanced, seafaring, trade-based civilization, which
may have been visited by their Eurocentric counterparts.”
It is unknown at this time how the city came to be on the sea floor, and not on dry land. “We have several theories.”
The team hopes to conduct a massive mapping and research expedition,
to learn as much as possible about who these people were, before
turning the site over to the Caribbean island’s home government.
“Whatever we’ve found does not belong to us,” the project’s leader
said, “It belongs to the people of this island, and to the world
at-large. If any pieces are brought to the surface, they belong in the
hands of a museum.”
Herald de Paris