Mysterious structure with a diameter greater than the length of a Boeing 747 found at bottom of Sea
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[quote](CNN) -- A mysterious, circular structure, with a diameter greater than the length of a Boeing 747 jet, has been discovered submerged about 30 feet (9 meters) underneath the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
Scientists first made the discovery by accident in 2003 using sonar to survey the bottom of the lake but published their findings only recently.
"We just bumped into it," recalls Shmuel Marco, a geophysicist from Tel Aviv University who worked on the project. "Usually the bottom of the lake is quite smooth. We were surprised to find a large mound. Initially we didn't realize the importance of this but we consulted with a couple of geologists, and they said it looked like an unusually large Bronze Age statue."
The structure is comprised of basalt rocks, arranged in the shape of a cone. It measures 230 feet (70 meters) at the base of the structure, is 32 feet (10 meters) tall, and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons. It is twice the size of the ancient stone circle at Stonehenge in England.
Its size and location, say Marco, who also took video of the structure during a scuba dive to examine it, indicated it could have been constructed underwater as a type of fish nursery. However archeologists think it more likely it was built on dry land and later submerged by the lake.
"From a geophysical perspective, it is also important to the history of the lake, because it means the water level was lower than it was today," says Marco.
According to Yitzhak Paz, the archeologist who led the study, the fact that the structure is underwater has made it a particularly difficult study.
"If the site was inland, it would be much easier to investigate. By now we would have excavated, but because it's submerged we haven't yet been able to. It is a much harder process, both physically and financially. It is very expensive to raise support for such an enterprise."
[img]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130419031859-sea-of-galilee-stone-structure-2-story-top.jpg[/img]
[I]The circular stone structure rises to a height of 10 meters with a diameter of nearly 70 meters[/I]
[img]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130419031135-sea-of-galilee-stone-structure-story-body.jpg[/img]
[I]Cross-section of the structure.[/I]
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[url]http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/world/meast/israel-ancient-structure-mystery/index.html?hpt=wo_t3[/url]
They finally found Atlantis!
Looks creepily symmetrical.
I hate to say it, but:
Aliens.
The collusues? Or whatever it was called, of rhodes. Maybe the sea swept it there
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;40362331]The collusues? Or whatever it was called, of rhodes. Maybe the sea swept it there[/QUOTE]
Collusues?
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;40362331]The collusues? Or whatever it was called, of rhodes. Maybe the sea swept it there[/QUOTE]
the article says it's circular, if it was the Colossus of Rhodes it would probably be like all uneven and shit due to it being a giant statue of a man
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;40362331]The collusues? Or whatever it was called, of rhodes. [B]Maybe the sea swept it there[/B][/QUOTE]
Do you even know where the Sea of Galilee is?
It's clearly a 748
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40362362]Do you even know where the Sea of Galilee is?[/QUOTE]
Maybe it walked.
Please be giant submerged temple filled with Antikythera Mechanism level technology and scantily clad merwomen.
Can't wait for all those conspiracy theories!
Aliens
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;40362189]They finally found Atlantis![/QUOTE]
"I don't think Atlantis sank, I think Atlantis lifted off."
[editline]20th April 2013[/editline]
Also, I've been to the sea of Galilee
I'm curious as to how much the excavation would cost. Excavating it whilst still underwater would be foolish, so they'd probably need to drain the lake and dam the ingoing rivers, which I would imagine is damn expensive. They don't exactly sell de-lochinators at B&Q y'see.
Then again, perhaps building some sort of watertight wall around the designated area, then pumping the water out of that area, would be more plausible than draining the entire sodding Sea of Galilee. Yes; walling it off and draining it would be more viable, since there isn't a Moses to part this sea; besides saltwater and freshwater are two different things entirely.
It's covering an ancient evil, calling it.
[QUOTE=ironman17;40362452]I'm curious as to how much the excavation would cost. Excavating it whilst still underwater would be foolish, so they'd probably need to drain the lake and dam the ingoing rivers, which I would imagine is damn expensive. They don't exactly sell de-lochinators at B&Q y'see.
Then again, perhaps building some sort of watertight wall around the designated area, then pumping the water out of that area, would be more plausible than draining the entire sodding Sea of Galilee. Yes; walling it off and draining it would be more viable, since there isn't a Moses to part this sea; besides saltwater and freshwater are two different things entirely.[/QUOTE]
That sea is a pretty big source of water for all of Israel, I don't think they'll drain it any time soon.
[QUOTE=ironman17;40362452]I'm curious as to how much the excavation would cost. Excavating it whilst still underwater would be foolish, so they'd probably need to drain the lake and dam the ingoing rivers, which I would imagine is damn expensive. They don't exactly sell de-lochinators at B&Q y'see.
Then again, perhaps building some sort of watertight wall around the designated area, then pumping the water out of that area, would be more plausible than draining the entire sodding Sea of Galilee. Yes; walling it off and draining it would be more viable, since there isn't a Moses to part this sea; besides saltwater and freshwater are two different things entirely.[/QUOTE]
I don't know if it's really [I]worth it[/I]. I mean, I'm as big a fan of archaeology as the next guy, but to seal and drain a body of water around such a large area for a long enough period to completely excavate whatever's buried underneath all that rubble and gravel is a bit ambitious.
[QUOTE=axelord157;40362467]It's covering an ancient evil, calling it.[/QUOTE]
We best be careful to not awaken it from it's slumber.
Halo 4 taught me that.
But come on guys, it's obvious we found a nest of Shoggoths.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40362472]That sea is a pretty big source of water for all of Israel, I don't think they'll drain it any time soon.[/QUOTE]
Also, it's the Sea of Galilee. Not even Moses could part those waters. (Although, people could apparently walk on them.)
Ancient Nazi sea tunnels.
[QUOTE=ironman17;40362452]I'm curious as to how much the excavation would cost. Excavating it whilst still underwater would be foolish, so they'd probably need to drain the lake and dam the ingoing rivers, which I would imagine is damn expensive. They don't exactly sell de-lochinators at B&Q y'see.
Then again, perhaps building some sort of watertight wall around the designated area, then pumping the water out of that area, would be more plausible than draining the entire sodding Sea of Galilee. Yes; walling it off and draining it would be more viable, since there isn't a Moses to part this sea; besides saltwater and freshwater are two different things entirely.[/QUOTE]
Or you could just look at it with submarines like we do with everything else.
Shit, time for a new SCP.
Or scan it with multibeam sonar.
[url]http://www.blueview.com/[/url]
Undersea archeology is nothing new or revolutionary. They've been doing it since before Cousteau made it easier.
[QUOTE=ironman17;40362452]I'm curious as to how much the excavation would cost. Excavating it whilst still underwater would be foolish, so they'd probably need to drain the lake and dam the ingoing rivers, which I would imagine is damn expensive. They don't exactly sell de-lochinators at B&Q y'see.
[b]Then again, perhaps building some sort of watertight wall around the designated area, then pumping the water out of that area,[/b] would be more plausible than draining the entire sodding Sea of Galilee. Yes; walling it off and draining it would be more viable, since there isn't a Moses to part this sea; besides saltwater and freshwater are two different things entirely.[/QUOTE]
That's how they do it anyway. Why would they drain the entire freaking Sea of Galilee?
[editline]21st April 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Jetblack357;40362557]Shit, time for a new SCP.[/QUOTE]
That's what I thought of as I saw those pictures. It's almost exactly like something you'd see as you start reading an SCP file.
[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;40362581]That's how they do it anyway. Why would they drain the entire freaking Sea of Galilee?[/QUOTE]
I was asking myself the same question; the Sea of Galilee is the biggest reservoir of freshwater in Israel, so draining that would be lethal to the country's infrastructure, since freshwater is a precious resource.
Cloverfield
[QUOTE=IdiotStorm;40362349]the article says it's circular, if it was the Colossus of Rhodes it would probably be like all uneven and shit due to it being a giant statue of a man[/QUOTE]
Yep, a giant, uneven statue that broke apart when an earthquake destroyed it. Super-uneven. Not to mention situated hundreds of miles away from this stone thing.
Wasn't the colossus broken up and carted off as scrap by the Arabs anyway?
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