Asian "Atlantis" Shows Strange Structure


	Asian "Atlantis" Shows Strange Structure

PayneLess_Designs

9-28-2007 5:39 PM

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atlantis, asia, national geographics

PayneLess_Designs says:

Natural formations or 5,000-year-old city ruins? Scientists are still divided about the origin of mysterious stone structures off the coast of Japan's Yonaguni Jima.

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<B>September 19, 2007</B>—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.
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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. (<A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070919-sunken-city.html">Read the full story</A>.)
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