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On December 12 2001 the Cuban newspaper, "Granma" reported that during the previous summer, ADC had filmed ruins of a possible 'Lost City' submerged off the coast of the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, on the western tip of Cuba in the Yucatan Channel. It quoted ocean engineer, Paulina Zelitsky, of ADC as cautioning that the nature of their discovery
"It's a marvelous structure which could possibly have been a great urban center ... However, it would be
an ADC crew member 'flying' the ROV from the controls on the 'Ulises' research vessel, with archæologist,
Below, Paulina Zelitsky of ADC looks at the video image of a 'pyramid-shaped structure' that the ROV had sent back to one of the dedicated computers on board the 'Ulises'. "Granma" reported that researchers have pointed out
"That footage confirms the presence of large blocks of granite in circular and perpendicular formations.
The computer screen below shows one of the original 'sidescan sonar' images from the July 2000 ADC expedition. " ... a huge land plateau with clear images of what appears to be manmade large-size architechural designs partly covered by sand. From above, the shapes resemble pyramids, roads and buildings."
One of the many 'sidescan sonar' images of part of the megalithic complex discovered by ADC. Using a growing array
"We believe that much of the significant archaeology of the future will be discovered in the little-explored world's oceans and will greatly expand our understanding of the enormous antiquity of human civilization."
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