Once again the lost city of Atlantis was making headlines as yet another research team communicated their belief they had found the fabled city. The latest breadcrumb on the trail to discovery was made possible by satellite imagery.
And I got to wondering... what is it about legends like lost Atlantis, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Bermuda Triangle that keeps people searching despite repeated failures to establish proof of existence?
The current worldwide climate of instant information and instant gratification would suggest that humans would quickly lose interest in anything that couldn't be substantiated in nano-seconds.
Perhaps these legends live on because instant gratification hasn't brought sustainable satisfaction. Perhaps, deep down, we understand we're still missing something.
So, while studying the computer generated image of how Atlantis would have appeared looking down from the heavens, I found it noteworthy that the outer boundaries of the city very much resembled the shape of a key.
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