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Maria Popova

Interestingness curator, semi-secret geek and founder of Brain Pickings. Regular contributor to Wired UK and GOOD.
Posted: June 3, 2010 04:02 PM

Abstracting Atlantis: Scientists Find Evidence of Mayan Underwater City

In December 2009, Herald de Paris published a curious article about the likely discovery of a submerged city in the Western Caribbean. While the discovery could have tremendous implications for modern archaeology, the story remained, forgive the pun, largely under the radar.

Today, we sit down with architectural historian and archaeologist Jes Alexander, who spearheaded the research team, to get the first-hand details of what could be a piece of real-life Atlantis.



Underwater city