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Old 04-10-2009, 01:36 PM   #6
Luminari
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Default Re: Kazakhstan: Government to build UFO base and alien embassy

Ive been checking out Almaty where the alien embassy will be on google earth.

Fascinating area.

The first thing you notice when flying towards the earth is an enormous lake in close proximity to Almaty that is shaped like a classic UFO.



It is the ninth largest lake in the world by volume and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea. Although it is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes; hence its name, which means "warm lake" in the Kyrgyz language.

Lake Issyk Kul has a length of 182 km, a width of up to 60 km, and covers an area of 6,336 kmē. This makes it the second largest mountain lake in the world behind Lake Titicaca in South America. Located at an altitude of 1,608 m, it reaches 668 m in depth.[2].

The bottom of the lake contains the mineral monohydrocalcite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monohydrocalcite): one of the few known lacustrine deposits.

The lake's southern shore is dominated by the ruggedly beautiful Tian Shan mountain range.

Administratively, the lake and the adjacent land are within Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan.



Lake Issyk Kul was a stopover on the Silk Road, a land route for travelers from the Far East to Europe. Many historians believe that the lake was the point of origin for the Black Death that plagued Europe and Asia during the early and mid-14th century. The lake's status as a byway for travelers allowed the plague to spread across these continents via medieval merchants who unknowingly carried infested vermin along with them.

The lake level was some 8 meters lower in medieval times. Divers have found the remains of drowned settlements in shallow areas around the lake. In December 2007, a report was released by a team of Kyrgyz historians, led by Vladimir Ploskikh, vice president of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences, that archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 2500-year-old advanced civilization at the bottom of the Lake. The data and artifacts obtained suggest that the ancient city was a metropolis in its time. The discovery consisted of formidable walls, some stretching for 500 meters as well as traces of a large city with an area of several square kilometers. Other findings included Scythian burial mounds eroded over the centuries by waves, as well as numerous well-preserved artifacts, including bronze battleaxes, arrowheads, self-sharpening daggers, objects discarded by smiths, casting molds, and a faceted gold bar that was a monetary unit of the time.

Articles identified as the world's oldest extant coins were also found underwater with gold wire rings used as small change and a large hexahedral goldpiece. Also found was a bronze cauldron with a level of craftsmanship that is today achieved by using an inert gas environment.

some related links:
http://www.advantour.com/kyrgyzstan/issyk-kul.htm
http://anthropogene.blogspot.com/200...nder-lake.html
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1517/
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/boa...topic=39154.25
http://sci.tech-archive.net/Archive/.../msg00015.html
http://www.fantasticasia.net/?p=136

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