Did Google Earth Find Atlantis? Well, No.

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By Eliza Strickland
Feb 23, 2009 7:43 PMJul 12, 2023 5:58 PM

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A man browsing through Google Ocean, the new program that allows for virtual exploration of the ocean's depths, briefly claimed to have found Atlantis, leading some to joke that a Google search really can find anything--even fabled cities that may never have existed. The man believed he had spotted the street grid of the ancient city that the philosopher Plato said sunk beneath the waves in 9000 BC.

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