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The Sun
8 hours ago
- Science
- The Sun
Inside ‘lost' 6,000-year-old underwater city on coast of Cuba with stone structures 2,000ft below sea's surface
A MYSTERIOUS 'lost city' lying 2,000 feet beneath the waves off Cuba has baffled scientists for more than two decades — with claims it could rewrite the history of human civilisation. Marine engineer Paulina Zelitsky and her husband, Paul Weinzweig, stunned the world in 2001 when sonar scans revealed huge stone formations on the seabed near the Guanahacabibes Peninsula. 5 5 5 The images showed what looked like pyramids, circular structures, and massive blocks 'reminiscent of an urban development,' according to BBC News. Some of the stones measured up to 10 feet and appeared deliberately stacked. 'It's a really wonderful structure which really looks like it could have been a large urban center,' Zelitsky said at the time. The Canadian team, from Advanced Digital Communications (ADC), estimated the ruins could be more than 6,000 years old — making them older than the Egyptian pyramids. But despite the jaw-dropping find, no follow-up expedition has ever been carried out. While social media users today speculate the ruins are proof of Atlantis, experts remain cautious. 'It would be totally irresponsible to say what it was before we have evidence,' Zelitsky warned back in 2001. Cuban geologist Manuel Iturralde-Vinent, from the Natural History Museum, admitted the structures were 'extremely peculiar' but stressed the depth posed a major problem. 'It's strange, it's weird; we've never seen something like this before, and we don't have an explanation for it,' he told The Washington Post. Iturralde estimated it would take up to 50,000 years for the seabed to sink that far, far earlier than any known advanced civilization. Michael Faught, an underwater archaeology expert at Florida State University, agreed. He said: 'It would be cool if Zelitsky and Weinzweig were right, but it would be really advanced for anything we would see in the New World for that time frame. 'The structures are out of time and out of place.' Other scientists have argued the formations are likely natural rock structures. Despite skepticism, the discovery continues to fuel conspiracy theories online. 'Civilizations that existed before the ice age, perhaps multiple civilizations that rose and fell... The historical knowledge that has been lost (or hidden),' one person posted on X. Another claimed: 'There is so much hidden history. Finding it so fascinating. Everything we been taught is a lie.' Funding problems and Cuba's strict control over foreign expeditions have also been blamed for the lack of further investigation. A planned dive in 2002 was scrapped, according to US oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Weinzweig himself once insisted: 'The structures we found on the side scan sonar simply are not explicable from a geological point of view. 'There is too much organisation, too much symmetry, too much repetition of form.' Another underwater enigma often compared to Cuba's 'lost city' is the Yonaguni monument off Japan's coast. Discovered in the 1980s, the massive stone formation sits around 90 feet underwater and features sharp-angled steps and terraces that appear man-made. Tests of the rock show it could be more than 10,000 years old. If carved by humans, it would date back to a time before the last ice age — a theory that, like the Cuban ruins, continues to divide experts over whether it's a natural formation or evidence of a vanished civilisation. 5 5
Geek Girl Authority
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
TV Review: NAUTILUS Episode 6, ‘The Big Blue'
We're halfway through the season, and the team behind Nautilus still knows how to keep viewers guessing. After the high that was Episode 5, we settle in for more intrigue, professional machinations of the East India Mercantile Company, and sadly, some tragedy. 'The Big Blue' is a reminder to viewers that adventures are great, and some perils may be easily overcome, but real danger is always around the corner for the crew of the Nautilus. Nautilus, Season 1 Episode 6, 'The Big Blue' 'The Big Blue' is quintessential seafaring stuff. I'm glad Nautilus took this long to lean into classic ocean clichés, such as searching for lost cities and badly-rendered sharks. The crew, back to being themselves after a mysterious island infection laid them low, has their curiosity piqued. Is there a lost city under the seas? RELATED: Read our Nautilus reviews Gustave Benoit (Thierry Frémont), creator of the Nautilus, scientist, and explorer, is champing at the bit to investigate. He and Humility Lucas (Georgia Flood) can't wait to get out there, but Nemo (Shazad Latif) takes a lot of convincing. It's never not going to irk me that the Nautilus version of Nemo doesn't jump at the chance to find a lost city. This is the first episode of Nautilus that feels like a direct homage to Jules Verne's book. Their visiting a lost city should give you an idea why. But Captain Nemo in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is far more interested in exploration than Nemo in the show is. I get it, his mission is revenge, but, seriously? He doesn't even get a glint in his eyes at the idea of a lost city? RELATED: Cecilia Lee on the Wild Ride That Is Fear Street: Prom Queen Nemo isn't one-dimensional in the show, but by removing any of his scientific curiosity, which is a vital part of the book character, we lose the layers that would make the screen character just as mesmerizing. While the crew readies themselves for this new mission, Jagadish Ghosh (Chum Ehelepola) receives an impossible choice from Captain Billy Millais (Luke Arnold). I have to admit, I may have read Millais wrong. The Nautilus team is keeping us viewers on tenterhooks, trying to figure out what this man's real intentions are. Death and Betrayal Nautilus is an adventure show resplendent with spectacles and a general air of fun. But death, betrayal, and injustice have been key themes of the show starting with the premiere. Nemo's history is filled with the horrors of Imperialism and the loss borne from it. Humility struggles against the patriarchy, and was (still is?) destined for a life trapped as a wife to a man she doesn't know. RELATED: Read our Interview with the Vampire recaps The rest of the Nautilus crew face their own personal demons. We get snippets of dialogue in Episode 6 from some of the supporting characters that tell us more about what they've lost. The whole episode is tinged with a sense of melancholy. This is a clever move by the creative team, especially director Ben C. Lucas. 'The Big Blue' doesn't have a sudden tonal shift, but eases us into the realization that, at the end of the day, the Nautilus is manned by a crew of escapees still on the run from the villainous Company. And that the seas are not always your friend. RELATED: 28 Years Later Spoiler Review We're never far from some much-needed levity on Nautilus , but viewers will be left worried about the crew. The Company, and everyone in it, are untrustworthy. They may be cartoonishly evil, but their deeds are still just as deadly, as we see in 'The Big Blue.' Nautilus airs every Sunday on AMC and AMC+. On Location: The World of JOHN WICK's New York Continental Hotel Monita has been championing diversity, inclusivity, and representation in entertainment media through her work for over a decade. She is a Tomatometer-Approved Critic. She writes for Bam Smack Pow and Geek Girl Authority. Her bylines have appeared on 3-time Eisner Award-winning publication Women Write About Comics, HuffPost, (formerly Soundsphere/Screensphere, FanSided's Show Snob, and Vocal. She was also a TV/Movies features writer at Alongside her twin, Monita co-hosts the pop culture podcast Stereo Geeks.
