Submerged ancient city found in the Pinar del Río region?

[Habanoschris]

Anyone familiar with this?

Two decades ago, a team of explorers were working on an exploration and survey mission off the western coast of Cuba when their sonar equipment picked up a perplexing series of stone structures lying some 650 meters (2132,55 ft) below the surface. The structures appeared completely analogous against the barren ‘desert’ of the ocean floor and seemed to show symmetrically organized stones reminiscent of an urban development

A Canadian company called Advanced Digital Communications (ADC), were looking for shipwrecks in conjunction with the Cuban government off the tip of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. ADC was 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. The team was using advanced sonar equipment to scan a 2 square kilometer (10.76 ft) area of the sea floor when they noticed a series of symmetrical and geometric stone structures resembling an urban complex.

[helix]

Incredible!

[JohnnyO]

Guanahacabibes are Mayan descendants. The Tainos assimilated them into their tribes as they were not hunters or warriors and lacked agricultural skills. They were basically just food gatherers. They were the 1st to go when the Spanish showed up. John

[ha_banos]

2 hours ago, JohnnyO said:

Guanahacabibes are Mayan descendants. The Tainos assimilated them into their tribes as they were not hunters or warriors and lacked agricultural skills. They were basically just food gatherers. They were the 1st to go when the Spanish showed up. John

Gotta love those Europeans.

[Rupe]

The lost city of Atlantis?

[JavierCorona]

52 minutes ago, Rupe said:

The lost city of Atlantis?

Or perhaps a neighboring city not far from Atlantis?

Either way, whatever this place is they found, really cool and interesting. Hopefully they will continue to explore and learn more.

[Chibearsv]

So 20 years ago a possible ancient city was found 2100 feet under the sea but it hasn’t warranted any further exploration?  🤔 

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[garbandz]

If you want to really see something truly incredible, tune in Netflix and watch  "Ancient Apocalypse."

Riveting and informative, you will have a new outlook on history, and  I bet you will want to watch it more than once.

The segment on the Amazon jungle is especially surprising, and the segment on Malta, so enjoy the show..........

 

[Habanoschris]

7 hours ago, Chibearsv said:

So 20 years ago a possible ancient city was found 2100 feet under the sea but it hasn’t warranted any further exploration?  🤔 

Yeah it's pretty speculative, and the images were recreated based on sonar scans.

The most I've found that was a bit more concrete: In July 2001, they returned to the site with geologist Manuel Iturralde, senior researcher of Cuba's Natural History Museum, this time equipped with a Remotely Operated Vehicle to examine and film the structures. The images revealed large blocks of stone resembling hewn granite, measuring about 8 feet (2.43 m) by 10 feet (3.04 m). Some blocks appeared deliberately stacked atop one another, others appeared isolated from the rest. Zalitzki said that the images appeared to reflect the ruins of a submerged city but was reluctant to draw any conclusions without further evidence.