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Read full story here: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5899085
(I'm not sure how long Reuters keeps the stories online)
(As an aside, wouldn't it be funny if the reporter was that Kevin Smith? )
Read full story here: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5899085
(I'm not sure how long Reuters keeps the stories online)
Ireland Is Lost Island of Atlantis, Says Scientist
Fri Aug 6,11:52 AM ET
By Kevin Smith
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Atlantis, the legendary island nation over whose existence controversy has raged for thousands of years, was actually Ireland, according to a new theory by a Swedish scientist.
*snip snip*
Geographer Ulf Erlingsson, whose book explaining his theory will be published next month, says the measurements, geography, and landscape of Atlantis as described by Plato match Ireland almost exactly.
"I am amazed no one has come up with this before, it's incredible," he told Reuters.
"Just like Atlantis, Ireland is 300 miles long, 200 miles wide, and widest across the middle. They both have a central plain surrounded by mountains.
"I've looked at geographical data from the rest of the world and of the 50 largest islands there is only one that has a plain in the middle -- Ireland."
Fri Aug 6,11:52 AM ET
By Kevin Smith
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Atlantis, the legendary island nation over whose existence controversy has raged for thousands of years, was actually Ireland, according to a new theory by a Swedish scientist.
*snip snip*
Geographer Ulf Erlingsson, whose book explaining his theory will be published next month, says the measurements, geography, and landscape of Atlantis as described by Plato match Ireland almost exactly.
"I am amazed no one has come up with this before, it's incredible," he told Reuters.
"Just like Atlantis, Ireland is 300 miles long, 200 miles wide, and widest across the middle. They both have a central plain surrounded by mountains.
"I've looked at geographical data from the rest of the world and of the 50 largest islands there is only one that has a plain in the middle -- Ireland."
(As an aside, wouldn't it be funny if the reporter was that Kevin Smith? )
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