But Plato's writings about Atlantis are the only known records of its existence. Few, if any, scientists think Atlantis actually existed. Ocean explorer Robert Ballard, the National Geographic explorer-in-residence who discovered the wreck of the Titanic in , notes that "no Nobel laureates" have said that what Plato wrote about Atlantis is true. Still, Ballard says, the legend of Atlantis is a "logical" one since cataclysmic floods and volcanic explosions have happened throughout history, including one event that had some similarities to the story of the destruction of Atlantis.
About 3, years ago, a massive volcanic eruption devastated the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea near Greece. At the time, a highly advanced society of Minoans lived on Santorini. The Minoan civilization disappeared suddenly at about the same time as the volcanic eruption. But Ballard doesn't think Santorini was Atlantis, because the time of the eruption on that island doesn't coincide with when Plato said Atlantis was destroyed.
Romm believes Plato created the story of Atlantis to convey some of his philosophical theories. Atlantis was a different vehicle to get at some of his favorite themes. The legend of Atlantis is a story about a moral, spiritual people who lived in a highly advanced, utopian civilization.
But they became greedy, petty, and "morally bankrupt," and the gods "became angry because the people had lost their way and turned to immoral pursuits," Orser says. As punishment, he says, the gods sent "one terrible night of fire and earthquakes" that caused Atlantis to sink into the sea. A person standing in the doorway of the Monastery at Petra, Jordan, shows the enormity of the ancient building's entrance. Carved into the sandstone hill by the Nabataeans in the second century A.
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Among historians and other researchers, the findings of Edgar Caycehad something different to tell. He predicted a new land would appear off the east coast of North America. He also suggested that the souls of a number of people lived in Atlantis had been incarnating to America in order to usher in a new era of enlightened human consciousness.
Stories also claim that the original inhabitants of the lost city of Atlantis are believed to be of extra-terrestrial origin who reached there about 50, years ago from the Lyrian star system.
As some claim that the Lost City of Atlantis was on Mars, or was just a colony of an alien civilization, the inhabitants of the Atlantis city are believed to have the possessors of exceptional powers such as the ability to control the weather, modify volcanic eruptions. Some accounts also mention their possession of some sort of device that allowed them to channel energy from time and space.
Even though the myth says that the inhabitants of Atlantis City were superior beings, there are some of the opinions that it is just a mythical representation of a barbaric fashion of life. While many still consider the Lost City of Atlantis is just a legend, there are many conspiracy theories doing the rounds suggesting that the fable is actually based on real events.
Ocean explorer Robert Ballard finds logic in the story as it has similarities with a massive volcanic eruption in the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea near Greece. Ballard says a highly advanced society that lived there disappeared suddenly as happened with the Atlantis.
Similarly, Ignatius Donnelly also confirms the existence and disappearance of a mid-Atlantic continent that was in the exact location that Plato mentioned. As the debate goes on, few researchers claimed that this utopian kingdom was a real continent located off the Bahamas and it was swallowed up by the Bermuda Triangle later, while another group suggested current Antarctica is the newer version of Atlantis.
Meanwhile, James Romm, a professor at Bard College in Annandale in New York, says Plato himself created the story in order to convey some of his philosophical theories, mostly about his vision of an ideal civilization.
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When not at work, he likes to read, click photographs and go for a ride on his bike. Atlantis is a extravagant study my photos and knowlege of the city is rapidly increasing. My team and I are so close.
This information is actually very helpful. Well about what other perople think I will write again when I get closer.
I never knew that Atlantis could be inhabited by extra terrestrials lives. Also for some people, after the destruction of Atlantis, the people of Atlantis started living in Egypt and built the Great Pyramids. The Pharoahs could also be the children of these people because they looked much different than Egyptians.
Whatever the truth be, the story of Atlantis will be one of the great mysteries of human history. This is quite amazing. In school, I was never taught this, but now that I know, I love this toppppppic.
But the only thing is would this be true!! Else if it is just the fables of the philosophers, why the world is dying to prove as they know its just a fables? Sometimes i truely believes what the old philosophers says, coz most of the myths in olden days are used to be true but appeared as fictional as it is passed generations to generations.
The island of Atlantis is a fascinating story and the way it disappeared from existence. Around 20, years ago the sea level was about ft below its present level, as large amounts of water were frozen solid in the polar ice caps.
As temperatures rose at the end of the last ice age the ice started to melt. Around 10, years ago sea levels gradually rose to reach modern levels.
Legends by Aboriginal societies from Australia tell of kangaroo hunting grounds near Melbourne lost to the sea. Other legends tell of flooded land bridges between Australia and islands that became separated from the mainland as the sea level continued to rise over hundreds of years. As sea levels was lower 10, years ago, a large part of the continental shelf, like here between This is a BETA experience.
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