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Atlantis, real or idea,

legend, myth and mystery

or hidden and missing history.

For every 2,000 years mankind

has grappled with the
question,

"What was Atlantis?"

From great sea power of
ancient times

to idealistic Utopia,

from pawn of Nazi propaganda

to home of ancient aliens,

the full way to view an
imagination

has been brought to bear

on the mystery that is
Atlantis.

Who do we believe?

What is the evidence?

Where did it all begin?

Where and when will it
end?

It's time to break apart the
myth

and reveal the hard evidence

and discover Atlantis.

What does the word itself
mean,

and where did it originate?

Two small dialogues, called
Timaeus and Critias

written by the Greek
philosopher, Plato

in around 360 BC first
mentioned Atlantis.

It is named after the Greek
Titan god, Atlas

who holds of the world on his
shoulders.

Atlantis is the island of
Atlas.

The following is Plato's
account

when speaking to the
Athenians.

For these histories tell of
a mighty power

which unprovoked, made an
expedition

against the whole of Europe
and Asia

and to which your city put
an end.

This power came forth after
the Atlantic ocean

for in those days, the
Atlantic was navigable

and there was an island
situated

in front of the straits,

which all by you called the
Pillars of the Heracles.

The island was larger than
Libya and Asia put together.

Almost the weight of all the
islands.

From this, you might pass to
the hole

of the opposite continent,

which surrounded the true
ocean.

For this sea,

which is within the straits
of Heracles

is only a harbor, having a
narrow entrace,

but that harbor is a real
sea

and the surrounding land
maybe most truly cold

abound this continent.

Now, in this island of
Atlantis

there was a great and
powerful empire,

which had ruled over the
whole island

and several others and other
parts of the continent

and furthermore the men of
Atlantis had subjected

the parts of Libya within
their columns of Heracles

as far as Egypt

and of Europe as far as
Tyrrhenia.

This vast power gathered
into war

endeavored to subdue to
blow our country and jewels

and the whole of the region
within the straits

and then so on, your country
shone forth,

and in the excellence of
their virtue and strength

among all mankind,

she was pre-imminent in
courage and military skill,

and was the leader
of the [inaudible],

and when the rest fell off
from her,

being compelled to stand
alone

after having under gone the
very extremitive danger

she defeated and triumph over
the invaders

and preserve from slavery

those who were not yet
subjegated

and generously liberated
all the rest of us

who dwelled within the
pillars.

But afterwards,

there occurred violent
earthquakes and floods

and in a single day and night
of misfortune

all your war like men and
their bodies

sunk into the earth

and the island of Atlantis
in like manner

disappeared into the depths
of the sea,

for which reason the sea
in those parts

is impossible and
inpenetrable

because there is a shoal of
mud in the way

and this was caused by the
subtances of the island.

According to Plato,

Atlantis was a great land
and sea power

situated in front of the
pillars of Heracles.

This great power had existed
9,000 years before Plato.

That's about 11,000 years
ago.

'Cause it conquered much of
Europe and Africa,

however, when they intend to
do invade Athens,

the island sunk into the
ocean

in a single day and night
of misfortune.

From the moment Plato put
pen to paper,

Atlantis became a mystery of
debate on all levels.

From the idea to actually it
existed

to the concept of it being
a Utopian dream.

In the middle ages,

and later periods,

humanists and Renaissance
writers

turned Atlantis into the
allegorical heaven on Earth.

By the 19th century,

it was turning back to a
very real possibility,

that it had existed and
indeed still may.

One thing is sure,

the idea of Atlantis has
inspired

the imagination of countless
individuals

throughout the centuries

and still does.

To academics, the tale is
one of many myths,

woven into Plato's works

for purely stylistic
reasons.

He was conceptualizing the
ideal state,

just as he did so in the
Republic.

He introduces Atlantis by an
older story

to give accredance.

In Critias, Plato tells the
tale

of Solemn visiting in Egypt.

Their he met a priest
called Cez,

who relate the story of a war
between

the ancient Athens and
Atlantis.

Some say that real events
may have influenced Plato,

such as the eruption of
Santorini,

the invasion of the sea
peoples

and even the Trojan war.

Most however, insisted
Plato

created the story with Mayna
inspiration

such as the failed Athenian
invasion of Sicily.

Plato introduced the Atlantis
first in Timaeus,

for it is related in our
records,

how once upon a time your
State

stayed the course of a
mighty host,

which starting from a distant
point in the Atlantic ocean

was insolently advancing to
attack

the whole of Europe and
Asia to boot.

For the ocean there was at
that time navigable.

For infront of the mouth
which you Greeks call

as you say, 'The Pillars of
Heracles',

there lay an island which
is larger

than Libya and Asia put
together.

It was possible for the
travellers of that time

to cross from it to the
other islands

and from the islands to the
whole of the continent

over against them,

which encompasses that
veritable ocean.

For all that we have here

lying within the mouth of
which we speak,

is evidently a haven having
a narrow entrance,

but that yonder is a real
ocean

under the land surrounding it

may most rightly be called
in the fullest

and truest sense a continent.

Now, in this island of
Atlantis,

there existed a confederation
of kings,

of great and marvelous power

which held sway over all
the island

and over many other islands
also

and parts of the continent.

Timaeus begins with the
creation and structure

of the universe as seen by
Plato.

He discusses ancient
civilizations

and muses about the ideal
society.

He asked whether his friends
might know any such place.

Critias answers that he
knows

of a supposedly historical
place

and events that surround it.

In this record, Athens was a
perfect State,

with Atlantis in opposition.

It's being the opposite of
perfect.

Critias states that the
gods

divided the land amongst
themselves and to Poisedon.

The god of the sea was given
Atlantis.

Larger than Libya and Asia
Minor combined,

it wasn't this tale to be
soaked by an earthquake

turning into an impassable
muddy shoal.

The Egyptians, he said,

described Atlantis as having
mountains in the north,

being hundreds of miles
across

made of numerous islands,

with the center island being
around

half a mile in diameter.

It is probably important to
understand the layout

and description of the island
of Atlantis

because one thing is certain

Plato would never include
such details on the wind.

Like many other myths,

the details could point to
a real location

such as in the case of Troy

or refer to something like
sacred geometry.

Looking at the other parts
of the tale

may reveal a clue.

Poisedon had five pairs of
male twins.

The eldest was Atlas.

And he was the king of the
whole island and ocean,

now called the Atlantic.

His twin Gadeirus was given
a part of the island
near the Pillars of Heracles.

Poisedon carved the mountain
where his love resided

into a palace.

He created three moats of
increasing width.

His people, the Atlanteans

then built a series of
bridges

from the mountain city for
access.

The huge canal was dugged
out to the sea

and tunnels into the rings
of land for ships to pass.

Docks were carved directly
into the massive rocks.

Each entrance have gates
and towers

and walls surrounded each
ring

made from red, white and
black rocks.

These were covered in brass,
tin and orichalcum.

Each of these stones have
symbolic meaning.

Red for instance was a symbol
of growth and decay.

Orichalcum is an old known
metal used for armor.

There is an earlier account
of Atlantis

written by Hellenicus of
Lesbos,

there is very little in the
fragment that exists

and this deals mainly with
genealogy.

There is however a link
between

a place called Syracuse

where Plato onced lived

in his account of Atlantis.

It has been shown to have a
number of parallels

and physical layout and
fortification.

Crantor, who studied on the
one of Plato's students

and therefore from very
close to Plato's in time

actually stated, he believed
Atlantis to be real.

He wrote a commentary on
Timaeus, which is now lost.

However, there is original
report on it

from the fifth century.

This is what was written,

"Crantor also says that
Plato's contemperaries

used to criticize him
jokingly

from not being the inventor
of his Republic,

but copying the institutions
of the Egyptians.

Plato took these critiques
seriously enough

to assign to the Egyptians
the story about

the Athenians and Atlanteans.

So as to make them say that
the Athenians

really once lived according
to that system.

Crantor adds that this is
testified

by the prophets of the
Egyptians,

who observed that these
particulars

are written on pillars which
are still preserved.

The writer Proclus also
said,

"We must bear in mind
concerning this whole fate

of the Athenians,

that it is neither be a myth
nor unadorned history.

Although some take it as
history and others as myth

that's an island of such
nature and size

once existed is evident from
what is said

by certain authors, who
investigated the things

around the outer sea.

For according to them,

there were seven islands in
that sea in their time,

sacred to Persephone

and also three others of
enourmous size

one of which was sacred to
Hades,

another to Ammon and another
one betwee them to Poisedon.

The extent of which was
a thousand stadia,

and inhabitants of which,
they add

preserved the remembrance
from their ancestors

of the immeasurably large
island of Atlantis,

which had really existed
there

and for which many ages had
reigned

over all islands in the
Atlantic sea

and which itself had likewise
been sacred to Poisedon.

Proclus was not alone in
believing Atlantis to be real.

So too that the historians
and philosophers

Strabo and Posidonius.

A few decades after Plato,

another writer by the name
of Theopompus

spoken a land called Meropis.

Here a race of man grew twice
the size of normal man,

an inhabitant two cities
known

as Eusebes and Machimos

the Pious town and the
Fighting town.

Most scholars believe that
Theopompus

was in fact immitating or
copying Plato

and those much of the detail
has merged

with the mythology of
Atlantis.

The next actual written work
about Atlantis

comes from the historian
Philo

in the first century AD.

He claims that the successor
of Aristotle,

a man named Theophrastus
said,

"And the island of Atlantis,

which was greater than Africa
and Asia

as Plato say as in the
Timaeus

in one day and night was
overwhelmed beneath the sea,

in consequence of an
extraordinary earthquake

and inundation and suddenly
disappeared, becoming sea,

not indeed navigable but full
of gulfs and eddies."

The Christian writer
Tertullian said that,

"Atlantis was real,

and that was of equal size
to Libya and Asia."

showing that he was familiar
with Plato's description.

Another Christian, Arnobius
said,

"The destruction of Atlantis

was due to their pagan ways."

Cosmas in the sixth century
wrote,

"There is to westward an
island--Atlantis,

lying out in the ocean,

in the direction of Cadiz,

of an enourmous magnitude

and relates that the ten
kings

having procured mercenaries

from the nations in this
island

came from the earth far away

and conquered Europe and
Asia,

but were afterwards
conquered by the Athenians.

Well, that island itself

was submerged by god under
the sea."

Both Plato and Aristotle
praised this philosopher

and Proclus who has written
a commentary on him.

He himself expresses views
similar to our own,

with some modifications,

transferring the scene of
the events

from the east to the west.

Moreover, he mentions those
ten generations

as well as that earth

which lies beyond the ocean.

And in a word, this is
evident

that all of them borrow from
Moses

and published his statements
as their own.

This is interesting that
Atlantis was being compared

with the Great Flood from
the Bible.

A sudden destruction of
populations

way back in antiquity

and only remembered now as
legend.

Scientific evidence does
show floods around the globe

with various times

and some have compared the
tsumanis

caused by the eruption of
Santorini

to the biblical flood.

In truth, it's maybe that
other cultures

just wrote of this massive
destruction

of an entire civilization

with different names and
perspectives.

A Hebrew text from the 14th
century

discussing calculations from
longitude states,

"Some say that they begin at
at the beginning

of the western ocean and
beyond."

For in the earliest times,

there was an island in the
middle of the ocean.

There was schoolars there

who isolated themselves in
the pursuit of philosopy.

In their day, that was the
beginning for measuring

the longitude of the
inhabited world.

Today, it has become covered
by sea.

From the 16th century onwards,

speculations surrounding
Atlantis spread

and was new Europeans
discoveries,

and the Americas is
elsewhere

there was good reason to
suggest

there might just be traces

of those great island
somewhere.

It was in this era of
speculation

that Sir Thomas More first
uttered the name 'Utopia'.

It was a work inspired
directly

by the tales of Atlantis

and accounts from travellers
to far off lands.

This Utopia was situated in
the new world

and indeed inspired many
people to venture

across the Atlantic
themselves.

Plato's description for
massive continent,

married the size and scope
with the new world

of the Americas.

So Francis Beacon continued
this theme

in his work, The New
Atlantis,

where his idealistic paradise

was situated of the western
coast of America.

It was becoming popular
belief

that Atlantis had indeed
being based

upon stories of the Mayans
and Aztecs civilizations.

It was an era of Grand
Christianity,

an evidence from many of the
old testament tales

was being sort out.

Europeans, so most indegenous
people as inferior

and comforted themselves
with the notions

that white man had built the
massive structures

that were being found.

A common history between the
tribe of Israel and Europeans,

so those people who've most
have built

these pyramids and palaces.

This was all being brought
into line

with the concepts of Atlantis

and gave them a satisfying
explanation.

By the mid 19th century,

Meso-American schoolars were
proposing officially

that Atlantis most relate to
the Mayan in Aztec cultures.

It was stated that, "A tall
test

with the surviving remnants
of the Atlanteans

and the Aztecs decended from
this.

So each ideas along with
romantic drawings

postered the popular
imagination

and soon a mixture of
Egyptian,

Greek, man and Aztec
imagery

was being created for a
fantasy world

around the legend of
Atlantis.

This is difficult today to
understand the credence

that was given to support
those.

We have modern Science,

geological surveys,

archeological digs,

post Rosetta Stone
translations

of major historical texts
are brought

and yet fail a detail to
count of much of history.

Back in the 19th and early
20th century,

schoolars were still
developing

the Science of historical
research

and this included using a
lot of imagination

to fill in the gaps.

One man, who successfully
used his imagination

and strong will power to
unlock an age old mystery,

was Heinrich Schliemann.

Ever since Homer had written
down the story of Troy,

mankind had wondered how much
of it was true?

When Schliemann discovered
Troy,

the modern day Turkey

which was beleive to have
been legend

the fire once again ignited
for Atlantis.

Schoolars claimed to have
discovered

the connection between the
Greek and Mayan languages

and suddenly the gain was
opened for all to play.

The writer Ignasius Donnelly
try to prove

that all known civilizations

were descended from Atlantis.

He drew parallels between

the creation stories of
various cultures

and stated that the true
Garden of Eden

was really in Atlantis.

It was Donelly who inspired

a 19th century Atlantis
revival

and began a march towards new
age concepts of the ancients.

The world was about to be
given

a whole new interpretation
of the Atlantis myth

and an array of fanciful

and bizarre concepts emerged
into the popular psyching.

The Theosophical Society
would take it

to mold it and repackaged it

in the Secret Doctrine by
Madame Blavatsky.

The book she claimed,

had been originally dictated

in Atlantis itself.

In the book, Blavatsky

completely ignored Plato's
statement

that Atlantis was the
opposite of pure and good,

instead she described them
as cultural heros.

They were part of what she
called a Root Race,

succeeded by her own Aryan
Race.

The Theosophists claimed that
Atlantis reached its peak

of civilization around one
million years ago,

but it finally destroyed
itself through the dangerous

use of psychic and
supernatural powers.

There is absolutely no
evidence

for any of the claims

other than their own self
propessed psychic abilities

to communicate with the
Atlanteans.

The merging of myths and the
retelling

of the Atlantis legend

would eventually provide
the Nazis

with one of the pretenses for
their Aryan philosophy

which result in mass genocide.

In 1934, Julius Evola claimed

to that the Atlanteans were
Nordic superman,

who had originally come from
the North Pole

and others follow suit.

Then there comes Edgar Cayce,

he was a Kentucky, who
claimed to have a psychic

powers and the ability to
foretell the future

and heal the sick.

During his moments of
insights

he would reveal that many of
his followers

were in fact reborn
Atlanteans

and by tapping into their
collective unconsciousness

he could describe what
Atlantis had been like.

Disappointing that one of
his predictions

failed to come true,

that Atlantis would rise
from

its watery grave in the
1960s.

Nevertheless, Cayce even
after his death

still has thousands of
followers

who still search for the
Hall of Records

supposedly burried beneath
the Sphinx in Egypt

and upon which are written
the secrets of Atlantis.

This creative search
surrounding Atlantis

is now in the populous
psyche.

People see it as a home of
advanced technology

of super human abilities,
or perfection.

A powerful energy crystals
mysterious magical ways

pushed to side any concepts
of a real city state

inhabited by real people.

During the course of the
1960s and beyond

modern understanding of
plate tectonics

and continental drift

has eroded such new age
philosophers

and Science to cover.

Today, most schoolars

see the story of Atlantis

as a method of teaching,

breaking down Plato's writing
methods

and Greek storytelling
reveals

that he was in fact asking
host

to examine their own culture,
politics and government.

We have missed the point to
those sight,

if we go off around the world

attempting to discover the
lost continent.

Others still point to
Schielmann

and how he actually found
the city of legend

from Greek myth.

Remnants of the new age
creation linger in films

and TV shows, on numerous
websites

full of conspiracy theories
in aliens

and dozens of speculative
books,

but the Mainsteam schoolar

has on the whole come to
terms

with the fact that Atlantis
stated by Plato

never really existed.

But there are those like
Schliemann

who remained outside of the
Mainstream

and still search

and every few years a new
theory emerges

and some of these even make
it into our TV screens

with ball of flames how
discovered the real Atlantis.

So where should we look?

Where is this ancient place?

Is it in the realm of
thoughts and philospy?

Or is there a possibility

that it might have once
existed like Troy?

There literally are dozens
of hyphotetical locations

put forward by modern day
explorers.

Some completely ignored
Plato's works

and don't even look to
Atlantic ocean.

A lot of the locations have
similarities

to the Atlantis tale,

such as the catastrophic end,

water waves and existed close
to the timeframe.

Most of the proposed
locations forward

in the Mediterranean sea,

Sardinia, Crete, Sicily,
Cyprus, Malta

and the most popular one,
Santorini.

There are also ancient
cities

that came on to the spotlight

such as Troy and Tantalus.

Our first part of call

is the most popular,
Santorini.

Located in the Aegean,

it is today known as, Thera.

Many experts claimed that
it was once the home

of ancient Minoan
civilization from Crete.

Seen as wise and cultivated
society.

It is easy to understand

how their map being seen as
Atlanteans.

Like the people in Atlantis,

the Minoans worship the bull

and this has been used to
link them together

but the problem remains that
many cultures of that period

such as the Egyptians worship
the bull as well.

In around the 16th century
BC,

Santorini erupted

destroying the society
completely.

It caused the massive
tsunami

that also destroyed the
Minoan society on Crete

and spread disaster far
and wide

with flooding as far as
Egypt.

It's speculated that this
disaster

influence Plato in his
storytelling.

But it is thousands of years
too late

for it to be Atlantis.

However, some argued that
Plato meant

900 years not 9,000

and that this was an error
in translation.

This would also make Crete

roughly the same size as
Atlantis.

And Crete too is a possible
contender.

Farther a field, the Bosporus
and Ancomah

and the Black Sea have been
suggested,

but with very little
acceptance.

Speculation, new aged psychic
ideas,

Nazis propaganda, treasure
hunters and more

and yet nobody has found the
real hard evidence.

A television team,

working under professor
Richard Freund

actually claimed to have
found evidence for Atlantis,

in under Lucea.

It was their belief that
Atlantis

had been destroyed by
tsunami,

in the area previously
destroyed

by Spanish scientists.

The team use a satellite
imagery

of a suspected north city,
north of Cadiz

and found what they believed

to be a multi reigned
ancient demeanor.

They claimed that the
citizens of Atlantis

fled to other cities and
locations close by.

However, Spanish scientists
have completely dismissed

the speculations calling
the claims fanciful.

It has yet to be proven
beyond doubt

to be the location for
Atlantis.

The team were not alone in
their claim however,

German researchers and
historians have also stated

the area to be alike in
location.

He claims center around the
place called Tartessos

which was said to have been
a basis for Plato's work

on Atlantis by some historians
in the 1920s.

The writer, Herotesus stated

that he was situated beyond
the Pillars of Hercules,

a statement Plato aslo used
for Atlantis.

They traded widely and seen
to have been wealthy.

A local port was built now
known as Cadiz

and yet apart from the group
professor

no other schoolars accept
the claims.

Many look beyond the pillars
of Hercules,

now known as the state of
Gibraltar

and into the Atlantic ocean.

It has been claimed that
Atlantis

was a northern European
sunken island

such as Doggerland or Bergen
island,

which was flooded by tsunami
in around 6,100 BC.

Others have claimed Ireland
to be Atlantis

with its mysterious history
of mighty warriors.

The Canary and Madeira
islands

have also been claimed due
to their location,

just beyond the Mediterranean

but no evidence has been
forth coming.

Various studies on the
islands

includings their source and
beneath ocean waves

have resulted in a compete
lack of evidence.

Several other locations have
been speculated upon

Antarctica,

the Carribbean

an the island near Cuba,

the Bahamas

and South America.

None of them have come
anywhere near

the amounts of evidence
required to prove

beyond doubt that they are
indeed Atlantis.

There are number of more
modern claims

that we most looked out,

such of the idea that
Atlantis

had something to do with
ancient aliens.

Before we do,

it's time to take a look at
the few of the problems

with the original text from
Plato.

Doing so will help us to be
clear sighted

when listening to the claims
of aliens and such.

Atlantis is such a bay beyond
the pillars of Hercules

or modern day Gibraltar

and the sea is said to be
impossible.

Unfortunately, nowhere in
any historical text

is this stated,

"The sea has always
been fine for shipping."

Atlantis is set to sunk

so does this rule out any
islands

that is now viewable of the
waves.

Plato said, his knowledge
came from Sulla,

who himself learned it from
the Egyptians

for well over 100 years
archeologists and historians

been researching Egypt.

They have a lot of knowledge

and can even tell us what a
particular pair

I ate for dinner,

and yet not one mentioned of
Atlantis.

As there is no scientific
backing

for channeled messages,

we have to reroute anything

from those who use them

including at good case,
Madame Blavatsky.

This destroy such claims of
tall highly intelligent

people who glow or have
psychic powers.

If they did indeed exists,

then there would be a lot
more historical

and archeological evidence
for them

and Plato might have found
such powers interesting

enough to include in his
tale.

,
What Plato did tell us is
clear,

"Atlantis was huge."

Made of concentric rings of
land and water

and situated beyond
Gibraltar.

There is no argument with
those statements

and yet no sunk and domain

the size of two countries
has been spotted

beneath the waves of the
Atlantic yet.

Modern satellite technology
and geographical surveys

have revealed the floor of
the Atlantic

as can been seen on Google
Earth

and such a massive and
unusual shape

would have been spotted.

One of the most used claims

that is completely false

is that the Atlanteans

were technologically advanced.

Plato mentions nothing of
the sort.

These are all from psychics
and new aged philosophers

speculating or chanelling.

There are no mentions of
flying machines,

psychic powers, pyramids,
lasers

or any other kind of Science
fiction.

Again, if such things had
existed 11,000 years ago

then other cultures and
trading partners

would have mentioned,

the Egyptian certainly would.

It makes for great
entertainment

and as indeed feed such a
wonderful television shows

such as Stargate,

but it remains Science
fiction.

Many of these early writers

who made fanciful claims for
Atlantis

were racially oriented,

claiming that Mayans and
Aztecs

were not capable of creating
their own pyramids

and ground structures,

Science moved forward

and evidence overcame such
bigger trend.

Today, similar claims are
made

but instead of why its
Europeans

or clever Egyptians

being the mind behind the
mystery

it is said that the knowledge
came from aliens.

However we address it up,

it's still racist invigorated

to assume ancient people
could not build

land structures without
outside intervention.

And yet, that is precisely
what is being stated

on hundreds of websites

and in dozens of new age
books,

"Atlantis was created by
ancient aliens

who came here, spawned
humanity, taught us

and for one reason or another

were eventually wiped out
or left.

In the same breath this
people claimed

the pyramids of Egypt are
in fact

that half a million years
old

and were wrapped
in a protective
substance for millenia.

This they claim is the
reason

that so many similarities
exist around

the world in structures,
language and belief systems.

Well, they neglect to
remember

is that mankind spread
around the globe

from the same source.

That the sun, moon and stars
and the sky deities

were seen by all man.

All mankind had the same
needs.

The same evolutionary drives,

the same desire to meet their
gods in the afterlife.

Similarities around the globe
are all easily explained

through the similarities

and biological entity called
human

and the environment in which
he lives.

And this bring us to a very
important point,

Plato when writing his
Republic

or texts about Atlantis

was passing on a message to
his all

about the god and bad,
right and wrong,

about ways to set up a
strong society

that understands the nature
of man.

So many rules and regulations
are created by humans

that forget the nature of
the beast,

Atlantis and its downfall is
an allegory

of what comes to all of those

who believed they are more
than they are.

Plato was a teacher of man,

not all that is taught is
literal fact.

Some teaching is better doing
through fables.

It is always been this way.

The problem arises

when we start to believe a
man really walks on water

and a virgin lady gave birth.

The same can be said of
Atlantis in many respects.

Do we believe the writings
of the man,

who claimed psychic
connection

to the souls of Atlantis?

Do we accept how incredible
technology,

crystals of power came
thousands of years ago

in a spaceship,

sworn mankind and on?

Or do we look at was written,

the surrounding archeological
discoveries

from the period,

the contemporary writings,

in short, the facts?

Hundreds of lives have been
spent hunting

for the lost city, island or
continent of Atlantis.

Some have deluded themselves,

some truly believe

and some attempted to delude
others.

So, if we understand that
Plato was creating the story

for the purpose of teaching

could it be that there was
some kind of real story

upon which it was based?

Ignoring the timeline of
11,000 years ago

was there series of events
that Plato stole

for his teaching device?

The answer is, maybe.

In the fifth century BC,

there existed a delicate
balance of power

between Athens and Sparta,

much like that stated between
Athens and Atlantis by Plato.

A surprized eartquake
struck Sparta

killing more than 20,000 of
them.

This demise in numbers made
Sparta's neighbors

an indeed subjects

to begin what is known as
the earthquake wars.

Sparta refused aid from
Athens

and hostilities between
began.

In 426 BC, one of the most
destructive earthquakes

from antiquity struck Athens

with the following tsunamis
causing chaos.

The Spartan army was camped
nearby and ready to attack,

but more earthquakes forced
them to flee.

An island called Atlantic

was the home to an Athenian
port,

absolute chaotic destruction
came

in the form of a massive
sea wave.

There were many deaths

and the coastline was changed
forever.

In the fourth century BC,

a peace treaty was finally
struck,

but was quickly followed by
yet another earthquake

destroying the cities of
Hallek and Bora.

Hallek had been a wealthy
city

and capital of a league of
city states.

It had been a center for the
worship of Poseidon

and was revealed by many.

It was a relatively peaceful
civilization

and inspired many to say it
as a perfect society.

The destructive power of the
earthquake

and the following tsunami

destroyed every building,

and Posidonius wrote,

that even the foundations
were lost for all time.

Following the disaster,

the remnants of this once
glorious city

were divided among its
neighbors.

Eventually, legend emerged
that Poseidon himself

caused the destruction

for the defiling of his
sactuary.

Writers started to say that
Hallek's remains

now lied deep beneath the
ocean floor.

It was into this very period
that Plato was born

with all the news and
discussion of the events

would have been widespread.

Looking at the various real
historical events

in the area

just before and at the time
of Plato,

it is clear to say where he
gained this inspiration

of political perfection and
ultimate demise.

And yet with every passing
decade,

the new discovery emerges of
ancient structures

on the ocean floor,

pyramids

great walls,

stranged man-made objects

seemed to be everywhere.

Who knows, one day

we may just discover the
remnants

of that ancient civilization,
called Atlantis.

In each age,

the story has undergone a
metamorphosis.

From Greek deities to sacred
spirits of some unseen realm,

from Nazi propaganda to
little green man,

Atlantis will continue to be
a mirror to society

and in many ways it points us
towards

the beginning of civilization
itself.