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posted September 26, 2007 10:33 PM         

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Asian "Atlantis"

September 19, 2007—Not far from Taiwan, Pacific waters engulf stone structures just off the coast of the tiny Japanese island of Yonaguni Jima, part of the Ryukyu archipelago in this undated photo.

The structures maybe the ruins of a 5,000-year-old city that featured a castle, several temples, and a stadium, according to a Japanese researcher who has been diving at the site for past 15 years. (Read the full story.)

"The largest structure looks like a complicated, monolithic, stepped pyramid that rises from a depth of 25 meters [82 feet]," said the scientist, Masaaki Kimura of the University of the Ryukyus. Kimura recently suggested that the site might have been sunk by a massive tsunami similar to the one that hit the island in 1771.

But other experts who have dived at the site, which was discovered in 1986, are equally convinced that the formations are natural.

"It's basic geology and classic stratigraphy for sandstones, which tend to break along planes and give you these very straight edges," said Robert Schoch, a professor of science and mathematics at Boston University and a leading critic of the theory.

*I so want to explore this firsthand, Anyone wanna' join?

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posted September 26, 2007 10:48 PM         

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isnt the location of Mu supposed to be in Asia?

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posted September 26, 2007 11:00 PM         

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Yes in the Pacific. Between Asia and West coast of U.S.

Alot of places have sunk.

There is already evidence that at one time a 600 foot tsunami hit New York City.

It reached up to the point before the Hudson River Valley begins to rise and heads upstate.

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posted September 26, 2007 11:05 PM         

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On page 2 of the full story above it says:

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Some experts believe that the structures could be all that's left of Mu, a fabled Pacific civilization rumored to have vanished beneath the waves.

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* I thought the pictures were just beautiful and thought I'de share.

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posted September 29, 2007 12:18 AM         

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I guess loss of lands in monster floods is again a periodical occurence, new lands formed as well.

Wonderful find, and thanks for sharing!

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posted September 29, 2007 12:26 AM         

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