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Another candidate for Atlantis<\/strong><\/p>\n

A German archaeologist thinks that he has found the site of lost Atlantis<\/a>, the BBC reports.<\/p>\n

Satellite photos of a salt marsh region known as Marisma de Hinojos near the city of Cadiz show two rectangular structures in the mud and parts of concentric rings that may once have surrounded them.<\/p>\n

“Plato wrote of an island of five stades (925m) diameter that was surrounded by several circular structures–concentric rings–some consisting of Earth and the others of water. We have in the photos concentric rings just as Plato described,” Dr Kuehne told BBC News Online. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another candidate for Atlantis A German archaeologist thinks that he has found the site of lost Atlantis, the BBC reports. Satellite photos of a salt marsh region known as Marisma de Hinojos near the city of Cadiz show two rectangular structures in the mud and parts of concentric rings that may once have surrounded them. 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