and legendary Atlantis itself vanished benead the waves. There is a huge amount of unrecorded human history benead the oceans surface that we don't know very much about at all. Imagine if we could empty the oceans letting the water drain away. To reveal the secrets of the sea floor. Now we can using the latest underwater technology. Piercing the deep oceans and turning accurate data into 3D images. Is this a huge underwater temple carved by a misteryous lost civilizations? I throught for a moment the Machu Picchu ruins were on the seabed. Why are these perfectly circular stones lying at the bottom of a bay in the Aegean sea? There are shapes on the seabed that just don’t make sense. Are these just rocks or the remains of an ancient city? Parts of this are just beginning to be revealed for the first time. WOW And is the real site of Atlantis finally about to be revealed? People want to believe in places like Atlantis. They want to believe in other worlds. (waves crashing) Stories of sunken cities have fascinated for millennia. The most tantalizing of all: Atlantis First described by ancient philosopher, Plato a dazzling civilization. Destroyed by the gods as punishment for human pride. People connected to that story, and it’s because of this idea of an ancient civilization, a utopia that we’ve envolved from. 2000 years later the idea of Atlantis. Continues to fascinate A-list archaeologists. And the producers of B-list movies. Atlantis is the story of these who like today. Would use the marvels of science to conquer and enslave. Atlantis a world that worships strange gods of science of science a science gone berserk. Plato would have loved this okay? – He would have had a great time. He would have said, ‘At last you know, people are listening to me’. People are taking my story seriously. And he would have enjoyed immensely. Using science not science fiction draining the oceans exposes new evidence about Atlantis. And other stories of great sunken cities around the world, as the waters recede from around the remote Japanese island of Yonaguni, a mysterious formation begins to appear. Could it be the creation of an advanced, ancient people? Yonaguni lies in the East China Sea. The waters here are perilous. Schools of hammerhead sharks patrol, amid powerful currents. Typhoons frequently batter the island. For divers, it’s the ultimate challenge. Kihachiro Aratake is one of the pioneers of diving here. The water was crystal clear. I felt as through I was looking down from the seabed from the sky. Searching for a new dive site, he makes a startling discovery. I saw a steps- like formation, like terraced fields. I thought for a moment it was similar Machu Picchu ruins. So, I maned the spot the submarine ruins. It’s an extraordinary spectacle, the size of five football fields. Smooth-sided walls rise up to the summit the height of an eight-story building. Flights of stone steps climb up from the base. And on every side, the shapes and forms are strikingly regular. It can’t be formed naturally without human involvement. It couldn’t be like that. So what could it be? It impossible to investigate the structure fully by diving. The only way is to conduct a survey using the latest scanning technology. Hironobu: Although the shallow waters around Yonaguni island close to human habitation, we don’t know much about them. Using sonar scans, Hironobu Kan records a complete digital map of the sea floor. Using this data it’s possible, for the very first time, to drain away the waters and reveal what lies beneath in exact detail. The summit of the mysterious structure begins to appear (waves crashing) Waters pours off its smooth terraced layers, exposing them once again to the sky. And with the monument left high and dry, its true scale becomes clear. Vast imposing and spectacular. The incredible discovery attracts worldwide attention. Divers journalist and TV crews flock to Yanaguni, all sking what could this mysterious structure be? And scientists come here too. Among them is Professor Masaaki Kimura one of Japan’s top marine geologists. Kimura: When I dived underwater to explore it I felt right away that it must be a man-made structure Hi Marcia, the video about Atlantis, is interesting because we can see there are remains similar to Machu Picchu ruins. The people had a formed the idea the lost city.
