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Lost Atlantis: Continent with half a million inhabitants discovered submerged

Lost ‘Atlantis’ continent discovered after 70,000 years

In a remarkable discovery, researchers have uncovered a lost continent submerged beneath the vast ocean waters off the coast of Australia. This extraordinary landmass, believed to have once been home to up to half a million people, is nearly twice the size of the United Kingdom and has been affectionately dubbed 'Lost Atlantis.'

Taking into account sonar mapping and evidence of freshwater lakes, scientists from the Quaternary Science Reviews have concluded that this sunken world could have been habitable for human beings. However, it is estimated that this submerged land has been under the sea for an astonishing 70,000 years.

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