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Sorry treasure seekers -- the lost city will remain lost, thanks to Google Earth map updates.

This week, an update to Google Ocean, the underwater extension of Google Earth, has removed the gridlike pattern that raised rumors that the lost underwater city of Atlantis had been found.(video:Cosmos TV)

Atlantis was first mentioned by Plato around 360 B.C. as a city that “in a single day and night of misfortune … disappeared into the depths of the sea.”(image:Wikipedia)

Back in 2009, Google Ocean spotted a large grid on the seafloor that looked like the streets of a well-organized small town. Slate reports, that kicked off speculation that Atlantis had been found.

“Enthusiasts hoped the vague underwater grid, nearly the size of Wales and about 620 miles west of the Canary Islands, could represent streets of the lost city.”


But Live Science explains -- it can’t be Atlantis.


“In fact, the grid was merely caused by overlapping datasets, according to NOAA. Besides that, the grid that looked like a little town actually covered an area of ocean more than 100 miles wide -- not exactly small-town proportions.”


Researchers spent the past three years identifying and correcting the mistakes related to the original archived data -- and have now released the updated images. The new, more accurate map has disappointed those who dreamed of exploring Atlantis. A Wired blogger says,


“I’m all in favor of accuracy and truth. But what about the dream? A tiny part of me died with this news because part of me wants to believe that Atlantis could exist. In the same way that Middle-earth could exist. Or Narnia.”


But a TG Daily writer doesn’t believe the advanced technology will end the story of Atlantis.


“Of course, only time will tell if Google's removal of the ‘Atlantis grid’ will put a stop to the rumors once and for all. Personally, I very much doubt it will.”