Guardian Piece on Atlantis

[rich]

not sure this was posted here but very interesting

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/oct/16/lost-greek-city-atlantis-myth

The secrets of a lost city that may have inspired one of the world's
most enduring myths – the fable of Atlantis – have been brought to
light from beneath the waters off southern Greece.

Explored by an Anglo-Greek team of archaeologists and marine
geologists and known as Pavlopetri, the sunken settlement dates back
some 5,000 years to the time of Homer's heroes and in terms of size
and wealth of detail is unprecedented, experts say.
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there is that inherent vice of the wonders of the world reduced to
certainties, of course which if anything is one of Pynchon's more
profound literary musings

rich