Isn't that where they had those Olympics that got bombed?

Did it just get warmer?

I find it odd they don't mention who the research team is and why they're making this hypothesis.

There was a woman in charge.

This is getting stupid. Archaeologists are looking in places for Atlantis that are convenient for them but that have nothing to do with Plato's dialogues. Some decades ago, a geologist was asked to pinpoint the most likely place Atlantis might've been based on Plato's description. Well, he found a place beyond the Pillars of Hercules (Straits of Gibraltar) where there was a sizable landmass that subsided into the ocean. The response from archaeologists was to give it a big whoops and then continue looking wherever the light was good.

Their nuclear reactors didn't have outside containment shells?

Shostie: They were losing the war with the Wraith.

Duh.

Sure, it's all Charlie Sheen's fault.

Is this a repeat from... every science website once per week?

LordOfThePings: Did it just get warmer?

Came here to say something about the Delta hub, but this pretty much covers it.

Better watch out for the Splugorth.

So Atlantis was Tartessus? Actually, there's nothing new about this theory.

It turns out magic is a finite resource, and the Atlanteans used all the local magic up. Once the tectonic stabilisation spells failed for lack of power, it was all over.

/Warlock disk

Cerebral Knievel: But I swear.. people who praddle on about atlantis I find even more annoying then those that praddle on about the bible.

Here's something about Atlantis that you will want to hear: Plato heard the story from the Egyptians. He pretty much got it right except for one thing: He didn't understand Egyptian math very well. He fudged a decimal point and he turns a molehill into a mountain.
So the reason they will never find Atlantis is because they're looking for something too big.

Someone better tell this guy about it

Next up, aliens fly the Philadelphia experiment boat down into Kentucky and unload chupacabres and Mothman.

I didn't know it was missing. My maps have always shown it to be more or less in the northwestern part of Georgia.

Damn wraithists. I always thought it was because the ancients were pissed about the high cost of zero-point modules and decided to put their electron-guzzlers "in the garage" til prices cooled down a little.

Coelacanth: Cerebral Knievel: But I swear.. people who praddle on about atlantis I find even more annoying then those that praddle on about the bible.

Here's something about Atlantis that you will want to hear: Plato heard the story from the Egyptians. He pretty much got it right except for one thing: He didn't understand Egyptian math very well. He fudged a decimal point and he turns a molehill into a mountain.
So the reason they will never find Atlantis is because they're looking for something too big.

No. The medallion had an engraving on the back side as well.

I'm glad that Edgar Cayce isn't alive to read this.

labman: Shostie: They were losing the war with the Wraith.

Duh.

This. Which didn't really make sense since humans could beat the snot out of the wraith using ancient technology.

SPOILER: Actually at the end of sg1 they get all the Asgard tech and the beam weapons which they cram into their ships and make a few different alliances with the wanderers and the Pegasus replicators and renegade wraith and, oh hell just go watch it all, its all available on netflix.

"This is the power of tsunamis," the most opportunistic and media-savvy researcher on earth Richard Freund told Reuters.

Cerebral Knievel: Atlantis is a made up story about a hypothetical ideal enlightened society. it doesn't exist, it never existed, even the original auther of the story said so. ( plato or whoever, not sure at this hour and don't want to get called out )


I think the general idea is that Atlantis is a fictionalized version of an actual island civilization (I want to say the Minoans, but I can't be sure) that was indeed wiped out by a major natural disaster. Such a powerful empire would leave a lot more traces then the writings of a single Greek. While it's possible Plato wrote the only surviving detailed account, there should at least be odd references to the kingdom in other works if it was an actual place.

...really? scientists are stupid.

bmfderek: Coelacanth: Cerebral Knievel: But I swear.. people who praddle on about atlantis I find even more annoying then those that praddle on about the bible.

Here's something about Atlantis that you will want to hear: Plato heard the story from the Egyptians. He pretty much got it right except for one thing: He didn't understand Egyptian math very well. He fudged a decimal point and he turns a molehill into a mountain.
So the reason they will never find Atlantis is because they're looking for something too big.

No. The medallion had an engraving on the back side as well.

They're digging in the wrong place!

labman: This. Which didn't really make sense since humans could beat the snot out of the wraith using ancient technology.

War of attrition.

The Ancients also could beat the snot out of the wraith using ancient technology. But there was a shiatload of wraith.

For the SG team, most of the wraith were sleeping, so they did not have to deal with a practically endless supply of wraith.

/kinda like the Asgard fighting the replicators. The replicators, just kept replicating.

/zerg rush, ke ke ke

If the first place some huge discovery is being unveiled is TV, it's almost definitely crap.

labman: Shostie: They were losing the war with the Wraith.

Duh.

This. Which didn't really make sense since humans could beat the snot out of the wraith using ancient technology.

it was a problem with swarming numbers. reg humans facing wraith with ancient tech did wipe them, but because they weren't fighting all the wraith all at once.

Amishrabbit: Damn wraithists. I always thought it was because the ancients were pissed about the high cost of zero-point modules and decided to put their electron-guzzlers "in the garage" til prices cooled down a little.

i lol'd

The area makes sense. It has a large river that feeds into the ocean. It would make a good port city that could support a large number of people.

Sp0tted: Someone better tell this guy about it

Nothing creepier than your nine year old son coming at you with a vacant, deliberately unfocused gaze and claw-hand outstretched, chanting "KALIMA! KALIMA!...."

Cerebral Knievel: Atlantis is a made up story about a hypothetical ideal enlightened society. it doesn't exist, it never existed, even the original auther of the story said so. ( plato or whoever, not sure at this hour and don't want to get called out )

But I swear.. people who praddle on about atlantis I find even more annoying then those that praddle on about the bible.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prattle

People who can't be bothered to use spellcheck, or grammar, annoy me more.

/than, not then

knoxvelour: bmfderek: Coelacanth: Cerebral Knievel: But I swear.. people who praddle on about atlantis I find even more annoying then those that praddle on about the bible.

Here's something about Atlantis that you will want to hear: Plato heard the story from the Egyptians. He pretty much got it right except for one thing: He didn't understand Egyptian math very well. He fudged a decimal point and he turns a molehill into a mountain.
So the reason they will never find Atlantis is because they're looking for something too big.

No. The medallion had an engraving on the back side as well.

They're digging in the wrong place!

It's made of PEOPLE!


/I think we can stop now

kroonermanblack: Cerebral Knievel: Atlantis is a made up story about a hypothetical ideal enlightened society. it doesn't exist, it never existed, even the original auther of the story said so. ( plato or whoever, not sure at this hour and don't want to get called out )

But I swear.. people who praddle on about atlantis I find even more annoying then those that praddle on about the bible.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prattle

People who can't be bothered to use spellcheck, or grammar, annoy me more.

/than, not then


Grammer is umportent.

huntley: Shostie: They were losing the war with the Wraith.

Duh.

Sure, it's all Charlie Sheen's fault.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that movie when after reading that post.

Already booked:

It's a replicator city you fools!

labman: Shostie: They were losing the war with the Wraith.

Duh.

This. Which didn't really make sense since humans could beat the snot out of the wraith using ancient technology.

By the time the Wraith started descending upon the Alteran civilization, many of the Alterans had ascended, so dealing with the Wraith was no longer a priority for the ascended. Additionally, the Wraith were winning via quantity over quality. Their ships were crap compared to the Alteran city-ships, but there were a bunch of them, the same goes for ground troops and fighters. The Alterans were not much for fighting one on one either, many of their weapons revolve around a automated defense system or a single point of control, i.e. the control chair. All the technology in the world won't matter if you don't have the man power to use it and the willpower to see the see it through.

The Ori on the other hand would have the tenacity to wage a holy war on the Wraith given the chance and they would probably win. They are willing to sacrifice billions of lives toward their cause, something the Alterans were not seemingly willing to do.

The fact that most of the Wraith were asleep when the SG-Atlantis team showed up has already been highlighted.

A surprising twist is that the Alterans were not entirely unwilling to engage in genocide against the Wraith, they programmed their own replicators to that exact task. This demonstrates, imo, that the Alterans were willing to wage a war on the Wraith, but that they simply didn't have the man power, so they manufactured the manpower, but the plans never were completed.

monsatano:
...really? scientists are stupid.

I am not sure scientist really applies in this position or even Archaeologist or any other term. Attention whore is a better term. It similar to how every single artifact out of the Holy land is automatically a relic of Jesus including the shady stuff you bought off a no good antique dealer.

I really wish they stop doing this b.s. which is either for funding purposes or they really need to be laughed out of the field. There are plenty of different settlements that are under water (heck half of Alexandria is under water and results in really nice finds and research being done) and this requires serious investigation, not this typical junk sensationalism.

Cerebral Knievel: Atlantis is a made up story about a hypothetical ideal enlightened society. it doesn't exist, it never existed, even the original auther author of the story said so. ( plato or whoever, not sure at this hour and don't want to get called out )

But I swear.. people who praddle prattle on about atlantis I find even more annoying then than those that who praddle prattle on about the bible.

Was going to let it go (I need to stop being such a grammar / spelling Nazi) but the name . . . if you're gonna talk the talk . . .

/just lettin' the punctuation slide

Cyno01: labman: Shostie: They were losing the war with the Wraith.

Duh.

This. Which didn't really make sense since humans could beat the snot out of the wraith using ancient technology.

They were only fighting a few of the wraith, most of them were in hibernation IIRC, they were innumerable when the ancients were fighting them. But i stopped watching after like S3...

They also ended up not fighting all the wraiths at once due to waking them up early before the food supply (people) could reach a level that would sustain the entire wraith population. That made for lots of wraith infighting, which the Alterans likely didn't encounter.