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The Wave That Destroyed Atlantis

Science & Tech (tags: NATURE, SCIENCE )

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- 577 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk

The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami.

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Ginny C. (39)

Sunday April 29, 2007, 5:06 am
Why should we be surprised? As the article points out, the tsunami that hit Thailand and Sri Lanka was of epic proportion. The destruction was cataclysmic. There is no reason to be so blind as to think natural things have happened only in our time. The world is older than even a thousand years.