Sea Level 60 Meters Lower During Atlantean Times
Here’s another excerpt from that marvelous article on seven factors in the Atlantis quest. I quoted it previously in my April 28th and 30th posts.
In order to find the colonies of Atlantis, or even the capital city of the island empire itself, diving equipment will be required. Sea level was about sixty meters lower when Atlantis supposedly sank, so those colonies may be closer to the old, submerged coastline. And the capital city is likely under three kilometers of ocean water.
The sentence that really intrigues me is that “Sea level was about sixty meters lower when Atlantis supposedly sank . . .” Wow! Why was the sea level so much lower then than it is now?
Copyright (c) 2010 Carol Chapman
