Got some issues that came from reading this thread:
- Does there exist within Middle Earth in the Third Age (and beyond) the means to salvage artifacts from the ocean floor?
- Had anyone ever considered locating Ar-Pharazon's fleet and seeing what just may be down there? With the number of ships that sunk at that time, the probability of finding 'something' are greatly increased, and so if I had the means, that's were I would start.
- If, after the drowning of Númenor, Meneltarma still at times juts above the waves (the semi-mythical Isle of Meneltarma), wouldn't that mean that, sure, you could maybe catch a glimpse of the Blessed Realm, but even better would be the artifacts that one could recover just below. How high was this peak, meaning how far below the waters would one have to dive?
Or did Eru, in the Breaking, 'turn under' all of these treasures like so much garden soil?
