[gatagato]

A mysterious, circular structure, with a diameter greater than the length of a Boeing 747 jet, has been discovered submerged about 30 feet (9 meters) underneath the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

Scientists first made the discovery by accident in 2003 using sonar to survey the bottom of the lake but published their findings only recently.

"We just bumped into it," recalls Shmuel Marco, a geophysicist from Tel Aviv University who worked on the project. "Usually the bottom of the lake is quite smooth. We were surprised to find a large mound. Initially we didn't realize the importance of this but we consulted with a couple of geologists, and they said it looked like an unusually large Bronze Age statue."

The structure is comprised of basalt rocks, arranged in the shape of a cone. It measures 230 feet (70 meters) at the base of the structure, is 32 feet (10 meters) tall, and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons. It is twice the size of the ancient stone circle at Stonehenge in England.

http://www.livescience.com/28535-mys...f-galilee.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/19/wo...cture-mystery/
http://www.businessinsider.com/myste...-israel-2013-4

[Pyramid_Head]

Hope we get better pictures.

[petedeamon]

Looks as if they had "One hell of a stoning" in that place...

[shoottokill]

shame the jews will claim it

[Sharon]

Amazing, wonder what on earth it could be??

[Vera Wang]

I'm guessing coastal erosion + rising sea levels + it's really fucking heavy.

[Faline]

Interesting

[kellyhound]

i luv mysteries like this

[DiamondSmiles]

Cool story!

[Iliketurtles]

Buy alot of sham-wows and sock up all the water and lets see this stone