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Default Tsunami uncovers ancient city... - 02-18-2005, 12:46 PM
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[quote:3f95d]MAHABALIPURAM, India - Archaeologists have begun underwater excavations of what is believed to be an ancient city and parts of a temple uncovered by the tsunami off the coast of a centuries-old pilgrimage town.

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Three rocky structures with elaborate carvings of animals have emerged near the coastal town of Mahabalipuram, which was battered by the Dec. 26 tsunami.

As the waves receded, the force of the water removed sand deposits that had covered the structures, which appear to belong to a port city built in the seventh century, said T. Satyamurthy, a senior archaeologist with the Archaeological Survey of India.

Mahabalipuram is already well known for its ancient, intricately carved shore temples that have been declared a World Heritage site and are visited each year by thousands of Hindu pilgrims and tourists. According to descriptions by early British travel writers, the area was also home to seven pagodas, six of which were submerged by the sea[/quote:3f95d]

[img]http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050218/050218_ancientcity_hmed_7a.hmedium.jpg[/img]Local visitors look at a lion head monument which was uncovered by the Dec. 26 tsunami near the Shore Temple at Mahabalipuram, 45 miles south of Madras, India.

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Default 02-18-2005, 12:49 PM
I'd move this to the history forum. Anyways, read a different article about it a week or so ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4257181.stm
  
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Default 02-18-2005, 01:12 PM
thats wild...
  
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Default 02-18-2005, 02:28 PM
Probably the ONLY good thing to come out of the Tsunami...
  
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Default 02-18-2005, 02:34 PM
that and the fact that these places will implement proper warning systems to prevent such a tragedy from occuring again... hopefully...
  
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Default 02-18-2005, 03:31 PM
Pretty neat.
  
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ATLANTIS!!!
  
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Pretty crazy. ed:
  
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Default 02-19-2005, 12:49 AM
lookws like a sand castle. oOo:
  
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Default 02-19-2005, 06:05 AM
good find, but i wonder how much of the city was destroyed and pulled away by the tsunami as well.
  
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lookws like a sand castle. oOo:
Thats just a lion statue u dolt.
  
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