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PRESS RELEASE – Evidence of Ice Age Civilizations in the Americas

Advanced Planetary Explorations Institute Announces Discovery Of Possible Underwater Ruins In The Bahamas

Evidence of Ice Age Civilization in the Americas?

For Immediate Release

BUENA PARK, Calif./EWORLDWIRE/Feb 14, 2010 — The Advanced Planetary Explorations (APEX) Institute (http://apexinstitute.org) today announced the discovery of possible, submerged ruins in the waters near the Bimini Islands of the Bahamas.

William Donato, archeologist and president of APEX, a California based non-profit organization, has investigated this area over a 20-year period. He has directed several side-scan sonar surveys as part of an ongoing archeological investigation seeking evidence of ancient man in the Bahamas.

Donato’s 1998 investigation revealed the presence of structural anomalies on the ocean floor. These side-scan sonar results were verified in subsequent surveys in 1999 and 2006. The existence of these anomalies, that include a series of several dozen rectangles, have been visually confirmed by other researchers within the last two years.

“The side-scan images reveal possible megalithic structures whose depth would place them toward the end of the Pleistocene Era – approximately 10,000 B.C. – when this area was above the surface. These structures are covered in ocean sand, coral, and marine vegetation, and they are of uniform size and oriented to each other, indicating human origin,” said Donato. “We hope to excavate selected targets within the site to verify the existence of these ruins.”

Donato stated that APEX plans to continue further investigations with the National Museum of the Bahamas – the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC).

MEDIA: To interview William Donato or to request additional photos, call 714-527-3979.

CONTACT: William Donato APEX Institute 6599 Via Gancho Circle Buena Park, CA 90620 PHONE. 714-527-3979 EMAIL: williamdonato@apexinstitute.org http://apexinstitute.org

Vanda Osmon 648 Corte Loren San Marcos, CA 92069 PHONE. 1-800-569-5010, 1-760-944-9915 EMAIL: vanda-joy@sbcglobal.net http://apexinstitute.org

SOURCE: Advanced Planetary Explorations Institute (APEX)

AVAILABLE MEDIA: Photo: William Donato, archeologist at Bimni. (size: 37.0 k) Photo by Vanda Osmon

Interesting Comments from Dr. Greg Little

In the current online issue of Alternate Preceptions Magazine (Issue #144, January, 2010) Dr. Greg Little makes some very interesting comments about the widely reported claim by a “unknown group” regarding the discovery of a submerged city somewhere in the Caribbean. Little says:

“I have been asked by many people about the recent report regarding an ‘underwater city’ discovered by satellite imagery in the Caribbean. The report certainly generated a lot of publicity and comment. While I suspected that the imagery was an artifact of the imaging process and perhaps a hoax, I still contacted the author of the article who eventually phoned me. After a long discussion about the location and the process used to obtain the images I conclude that there may, in fact, be a lot more behind the announcement than I initially suspected. But a lot has to be done before anything else can be concluded about it. Due to the location and logistical obstacles involved with the site, my hunch is that it’ll be some time before any more details emerge. I have agreed to keep all details about it confidential, so I ask all those interested to not ask me for any more details.”

Dr. Little also talks about the GUE dive team that has been contracted by A.R.E. to explore some of the sites near Bimini. See the entire article at: http://www.mysterious-america.net/atlantisinsider1.html

Finally, the Race to Atlantis is on!

An article in today’s Miami Herald should be welcome news for all of you who have been waiting for something to happen with the ongoing Bimini research!

After a group of “unidentified archaeologists” leaked a story on December 16th that they had discovered Atlantis in an “undisclosed location” the Virginia-based A.R.E. group apparently decided it was time to call in some help before a group of unknowns steal their thunder. According to the Miami Herald, Gainesville-based Global Underwater Explorers has been hired by A.R.E. to “uncover evidence of the Lost Continent of Atlantis.” Now that’s what I call laying all your cards on the table! You can read the original Miami Herald article HERE

Archaeologists Claim They’ve Found the lost city of Atlantis

(MSNBC.com) “Undersea archaeologists claim they have found the ruins of an ancient city on the bottom of the Caribbean Sea, and these same researchers claim that it is the fabled and lost city of Atlantis. The satellite photos do show something that could be a city, and the researchers believe that what they’ve found would predate the pyramids of Egypt. Indeed they claim to be able to make out a pyramid and other city-like structures from the satellite photos.

The archaeologists have so far refused to divulge their identities or the location in the Caribbean. They say they are raising money for an expedition to confirm their findings.”

At least one of the photos shown in the video below look to me like a side-scan sonar image (much different than a satellite photo) and several researchers I’ve heard from suspect this is a hoax. One person also points out that the video’s commentator grossly misuses the phrase “20,000 leagues under the sea” since that would be more than 15 times the radius of the earth! However, this same commentator asks a question I’ve been asking here since the beginning of this blog: How can the “science” of archaeology claim to “know” the history of mankind when they’ve only explored a fraction of the planet? You be the judge:

Click here to view Article and Video

Zahi Hawass and the Great Egyptian Cover-Up

This blog does not – and never will – focus on Egyptian archaeology. However, I found the article listed below interesting for two reasons: (a) it’s a classic example of cover-up and corruption within the established academic community relating to the history of civilization and (b) it eludes to yet another culture dating back 10,000 years or more.

The lengthy and well-documented article suggests intrigue, corruption and scandal at the highest levels of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and it suggests that politics, not science, determines which Egyptian sites get examined, and who gets to examine them.

http://www.philipcoppens.com/hawass.html

 

History Channel to Feature Bimini Research in “Lost Atlantis” Episode

In recent correspondence to Paul Bader (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Halls-of-Atlantis/) Dr. Greg Little released some information about upcoming episodes of the History Channel’s “Mysteryquest” series that will featrure work done this year in Bimini. One episode, showing now, focuses on the numerous crashed airplanes the Little’s have discovered during their travels in the Bermuda Triangle and an October 9th episode will (finally) show closeup video of the “rectangles” we’ve heard so much about.

Here’s the text of Dr. Little’s post on the Yahoo Group:

On Wednesday Oct. 7 at 9 pm (Eastern time) on the History Channel the 4th show of the new series “Mysteryquest” will be on “Lost Atlantis.” The show will show side-scan sonar from the “rectangles” area in deep water off Bimini as well as closeup high definition video of some of the formations. They also did some Cayce reading recreations for the show, but we don’t know how this will come off or what it’ll say or show. This area was first found by Bill Donato and APEX in 2006, but had been previously seen in an earlier Donato project. We took the first photos of it in 2008 and the first film in 2009. But this should be of interest to anyone interested in Cayce.

The 2nd episode, which aired last Wed and has shown repeatedly since then showed underwater planes in that general area as we shot two episiodes while there. It was called the “Devils Triangle.” On December 9 at 1 pm on Nat Geo another show, which concerns the Bermuda Triangle, will be shown and another plane, about 5 miles off Bimini was investigated. We think it turned out to be one of the more important Bermuda Triangle disappearaces, but haven’t been told for certain.