The program will be on here tonight.  I will watch it to see just what they think thay may have found. 

It all remains to be seen. Others thought tha they too found Atlantis only to have those hopes dashed whe it turned out not to be. Here's hoping they did. Good luck to them.

Yeah, just like when I thort I'd founded that thar Edward Teach's treasure on Tortuga... turned out ter be a box o' Johnny Depp's dirty washin' wot got left be'ind when 'e wur 'ere on set filmin' Pirates o' tha Caribbean.  Aaargghhh, an' wot an imposter that thar blaggard be.  Why 'e's not even a knot on a pirate's peg leg.

Aye me beauty, ye dun good wiv that thar update wot ye sended me... an' it be g'wen strait in tha fam'ly album.

Oh well, let's hope there's a bit more substance to it as they get deeper into the excavations.

I'm not holding my breath that it's Atlantis, but I'm sure interested to learn of the origins of this find,

Yup.... King Georgia.  

This is a thought that often crossed my mind during history lessons at school.... that Atlantis and the Minoans suddenly vanished around about the same time.  That's why I'm not holding my breath on this discovery in Spain being Atlantis... it is too far removed from where Atlantis/the Minoans likely were, who, according to prominent writers of the day, were much farther East in the Mediterranean.

The Basque were more French than Spanish in the day, and they were situated more in the Pyrenees situated in the North.  It is only more in recent times that Basque separatists have become active throughout Spain.  However, the Moors were quite prominent throughout Southern Europe and the ruins could well be of North African origin.

Then there was Alexander the Great, the Byzantine Empire, and later the Ottoman Empire.... and even the Ancient Greeks set up trade posts in many parts of the Mediterranean, so I'm not confident that this find is Atlantis, which I believe was the location of the Minoan culture anyway, and blown away by the eruption at Santorini.   I therefore believe Atlantis does not/did not exist, at least not for the purposes of this current search in Southern Spain.

For mine, what they refer to as Atlantis lies farther to the East and is likely to be the ruins of the Minoans.

I think Plato, who was a teacher as well as a writer, used Atlantis as a teaching tool and that it was a fictitious place rather than somewhere which actually existed.  Plato spoke out against decadence and corruption, and he was possibly referring to the Minoan culture at the time because it was seen as opulently decadent by other Mediterranean cultures.  It is also possible that Plato placed his fictitious 'Atlantis' to the West of the Pillars of Hercules to discourage young Greek men seeking out the culture he despised so much. 

With Greek Mythology as it was in the day, the Pillars of Hercules represented significant dangers to travelers, what with various sea monsters and the like, so it makes sense that Plato would have located this decadent society beyond the danger as a deterrent to the curious and young men easily tempted.

Again, I'm no expert and this is just a theory based on various teachings, but it is a theory shared by some of my former teachers and others with historical interests.

Hey my friend just found the Lost Dutchman's gold mine in the Superstition Mountains outside of Phoenix AZ

There's a thought. Outboards that are lets see ... 4,000 years old.  Leaded or unleaded.

Did you know ........ Art decorations on the walls unearthed on Crete depict women going topless as a matter of course. The scientists studying the dig say it was a demonstration of their fertility.

Awwww, was it anywhere near the Mining Camp restaurant?  I spent a lot of time there in the 70's and never could find that mine, but the food was fantastic!