Weird News: Atlantis Re-Discovered in the Persian Gulf?

Weird fiction has long been fixated on lost cities and fallen civilizations. Whether they existed only in dreams or some forgotten cycle of human history, ghostly and mysterious relics have helped bolster the critical atmospheric component in many tales. In fact, weirdscribes are actually tapping into legendary archetypes that seem almost programmed into our minds--the product of being a species unable to pinpoint its origins.

H.P. Lovecraft was especially fond of weaving Atlantis and Lemuria into the Cthulhu Mythos cycle. Today, he would no doubt have been fascinated to learn about the many speculative sites for lost Atlantis, including this promising find in the Persian Gulf:

Lost Civilization May Have Existed Beneath the Persian Gulf

-Grim Blogger