When the History Channel looked for an expert to talk about some of the world’s biggest underwater mysteries, they found one in Milwaukee. At UW-Milwaukee, in fact.
Ashley Lemke, an associate professor of anthropology who is an expert in underwater archaeology, flew to New York City over the summer to appear on “Mysteries Unearthed,” a new show hosted by actor Danny Trejo that explores some of the world’s most significant discoveries and the unusual ways they were found.
The show’s debut episode, broadcast Dec. 6, featured Lemke’s work studying structures at the bottom of Lake Huron that were apparently constructed by humans some 10,000 years ago to help hunt caribou. Researchers think the structures funneled the animals into areas where hunters could more easily kill them.
Lemke, however, is asked about a few different discoveries on that episode – including mysterious structures off Yonaguni Island, the westernmost island of Japan, that some think could be part of the lost Kingdom of Mu, said to be wiped out by a natural disaster in the earthquake- and tsunami-prone area. Or, they might just be natural rock formations of sandstone, which can break off at right angles and appear to be manmade.
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By John Schumacher, Marketing & Communications