How the drowned 'lost city of Cuba' became one of archaeology's great mysteries

[Judi Lynn]

Science & Tech
Lost City
Harriet Brewis
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Nestled some 650 metres (2,000 feet) beneath the waves surrounding Cuba lies one of archaeology’s great unsolved mysteries.

In 2000, researchers from the Canadian company Advanced Digital Communications (ADC) were surveying the waters off the tip of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, when their sonar equipment picked up a strange series of structures down on the ocean floor.

The images generated by the scanning equipment showed smooth symmetrically organised stones reminiscent of an urban development, BBC Newsreported at the time.

In July 2001, the ADC team – led by marine engineer Pauline Zelitsky and her husband Paul Weinzweig – returned to the site, this time with an explorative robot device capable of conducting advanced underwater filming.

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https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/lost-city-of-cuba-underwater-2667795690

[Judi Lynn]

1. Sunken Pyramids Discovered Off Coast Of Cuba Might Be Lost City Of Atlantis, Archaeologists Say

By VI Free Press
Post date January 3, 2021

HAVANA — The remains of what may be a 6000-year-old city immersed in deep waters off the west coast of Cuba was discovered by a team of Canadian and Cuban researchers.

Offshore engineer Paulina Zelitsky and her husband, Paul Weinzweig and her son Ernesto Tapanes used sophisticated sonar and video videotape devices to find “some kind of megaliths you ‘d find on Stonehenge or Easter Island,” Weinzweig said.

“Some structures within the complex may be as long as 400 meters wide and as high as 40 meters,” he said. “Some are sitting on top of each other. They show very distinct shapes and symmetrical designs of a non-natural kind. We’ve shown them to scientists in Cuba, the U.S., and elsewhere, and nobody has suggested they are natural.”

The sonar images, he added, bear a remarkable resemblance to the pyramidal design of Mayan and Aztec temples in Mexico.



Sunken Pyramids Discovered Off Coast Of Cuba Might Be Lost City Of Atlantis, Archaeologists Say
Map showing the location of the supposed ancient city discovered by Paul Weinzweig and Pauline Zalitzki

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https://vifreepress.com/2021/01/sunken-pyramids-discovered-off-coast-of-cuba-might-be-lost-city-of-atlantis-archaeologists-say/

[Judi Lynn]

2. Here's the BBC News link mentioned in the original post above: 'Lost city' found beneath Cuban waters

Friday, 7 December, 2001, 10:01 GMT


A team of explorers working off the western coast of Cuba say they have discovered what they think are the ruins of a submerged city built thousands of years ago.

Researchers from a Canadian company used sophisticated sonar equipment to find and film stone structures more than 2,000 feet (650 metres) below the sea's surface.

They say they still do not understand the exact nature of their discovery, and plan to start a thorough analysis of the site - off the tip of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula - in January.

Advanced Digital Communications is one of four firms working in a joint venture with President Fidel Castro's government to explore Cuban waters, which hold hundreds of treasure-laden ships from the Spanish colonial era.

Robot scanner

The explorers first spotted the underwater city last year, when scanning equipment started to produce images of symmetrically organized stone structures reminiscent of an urban development.

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1697038.stm