Lost continent Atlantis has been exciting the minds of millions of people for almost 2500 years. A mystery shrouded in the fog of thousands of years, hundreds of theories and hypotheses. Even despite modern technical means and scientific progress, it has still not been possible to find not only the location of Atlantis, but also to prove its existence. It is worth noting that on the way to the secrets of the Atlantean civilization, scientists and researchers made many other discoveries. Which sometimes don’t fit into your head due to their fantastic nature. Many have heard of Atlantis, but not many have thought about the culture that supposedly characterized this great civilization.
The first mention of the disappeared continent
The very first mentions of Atlantis are considered to be the “Dialogues” of the ancient Greek philosopher and historian Plato. In them, he casually mentioned the location of the mainland in the Strait of Gibraltar area. But mostly he focused on describing the life and culture of the Atlanteans. The accuracy with which Plato describes Atlantis is surprising. Its rich cities and civilization, which has risen to the highest level of development. According to him, the Atlanteans are the descendants of Poseidon. Who, in turn, was their supreme deity.
The wealth and grandeur of the disappeared continent is amazing. But one can only judge him from the words of Plato. In addition, other information is more interesting. It has been proven that Plato himself borrowed stories about the mainland from his uncle Solon. He heard them while in Egypt. The story of Atlantis was told by one of the priests of the goddess of the sky and mother of the Sun - Neith. At the same time, he showed inscriptions in temples, testifying to the reality of the existence of the lost continent. It turns out that the Atlanteans knew in advance about the imminent death of their homeland. And they did everything possible to preserve the great secrets and gene pool of humanity.
Atlantean Legacy
Before talking about the possible location of the sunken continent, it is worth focusing on the achievements of the Atlanteans. The information is extremely interesting, although somewhat worn out by the eternal search for the continent itself. The researchers were so carried away by the search that they completely forgot about why they started all this. Ancient sources provide evidence that the Atlanteans preserved their knowledge for posterity. Moreover, they saved not only the information, but also themselves. Shortly before the terrible catastrophe that plunged the country into the ocean, representatives of the great race went to Egypt, Greece and even Tibet.
The information from the famous British esotericist Labsang Rampa is interesting. He claims that there are secret caves under the Potala Temple in Tibet. In them, Tibetan monks protect the three Atlanteans, who are in a state of “samadhi”. The condition itself is mentioned in all Eastern religions, so its reality can be taken on faith. Another thing is interesting. Labsang claims that the inhabitants of Atlantis had unique abilities. With the help of the “third eye” they could move heavy objects and had developed science and technology.
His statements coincide with the words of the famous Russian occultist Helena Blavatsky. In her writings, she wrote that the Atlanteans took part, moving huge blocks of stone with the help of magic. In addition, Blavatsky said that the Great Pyramid of Cheops is a repository of Atlantean knowledge. Her words are partially confirmed by modern research. Scientists have discovered hidden rooms under the base of the pyramid. Their age can be safely attributed to the tenth, and possibly the twelfth millennium BC.
Where did Atlantis go?
If you ignore the esotericism for a while and focus on more material things, then it will be interesting to find the place where Atlantis is located today. As for this aspect of research, there are many theories and it makes sense to focus on the more realistic ones. In the process of searching for the flooded continent, scientists explored the entire globe and obtained information that forces us to take a fresh look at the history of mankind. For the sake of fairness, it is worth noting that these finds were not always in any way connected with Atlantis. Although they were no less important for science.
Atlantean civilization in the Aegean Sea?
The most realistic among modern versions is the location of the disappeared continent in the Aegean Sea. Researchers claim that Atlantis was associated with the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and existed until the 16th century BC. Around this time, a volcanic eruption occurred on the island of Santorini, and the legendary Atlanteans disappeared into oblivion. Geological research confirms the theory. Scientists have discovered underwater deposits of volcanic ash several tens of meters thick in the area. But whether the remains of the great race were preserved under the ashes, science is not able to answer. One can only hope that “yet” they are not able to.
Atlantis in Antarctica?
Another interesting theory is that the missing continent is located under a two-kilometer layer of ice in Antarctica. Upon closer examination, the theory no longer seems fantastic. To begin with, you should pay attention to the ancient maps of our planet. In 1665, the work of the German Jesuit Athanasius Kircher saw the light of day. Among other things, it featured a reproduction of an Egyptian map. The map showed Antarctica without ice in detail. This is what the Egyptians believed it was like 12,000 years ago. Surprisingly, the configuration of the island on the map is strikingly similar to the outlines of Antarctica obtained using modern equipment.
Additionally, ice-free Antarctica appears on many later maps. The fact remains a fact. Antarctica without ice was present in the memory of our ancestors. She will never be seen like this again. It is worth noting that many of the ancient maps depicting Atlantis are incredibly detailed and accurate to the minute. How such reliability was achieved also remains a mystery.
How did Atlantis disappear?
Any variations on the theme: “Where to look for Atlantis?” must prove how this continent could disappear in an incredibly short time. According to Plato, Atlantis sank within 24 hours. It is obvious that no cataclysm can produce such a destructive effect. One out of two:
Either Atlantis went into the depths of the sea longer than the stated time;
or the death of the Atlanteans came from outside.
This hypothesis fits very smoothly with the statement of the same Lama Labsang Rampa. In his writings, he stated that the disaster occurred due to a planetoid that collided with the Earth. Thus, displacing it from orbit and forcing it to rotate in the other direction. Let scientists judge the possibility of such an event, but this really explains both the continental shift and the disappearance of the first civilization.
The Atlantean Empire is fraught with many secrets, the answers to which are so desirable for enthusiasts. And it’s safe to say that research will not subside until Atlantis is found. There is no smoke without fire. This means that there is hope that the disappeared continent will come out to meet its descendants.
Film about Atlantis
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The Sunken Atlantis - the story of a lost civilization
Questions about whether Atlantis existed, about the location of Plato’s sunken Atlantis, as well as all the secrets of Atlantis, torment the minds of many generations of seekers. Some researchers have not decided whether it was a large island or a small continent. Many atlantologists are trying to find evidence of the existence of the island; other representatives of modern science believe that the “city” of Atlantis was located in the west. While others believe that Hyperborea disappeared along with the disappeared Atlantis.
In 2004, American scientist Robert Sarmast thought he had uncovered the secrets of Atlantis. He announced the discovery of a lost city between Syria and Cyprus at a depth of one and a half kilometers. The expedition, which he led, managed to discover man-made buildings at the bottom, as well as canals and river beds. The scientist argued that all this coincided with the outline of Plato's Atlantis.
History of Spanish Atlantis
In 2011, Spanish scientists announced a version of the location of Atlantis. They believed that the ancient city was washed away by a tsunami off the Spanish coast. Local scientists claimed that at the bottom lay a complex of buildings that also corresponded to Plato’s descriptions. Using the instruments, it was possible to record the concentration of methane, which in turn may indicate the death of many people.
History of British Atlantis
British scientists did not have to lag behind their colleagues. So, in 2012 they announced the discovery of Atlantis off their coast. A hypothesis has been reported that the "British Atlantis" had to go under water about nine thousand years ago. According to this hypothesis, it was a part of the land that stretched between Denmark and Scotland. In the center, this land was the size of modern France, and this entire part of the land had an area of almost 900 thousand square kilometers.
Atlantis of the Bermuda Triangle
In 2012, Canadian researchers near the eastern coast of Cuba, using a special robot, photographed some underwater ruins. In the photo one could see the remains of buildings similar to pyramids, a figure resembling a sphinx, as well as huge engraved slabs. However, later archaeologists believed that this drowned city was not part of Atlantis. It turned out that it was built up to two thousand years ago. Whereas, according to Plato's instructions, the island of Atlantis sank into the depths of the sea around 9500 BC.
What did Plato write about Atlantis?
Having found the right places in the text of Plato’s dialogues, you can read that he wrote about the civilization of Atlantis, which existed thousands of years ago. The island where it originated was larger than Libya and Asia combined. Here arose a great and amazing association of kings. All their power extended throughout the island, to many other islands, and also to part of the continent. Moreover, from this side of the strait they were masters of Libya as far as Egypt, and also of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia.
Some researchers mentioned Solon, who wrote down the story of the destruction of Atlantis. He visited the Egyptian city of Sais around 611 BC. There, from local priests, he learned that a terrible catastrophe had occurred that occurred nine thousand years BC. e. Then the flooding of a huge island occurred, larger in size than “Libya and Asia”.
Scientists, after the necessary calculations, placed an island of such volumes near Gibraltar. They decided that from this huge island by now only small islands could remain, such as Cape Verde, the Canaries, Madeira, the Azores and others. Thus, there was in reality a huge archipelago, and therefore Plato’s civilization of Atlantis.
Secret maps of Christopher Columbus
Some believe that in ancient times Atlantis meant the Canary Islands, and complement this with the fact that Columbus had accurate navigation maps with the Atlantic ridge in all his four campaigns.
By the way, he also looked for the remains of the islands of the once existing empire. Later, some of the maps that were at the disposal of the great commander were captured by the Turks in one of the naval battles, so that they ended up in Piri Reis.
The maps of Piri Reis that have survived to this day did not contain the details necessary for scientists. There were no images of the sunken continent. However, this did not prevent the location of Atlantis from being determined; the routes of Columbus's caravels of all four expeditions were known. It should be noted that all four of Columbus's expeditions always began from the Canary Islands.
The Mystery of Ocean Currents
In the last two expeditions, Columbus decided to take advantage of the current that carried his ships in the right direction. Navigators in those days could hardly have been aware of the secret of such a current. However, this secret was well known to Columbus himself, which means he could have found it in secret sources that could have come to him along with maps of the disappeared continent.
In our days, little attention has been paid to these ocean currents, since the modern fleet is adapted to complete autonomous navigation over any distance. This made the secrets of the currents, which in ancient times ensured the regularity of communications between parts of the world, irrelevant. However, in ancient maps one can find unequivocal evidence that these messages existed.
However, according to some researchers, after a global cosmic cataclysm in 1528 BC. communication between the continents was interrupted. And only because of Christopher Columbus everything returned to normal. The great Genoese possessed maps unknown to science and, indulging in them, made his great discoveries.
The Fall of Great Poseidonia
According to ancient philosophers and writers, all its citizens were warned that Atlantis would perish. However, after nothing happened for several years, people continued to “sin.”
The collapse of the great empire of Atla began with the appearance of huge cracks into which rivers rushed. Death spread throughout the state for three days, mountains collapsed and fell into valleys, rivers rushed into the ocean. On the fourth day there was such a downpour, as if the abyss of heaven had opened up, and the terrible roar of thunder did not stop.
Suddenly there was a shaking of the earth, after which part of the land began to plunge into the stunned streams. Everything that was on land began to sink lower and lower under the water.
Then everything became quiet. No rain, no crushing blows of the wind, no downward movements - everything ended, as if so that the survivors could rest. Nothing happened for several days. To the exhausted people, hiding in insignificant shelters, it seemed that everything was over.
Everyone who survived three crazy days did not even pay attention to the first slight tremors of the earth, after which with one quick jerk down the great continent of Atlantis sank to the bottom. It happened in an instant.
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The debate about whether the existence of Atlantis was a reality or a beautiful legend has not subsided for many centuries. A large number of the most controversial theories have been put forward on this matter, but they were all based on information obtained from the texts of ancient Greek authors, none of whom personally saw this mysterious island, but only conveyed information obtained from earlier sources. So how true is the legend of Atlantis and where did it come from in our modern world?
An island that has sunk into the abyss of the sea
First of all, let us clarify that the word “Atlantis” is usually understood as a certain fantastic (since there is no direct evidence of its existence) island located in the Atlantic Ocean. His exact location is unknown. According to the most popular legend, Atlantis was located somewhere near the northwestern coast of Africa, bordered by the chain of the Atlas Mountains, and near the Pillars of Hercules, which framed the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar.
The famous ancient Greek philosopher Plato placed it there in his dialogues (works written in the form of a conversation between historical or fictional persons). Based on his works, a very popular legend about Atlantis was subsequently born. It says that around 9500 BC. e. In the area indicated above, a terrible earthquake occurred, as a result of which the island forever plunged into the abyss of the ocean.
On that day, an ancient and highly developed civilization, created by the islanders, whom Plato calls “Atlanteans,” perished. It should immediately be noted that, due to their similar names, they are sometimes mistakenly identified with characters from ancient Greek mythology - the mighty titans holding the vault of heaven on their shoulders. This mistake is so common that when they see the sculptures by the outstanding Russian sculptor A. I. Terebenev (see photo below), decorating the portico of the New Hermitage in St. Petersburg, many people have an association with heroes who once sank deep into the seas.
A mystery that worries people's minds
During the Middle Ages, the works of Plato, as well as most other ancient historians and philosophers, were consigned to oblivion, but already in the 14th-16th centuries, called the Renaissance, interest in them, and at the same time in Atlantis and the legend associated with its existence , has grown rapidly. It continues unabated to this day, giving rise to heated scientific discussions. Scientists around the world are making attempts to discover real evidence of the events described by Plato and a number of his followers, and to answer the question of what Atlantis really was - legend or reality?
The island, inhabited by people who created the highest, at that time, civilization, and then absorbed by the ocean, is a mystery that excites the minds of people and encourages them to look for answers outside the real world. It is known that back in Ancient Greece, the legend of Atlantis gave impetus to many mystical teachings, and in modern history it inspired thinkers of the theosophical trend. The most famous of them are H. P. Blavatsky and A. P. Sinnett. The authors of various pseudo-scientific and simply fantastic works of various genres, who also turned to the image of Atlantis, did not stand aside.
Where did the legend come from?
But let us return to the works of Plato, since they are the primary source that aroused centuries-old disputes and discussions. As mentioned above, mention of Atlantis is contained in two of his dialogues, called “Timaeus” and “Critius”. Both of them are devoted to the issue of government and are conducted on behalf of his contemporaries: the Athenian politician Critias, as well as two philosophers - Socrates and Timaeus. Let us immediately note that Plato makes a reservation that the primary source of all information about Atlantis is the story of the ancient Egyptian priests, which was passed down orally from generation to generation and finally reached him.
The troubles that befell the Atlanteans
The first of the dialogues contains a message from Critias about the war between Athens and Atlantis. According to him, the island, whose army his compatriots had to face, was so large that its size surpassed all of Asia, which gives every right to call it a mainland. As for the state formed there, it amazed everyone with its greatness and, being unusually powerful, conquered Libya, as well as a significant territory of Europe, stretching all the way to Tirrenia (Western Italy).
In 9500 BC. e. The Atlanteans, wanting to conquer Athens, brought down the full might of their previously invincible army on them, but, despite the clear superiority of forces, they could not achieve success. The Athenians repelled the invasion and, having defeated the enemy, returned freedom to the peoples who had until then been enslaved by the islanders. However, the troubles did not recede from the prosperous and once prosperous Atlantis. The legend, or rather, the story of Critias, which is its basis, further tells about a terrible natural disaster that completely destroyed the island and forced it to plunge into the ocean depths. Literally within 24 hours, the raging elements wiped out a huge continent from the face of the earth and put an end to the highly developed culture created on it.
Commune of Athenian rulers
The continuation of this story is the second dialogue that has come down to us, called “Critius”. In it, the same Athenian politician tells in more detail about the two great states of antiquity, whose armies met on the battlefield shortly before the fatal flood. Athens, according to him, was a highly developed state so pleasing to the gods that, according to legend, the end of Atlantis was a foregone conclusion.
The description of the system of government that was established in it is very remarkable. According to Critias, on the Acropolis - a hill that still towers in the center of the Greek capital - there was a certain commune, partly reminiscent of those that the founders of the communist movement imagined in their imagination. Everything in it was equal and there was enough of everything in abundance. But it was inhabited not by ordinary people, but by rulers and warriors who ensured the maintenance of the order they desired in the country. The working masses were only allowed to reverently look at their shining heights and fulfill the destinies descended from there.
Arrogant descendants of Poseidon
In the same treatise, the author contrasted the humble and virtuous Athenians with the proud Atlanteans. Their ancestor, as is clear from Plato’s work, was the god of the seas himself, Poseidon. One day, having witnessed how an earthly girl named Cleito lay her young body in the waves, he was inflamed with passion and, having evoked reciprocal feelings in her, became the father of ten sons - half-gods, half-humans.
The eldest of them, named Atlas, was put in charge of the island, divided into nine parts, each of which was under the command of one of his brothers. Subsequently, his name was inherited not only by the island, but even by the ocean on which it was located. All his brothers became the founders of dynasties that lived and ruled on this fertile land for many centuries. This is exactly how the legend describes the birth of Atlantis as a powerful and sovereign state.
Island of abundance and wealth
In his work, Plato also gives the known dimensions of this legendary island-mainland. According to him, it reached 540 km in length and was at least 360 km in width. The highest point of this vast territory was a hill, the height of which the author does not specify, but writes that it was located approximately 9-10 km from the seashore.
It was on it that the ruler's palace was built, which Poseidon himself surrounded with three land and two water defensive rings. Later, his Atlantean descendants threw bridges across them and dug additional canals through which ships could easily approach the piers located right next to the walls of the palace. They also erected many temples on the central hill, richly decorated with gold and decorated with statues of the celestials and earthly rulers of Atlantis.
Myths and legends, born from the writings of Plato, are full of descriptions of the treasures owned by the descendants of the sea god, as well as the wealth of nature and the fertility of the island. In the dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher, it is mentioned, in particular, that, despite the dense population of Atlantis, wild animals lived very freely on its territory, among which there were even elephants that had not yet been tamed or domesticated. At the same time, Plato does not ignore many negative aspects of the life of the islanders, which aroused the anger of the gods and caused the disaster.
The end of Atlantis and the beginning of the legend
The peace and prosperity that reigned there for many centuries collapsed overnight through the fault of the Atlanteans themselves. The author writes that until the inhabitants of the island put virtue above wealth and honors, the inhabitants of heaven were favorable to them, but turned away from them as soon as the shine of gold overshadowed spiritual values in their eyes. Looking at how people who had lost their divine essence were filled with pride, greed and malice, Zeus did not want to restrain his anger and, having gathered the other gods, gave them the right to pronounce their sentence. This is where the manuscript of the ancient Greek philosopher ends, but, judging by the catastrophe that soon befell the evil, proud people, they were considered unworthy of mercy, which ultimately led to such a sad outcome.
The legends of Atlantis (or information about the events that actually happened - this remains unknown) attracted the attention of many ancient Greek historians and writers. In particular, the Athenian Hellanicus, who lived in the 5th century BC. e., also describes this island in one of his works, calling it, however, somewhat differently - Atlantiad - and without mentioning its destruction. However, modern researchers, for a number of reasons, believe that his story is related not to the lost Atlantis, but to Crete, which successfully survived centuries, in whose history the sea god Poseidon also appears, who conceived a son from an earthly maiden.
It is curious that the name “Atlanteans” was applied by ancient Greek and Roman authors not only to the islanders, but also to the inhabitants of continental Africa. In particular, Herodotus, as well as an equally famous historian, call this a certain tribe that lived in the Atlas Mountains near the ocean coast. These African Atlanteans were very warlike and, being at a low stage of development, waged constant wars with foreigners, among whom were the legendary Amazons.
As a result, they were completely exterminated by their neighbors, the troglodytes, who, although they were in a semi-animal state, still managed to win. There is an opinion that Aristotle said on this occasion that it was not the military superiority of the savages that led to the death of the Atlantean tribe, but the creator of the world, Zeus himself, destroyed them for the lawlessness they committed.
A figment of fantasy that has survived centuries
The attitude of modern researchers to the information presented in Plato’s dialogues and in the works of a number of other authors is extremely skeptical. Most of them consider Atlantis a legend that has no basis in reality. Their position is explained primarily by the fact that for many centuries no material evidence of its existence was discovered. This is true. There is absolutely no archaeological evidence of the existence of such a developed civilization in West Africa or Greece at the end of the Ice Age, as well as the millennia closest to it.
It is also puzzling that the story, allegedly told to the world by the ancient Greek priests and then reaching Plato in an oral retelling, was not reflected in any of the written monuments discovered on the banks of the Nile. This involuntarily suggests that the ancient Greek philosopher himself composed the tragic story of Atlantis.
He could well have borrowed the beginning of the legend from the rich Russian mythology, in which gods often became the founders of entire nations and continents. As for the tragic outcome of the plot, he needed it. The fictional island had to be destroyed to give the story external credibility. Otherwise, how could he explain to his contemporaries (and, of course, his descendants) the absence of traces of his existence.
Researchers of antiquity also pay attention to the fact that when talking about the mysterious continent located near the western coast of Africa and its inhabitants, the author cites exclusively Greek names and geographical names. This is very strange and suggests that he came up with them himself.
Tragic mistake
To conclude the article, we will present several very interesting statements made today by ardent supporters of the historicity of the existence of Atlantis. As mentioned above, today it has been raised on the shield by many supporters of occult movements and various kinds of mystics who do not want to reckon with the absurdity of their own theories. Pseudoscientists are not inferior to them, trying to pass off their fabrications as discoveries they allegedly made.
For example, in recent years, articles have repeatedly appeared in the press, as well as on the Internet, that the Atlanteans (whose existence the authors did not question) achieved such great progress that they conducted extensive research activities in the field of nuclear physics. Even the disappearance of the continent itself is explained by the tragedy that occurred as a result of their unsuccessful nuclear test.
Fierce debates, measured discussions, assumptions, myths and versions - all this has been exciting humanity for many centuries. Mysterious land called Atlantis, haunts neither pundits nor researchers who love to fantasize. Atlantis did not pass by, the lost world, and the common man in the street. It seems that today every second person has heard about this mysterious island, about the fact that in ancient times there was a lost Atlantis, a civilization that had no equal in technological and scientific development, in the culture of life. Its Atlanteans were inhabited by a free people, but not without human vices, which, in the end, destroyed the mysterious empire. It is believed that the secrets of Atlantis rest somewhere at the bottom of the world's oceans. Let's try to figure out whether this is true or not.
Atlanta and their appearance on the pages of history.
In 428 BC, in one rich and noble family, in the city-state of Athens, a seemingly ordinary boy was born, who received the name Plato. The child's father was Ariston. His family takes its roots from the legendary king Codru. Mother - Periktiona, great-great-granddaughter of the no less great Solon. Not Atlanteans, of course, but very revered and important people, both by the standards of Athens and by historical canons.
The child grew up alive in every sense; he was sociable, cheerful and inquisitive. Surrounded by all sorts of benefits, he did not know what hard work and need were, spending most of his time on physical exercise and education. Having matured, the young man wanted to develop not only his body, but also his mind. You and I know that the result of this decision will be the Atlanteans and many other discoveries no less important for history, philosophy and other sciences. However, the guy had yet to understand his own thoughts, ideas and plans. At the age of 20, fate gave young Plato a chance to answer many questions that tormented him, among which were the Atlanteans: at this time Plato met Socrates, the greatest philosopher of antiquity, fell under the influence of his ideas and became his faithful student and follower.
All these events, which later gave birth to the Atlanteans, take place against the backdrop of the Peloponnesian War, which has shaken the ancient world since 431 BC. The last battle of this long war took place in 404, when the troops of Sparta entered Athens. Thirty tyrants seize power in the city; freedom of speech, democracy and the right to choose are disappearing from the lives of local residents. But only a year passes, and the hated regime of tyranny collapses. The invaders are expelled from the city in disgrace, returning its independence. Having defended its freedom and independence, Athens, the city where they first started talking about the Atlanteans, regained strength and influence among other Greek settlements.
Victory is given to Athens, the city where the Atlanteans were “born,” with heavy losses: many famous, noble and courageous men die. Among the dead were many friends of Plato, the “father” of the Atlanteans, a future leader, thinker and activist. The young man finds it difficult to cope with the loss and promises himself to change this cruel world. To come to his senses and escape from the darkness of days alone, Plato, who discovered the “Atlanteans” to the whole world, goes on a long journey. He goes to Syracuse, then he visits the colorful villages and cities of the Mediterranean. At the end of his journey, our hero, who discovered the Atlanteans to the world, ends up in Egypt. Plato has a special interest in this country and its people - his great ancestor, Solon, studied here for many years.
The excellent upbringing, manners and education of young Plato, the man to whom the Atlanteans owe their fame, impress the local elite. After some time, the young man is introduced to representatives of the highest priestly caste of Egypt. It is difficult to say exactly how this acquaintance influenced the views of the future great philosopher, to whom the Atlanteans owe their place in history, but Plato returns back to Athens as a completely different person. It is quite possible that it was in Egypt that Plato learned who the Atlanteans were and how human civilization actually developed. By the way, the priests of Ancient Egypt were revered not only by the local people, but also by the entire ancient world, as keepers of the most valuable information about the distant past and the peoples who inhabited the Earth. Who knows, maybe the Egyptians really knew who the Atlanteans were, how they lived, and how their story ended.
Long decades passed, but Plato did not tell in any of his works what the great priests of the pyramids told him, whether they told him about the Atlanteans or discovered some other secrets of the ancient world. Plato's teacher, Socrates, has long gone to another world, and the philosopher himself has aged, turned gray and become much wiser than in his youth. During this period, he already introduced his own philosophy and opened a corresponding school, which over time turned into an academy. However, the Atlanteans are still not open to the scientific world. Plato's influence on the minds of young men and even elders is invaluable; he is revered as one of the greatest minds that ever lived in Athens and Greece. But the philosopher is tormented by internal conflicts. He struggles with the desire to tell the whole world what ancient Atlantis was, to discover the true history of the human race. And now, half a century after visiting Egypt, Plato writes two of the most important dialogues in his life - Critias and Timaeus. A similar unique genre of conducting philosophical treatises was introduced by Plato himself. In it he asks questions and answers them himself. This method, in which the Atlanteans will be revealed to the world, better reveals the whole essence of doubts and inconsistency of judgments tormenting a person.
Atlanteans are finally becoming a world-famous phenomenon. It is in Critias and Timaeus that Plato talks about a mysterious land that existed about 9 thousand years ago, about a land that was inhabited by the Atlanteans, about a land that does not exist now. It is a huge island with mountainous terrain. The mountains surrounded the perimeter in a ring, which was once inhabited by Atlantean people; their land smoothly passed into gentle foothills, and those, in turn, into a wide plain. It was here that the Atlanteans lived, it was here that they built their life, science and civilization.
Atlantis is a land of great minds and no less great miracles.
The secret city, at one time opened only to Egyptian priests and young Plato, was called Atlantis. The people who inhabited it descended from the god of the seas and oceans himself, Poseidon. It is believed that the progenitor of Atlantis, Poseidon, allegedly once turned to Zeus for help, he asked the supreme god to give him a place on earth. The king of all gods responded favorably to the request of the god of waters and allowed him to settle on a huge island, Atlantis, with a fertile climate, but mostly with rocky and infertile soil for crops.
Here Poseidon met local residents, Atlanteans. First, he became acquainted with the small people who inhabited the great and mountainous Atlantis, and then, in peace and tranquility, he began raising sheep. At first he suffered from loneliness, but soon one of the neighboring families of Atlantis had a daughter. She turned out to be a girl of extraordinary beauty and intelligence, her name was Cleito. God took her as his wife, and after a while they had five twins, all boys, beautiful, smart and healthy, like gods. What else could you expect from a girl for whom Atlantis was her home, and from the almighty god of the seas, oceans and waters.
When the children grew up, the island, Atlantis, was already divided into ten parts. Each son received a small part of the land, on which he became the ruler. The best piece of land went to the eldest son and at the same time the wisest, Atlan. It was in his honor that the ocean surrounding Atlantis on all sides was named Atlantic.
Very soon the island, or rather its seventh and largest part, the lost city, Atlantis, turned into a densely populated state, an empire. The people who inhabited this state, Atlanta, built huge cities with amazing architecture, created magnificent examples of sculpture, and brought luxurious temples into reality. The most majestic of them was the temple of Kleito, dedicated to the father of Atlantis, Poseidon. It was located in the center of the island, on a hill, and was surrounded by a wall made of gold.
To protect themselves from external enemies, the Atlanteans built a serious defense system. The plain was surrounded by two water rings and three earthen rings. Numerous canals were dug across the entire island of Atlantis, connecting the ocean waters with the central part of the land. The main, wide canal ended near the marble steps of Atlantis, which led to the top of the hill, that is, to the temple of Poseidon.
Having become stronger and stronger, the population of Atlantis created the strongest army in the history of mankind. This army consisted of 1,200 ships with a crew of 240 thousand people, whose homeland was Atlantis, and ground forces of 700 thousand people. For comparison, this is twice the world average today. All these people of Atlantis needed to somehow feed, clothe and put on shoes. In most cases, funds were found on the side: the Atlanteans built their economy and politics on waging constant and bloody wars that could bring profit.
Successful conquests further strengthened the city-state; Atlantis has become stronger than ever. It seems that there could no longer be a single enemy who could provide worthy resistance to the aggressor. But the universe does not like the proud; it did not forgive pride and Atlantis: proud Athens stood in the way of the island people.
Plato wrote that 9 thousand years ago Athens was a powerful state that could not be compared with the current state of affairs. However, Civilization-Atlantis was strong and it was impossible to defeat such a large army alone. The philosopher’s ancient ancestors turned for help to the neighboring states that inhabited the Balkan Peninsula at that time. An unprecedented military alliance was created, the main task of which was the destruction of Atlantis, or at least the weakening of its military power, in order to conclude a peace treaty.
On the decisive day of the battle, the allies who were opposed by Atlantis were afraid to engage in battle, betraying their neighboring alliance. The Athenians were left alone with a million-strong army of Atlanteans, the number of which continued to grow and grow. The courageous Greeks rushed into battle without fear or hesitation and, in an unequal struggle, nevertheless lost to the aggressor. It seems that everything is victory, Atlantis has gained the upper hand, and the time has come to blow the horn victoriously, but then the gods intervened in human affairs. The great and immortals did not want Atlantis to become higher than the land of Greece, which they controlled and cared for.
Zeus and his closest associates have been closely monitoring Atlantis and the people who inhabited this land for centuries. If at the beginning the local population did not evoke negative emotions among the celestials, then centuries later the situation changed radically. The Atlanteans from noble, highly spiritual and moral people gradually turned into selfish, greedy, greedy for power and gold, depraved individuals, brazenly and shamelessly ignoring basic human laws and values. The lifestyle and general situation in which Atlantis found itself, thousands of years after its settlement, caused a sharp negative reaction among those whose status was supposed to monitor the purity and morality of human civilization.
Atlantis was on the edge of the abyss. Today, in our humane and progressive 21st century, fallen and base individuals are treated quite tolerantly, for many of us such behavior has become the norm, but in those distant times the mentality was completely different. The pantheon of supreme gods and demigods decided to destroy the entire continent; Atlantis was to be wiped off the face of the Earth. This is what the celestials did - quickly and unnoticed by most people.
Atlantis was drowning, both in its own greed and literally. The earth opened up and stormy ocean waters poured onto the land. The mysterious island has plunged into an eternal abyss. Proud Athens was also unlucky. The wrath of the gods, who did not forgive their charges for the loss, was no less cruel than the fate to which Atlantis, a once powerful and beautiful civilization, was doomed. The gods unleashed a catastrophe on Greece and the neighboring lands; the state of Athens was just as erased from the map as Atlantis. , mired in her own sins. There were no Athenians left capable of celebrating the fall of the aggressor, Atlantis, everyone fell, everyone died.
The secrets of Atlantis, a civilization that disappeared in the pages of history.
This information can be gleaned from two extensive dialogues revealing the secrets of Atlantis, written by Plato at the very end of his life. It seems nothing special - there is no direct evidence based on serious scientific research, no references to any ancient manuscripts or authoritative sources. At first sight secrets of Atlantis, like the ancient civilization itself, is a funny myth, a fairy tale. However, in spite of everything, the secrets of Atlantis and the legends about this civilization survived not only the philosopher himself, they survived centuries, millennia, giving rise to a huge number of discussions, theories and assumptions.
The main opponent who opposed the existence of this nation and dispelled the secrets of Atlantis was Aristotle, who lived from 384 to 322 BC. Aristotle was the teacher and mentor of Alexander the Great. He was one of Plato's main students, who began studying at the Academy in 366 BC and completed it in 347.
For almost 20 years, this venerable man, who in every possible way dispelled the secrets of Atlantis, listened to the speeches of philosophers, himself preached the theory of eternal good, and treated both the works and statements of his mentor with great respect. As a result, Aristotle expressed disagreement with Plato’s dialogues, calling them the delirium of an old man. Allegedly, the secrets of Atlantis are not secrets at all, but a rebellion of the fantasy and imagination of an honorable elder.
This negative reaction continued. In Western Europe in the middle of the centuries, Aristotle had unquestioned authority. His judgments and theories were accepted as the ultimate truth. Therefore, one can imagine that until the end of the 8th century, the beginning of the 9th century, although they talked about the mysterious land, about the secrets of Atlantis, they spoke with reluctance, with an eye on the representative adherents of the philosophical concepts of Aristotle, one of the greatest, if not the most important philosopher of Ancient Greece.
What is the reason for such an attitude towards the mystery of Atlantis, towards the existence of this civilization? Why did Plato's honorary student, Aristotle, categorically reject the possibility that Atlantis city existed and flourished for several millennia? Maybe he had irrefutable evidence at his disposal that left no trace of the mystery of Atlantis? But there is nothing in the writings of the venerable husband that would point to this evidence. On the other hand, it is also impossible to dismiss Aristotle’s judgments. He was too authoritative a man and a philosopher to turn a blind eye to what he said and wrote.
To understand everything, you need to imagine the learned men of the past, shrouded in dreams and an unclouded gaze aimed at the future, as mere mortals, people who are characterized by envy, greed, selfishness and other things that do not fit in with philosophers and such respectable men.
Who was Plato, who gave birth to the secrets of Atlantis, exciting the minds of even modern scientists? Plato was the darling of fate, the favorite of fortune. He was born into a rich family, and from childhood he knew no worries, lack of attention and no need for money. Thanks to his origin, he received all the benefits of life easily, with a wave of his hand. Without any effort, he created the Academy, surrounded himself with fans and people who sincerely revere him. All doors were open for him in Athens. He could shout at the top of his lungs that the sunken city, Atlantis, exists, and they would believe him. Today, such people are usually called masters of life, golden youth and oligarchs, but before, such concepts did not exist, however, a prejudiced attitude towards the rich and wealthy of this world could be traced even before our era.
And who was Aristotle, who did everything possible to dispel the mysteries of Atlantis brought by his mentor? The son of an ordinary doctor at the court of the Macedonian ruler, already by birth doomed to a miserable existence in poverty and social helplessness. From childhood he knew, if not need, then at least the need for money and livelihood. Each new step upward was given to him with great difficulty. Only thanks to his perseverance, willpower, determination and efficiency, which the Atlanteans themselves would envy, this man achieved everything he deserved: money, fame, respect.
Carefully hidden hostility and envy towards a prosperous and caressed mentor in life ultimately played the worst joke on Aristotle that the human mind and fate are capable of. Atlantis, the lost civilization, became his Achilles heel. He forgot everything good and good that his mentor did for him; if he did not betray Plato, then he certainly desecrated his eternal memory with his doubts and mistrust. After all, in the end, the secrets of Atlantis might not have interested Aristotle at all, however, he not only turned his attention to them, he considered it his duty and obligation to refute the latest works of Plato. God will be his judge, but the truth is that with all his efforts, Aristotle did not have a single fact that could refute the statements of his mentor. The Atlanteans remained unproven, but also not refuted, no matter how hard the envious student tried.
Lost Atlantis and the mystery of its existence.
For two millennia, the question of the mysterious continent either came to life in the minds of individual researchers, or faded away under the influence of militant antagonists of Plato’s instructions. The most serious opponent, fending off any evidence of the presence of the mystical and lost Atlantis on earth, has long been the church. The servants of the Lord considered the official date of the creation of the world to be 5508 BC. Plato, in his theories, climbed into the darkness of centuries, indicating a time interval of 9 thousand years, when, according to the church, there was no Earth, no people, no universe, much less some lost Atlantis could not physically exist.
It was only in the second half of the 9th century, when the church split and its influence began to wane, that lost atlantis may exist, they started talking again, and then in a whisper. The first who again loudly began to talk about the possibility that the lost Atlantis took place in the history of human civilization was Elena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891) - theosophist, researcher, writer and famous traveler. Being a gifted, talented person, a bright and extraordinary personality, this amazing woman categorically asserted that the lost Atlantis existed, and Plato was not mistaken when talking about this mysterious island. True, there were discrepancies in her theories with Plato’s version of Atlantis; the researcher assigned her two continents at once - one in the Pacific, and the other, located in the Atlantic Ocean. In her understanding, the remnants of the once great and ancient empire turned out to be the islands of Madagascar, Ceylon, Sumatra, individual islands of Polynesia and the famous Easter Island.
Many other researchers followed Blavatsky, furiously arguing about where the lost Atlantis was located, and about the very fact of its existence on the map of antiquity. However, the researchers were unable to present anything concrete, evidence-based and definite to the scientific community.
A beautiful, but as it seemed to many a mythical legend, the world of Atlantis came to life and received rapid development only at the very end of the 19th century. This is the period of the beginning of powerful progress, both scientific and technical. It is no wonder that it was in this era, when more and more new resources appeared at people’s disposal, that interest in adventure arose again in the minds of many. And the lost Atlantis in their eyes became exactly that adventure. In fact, humanity has just entered a new phase of its existence. Heavy and light industry developed by leaps and bounds, science showed enormous interest in what this lost Atlantis really was, technology, finance - all this required increasingly advanced means of communication not only between individual cities and countries, but also between entire continents.
In 1898, a significant event took place in history around the lost Atlantis and research aimed at finding it. This year, a telegraph cable was pulled underwater from Europe to America. And suddenly, for some unclear technical reasons, it broke off; as a result of which one of the ends sank to the very bottom of the ocean. They lifted it as usual with steel cats. The surprising thing is that along with the cable, an unexpected surprise was also pulled out of the water, presumably related to the lost Atlantis: These were small pieces of glassy lava, stuck between the legs of the mechanisms used to lift the cable.
Luck or not, at that moment there was a geologist on the ship, and a very, very experienced specialist. In addition, he was familiar with what the underwater city of Atlantis was and knew firsthand about the hype around it. He took pieces of a strange rock, the origin of which was almost immediately associated with such a phenomenon as the lost Atlantis, and took them to Paris to his colleague, the French geologist Termier. He carefully studied the presented samples and soon made a detailed report at the Oceanographic Society in the capital of France.
As you might guess, his speech was truly sensational and the main topic of this speech was the lost Atlantis, which at that time was the main bone of contention in the research world. In fact, Termier stated with full responsibility that lava takes this form only when it hardens in air. In an underwater eruption, it would have been completely different and would not have had a glassy, but rather a crystalline structure. Thus, the conclusion naturally suggested itself that once upon a time, in the boundless waters of the Atlantic, somewhere between Iceland and the Azores, there was land; it is obvious that we are not talking about some unknown island, but about such a phenomenon as the lost Atlantis , perished in the depths of the world's oceans.
It seemed that the question of the presence and location of the mysterious continent should be resolved by itself. It would be time to open a bottle of expensive champagne and celebrate such a serious and important discovery for science as the lost Atlantis, but that was not the case. To make it clearer what exactly the catch is, it’s worth going from afar and telling about everything in order.
Atlantis is a lost world, a bone of contention for the scientific community.
The status of a discoverer in that era was almost the main, cherished dream of the entire life of every respectable man of science. So, in 1900, an English archaeologist named Evans conducts excavations in the Cretan city of Knossos and, surprisingly, finds traces of the most ancient civilization in the entire Mediterranean. He calls it Minoan, but at the same time claims that Atlantis, the lost world famous in scientific circles, and his Minois are one and the same.
In his research, the archaeologist refers to a layer of ash discovered in the sea soil, the age of which exceeds three thousand years. The island of Santorini is located 120 kilometers from Crete. It was here, according to Arthur Evans, that Atlantis, the lost world famous in scientific circles, was located. In 1400 BC, the Santorini volcano exploded. The entire middle of the island sank to the bottom of the sea, destroying Atlantis, a lost world that excites the minds of scientists. But what about the fact that Plato’s works speak of the age of Atlantis, a lost world that is at least 5 thousand years older than the remains of the civilization discovered by Evans. It's simple, according to Evans, Plato simply made a mistake, indicating 9 thousand years instead of 900 years.
Throughout the century, scientists from various countries tried to steal the palm from each other, competing in their inventions, ingenuity of mind, and pseudo-knowledge about the ancient world. Wherever their tireless searches took them. Mysterious Atlantis, the lost world, famous in scientific circles, was found in the Canary Islands, and off the coast of Iceland, and, predictably, in the central waters of the Atlantic Ocean. But all to no avail. No one has been able to pinpoint the specific location of the mysterious ancient continent. Atlantis, the lost world, was not discovered, and what’s more, researchers were unable to find even one single piece of evidence or clue that could indicate the location of the mysterious island.
Disputes about the mysterious Earth, about what the lost city - Atlantis is, do not subside even today. Theories appear and disappear, legends are born and die, and with them more and more scientists, archaeologists and historians climb to the research Olympus, and then fall from it. Some of their assumptions are very similar to the truth, others are more like a fantastic story or a good invention of a sick mind. This story is one of these: the basis of the entire Atlantis, the lost world, was a certain huge crystal that accumulates and transforms the energy of the universe into the more familiar earthly one. Whether this crystal was of artificial or natural origin is unknown, or maybe it is deliberately kept silent. This source of endless energy was kept in the central temple of Poseidon under the watchful supervision of the best, chosen warriors.
The crystal fully satisfied all the everyday and other needs of the people whose homeland was Atlantis, the lost world, but they did not want to be content with little. Being aggressive and warlike by nature, the inhabitants of the ancient empire used it as a powerful weapon, destroying and burning the lands of their enemies.
Nowhere and no one around had such a means of protection that could protect them from the power of the crystal, and very soon all the neighboring states were enslaved by power-hungry invaders. The mysterious Atlantis, a lost world, turned into a majestic empire, its borders expanded and expanded until they reached the endless steppes, beyond which lay the no less endless China.
Atlantis is the homeland of conquerors.
The process of taking over a new, unknown country and race was slow, and ancient atlanteans decided to send a powerful beam of energy across the entire planet. Choking with impatience and greed, people who believed that Atlantis was their home, hurriedly went to the crystal and the main custodian activated the energy weapon.
A pillar of hellfire hit the rocky ground. But instead of piercing the earth like a knife through butter, it split Atlantis itself into several parts. The foaming waters of the ocean quickly rushed onto the island, sweeping away everything living and inanimate in its path. The ancient city of Atlantis sank to the bottom of the ocean in the blink of an eye. All the Atlanteans disappeared along with her, taking the greatness and heritage of their civilization into oblivion. This is such a legend, a colorful legend. It is clear that it is based on real facts. All this, most likely, is the invention of some researcher tired of fruitless searches.
Centuries and millennia have passed, and the question of whether the ancient civilization of Atlantis existed or not is still unanswered? Perhaps the most serious and demonstrative theory was put forward by Thor Heyerdahl, the famous Norwegian traveler. He drew his attention and the attention of the scientific world to the similarities between the ancient cultures of Asia Minor, Egypt, Crete and the ancient civilizations that inhabited Central America. Indeed, if you reject skepticism and look at all this from the outside, these cultures have many similar features. Atlanta, or rather their empire, was a state where the cult of the sun occupied no less important position in society than the cult of Poseidon, who was the father of the inhabitants of this city. We can observe the same thing in Central America, Asia Minor and Crete. The sun god was also worshiped there, and marriages between family members were practiced to preserve the purity of the family. We do not know what the ancient language of Atlantis was, but we can note that the writing of the cultures of Crete, Central America and Egypt is as similar as two peas in a pod.
An important similar factor are pyramids, sarcophagi, mummification, and masks. These pagan symbols and examples of art, unusual for European states, were often found in Egyptian, Asian and American settlements. Again, we do not know whether Atlantis was the pride of the pyramids, we only find common features between ancient empires that seem different at first glance. In addition, it has long been proven that there was once a connection between the American and European continents. We all once lived on one large continent, why shouldn’t it be the same Atlantis that researchers have been unsuccessfully searching for for two thousand years now?!
Could it be that Atlantis was not destroyed, but was simply reborn in the Egyptian pyramids and in their American counterparts? Who knows?! Perhaps we will get an answer to this question in the very near future. Now we, like the entire scientific world, can only assume that Atlantis existed, and was not an invention of the old mind of a philosopher from Athens.
Science fiction writers and filmmakers have repeatedly shown how diverse life outside our planet can be. They have pushed humanity to lose the ability to admire different species and ancient civilizations on Earth. At their instigation, people began to take lightly the huge chronology lasting billions of years. In this regard, today it is important for a person to clearly understand the facets of space science fiction and the real history of his earthly home.
The Earth has existed for endless billions of years and its appearance may have completely changed during this time. If we had the opportunity to go back in time and look, we would not recognize her.
Plato on the mysteries of Atlantis
Based on the statements of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, 15,000 years ago Atlantis was located in the Atlantic Ocean. In his stories, he only mentioned a little about the location of the mainland, but accurately described the life and culture of the Atlantean civilization. According to him, the cities of Atlantis amazed the imagination with their grandeur. He also described how high the technical level of development existed among the Atlanteans.
However, Plato himself did not see all this. He was told by his uncle Solon, who was in Egypt and heard about the Atlanteans from the priests of the goddess of the sky Neith. Solon was even pointed out to the inscriptions in the temples, which are real evidence of the existence of the continent. Solon concluded: the Atlanteans knew about the death of the continent, so they did everything to preserve the human gene pool and its great secrets.
According to Plato, the continent of Atlantis sank under water in a few hours. How could such a huge piece of land sink in such a short time? After all, no natural disaster will cause such destruction. Therefore, scientists put forward two versions: either the continent sank into the ocean waters longer than they say, or the death of the Atlantean civilization came from outer space.
Versions of scientists
To find the flooded continent, scientists explored the entire Earth. There is information that can make humanity take a different look at its history.
Experts believe that the most likely location of the continent is the Aegean Sea. The Atlanteans were closely connected with the Minoan civilization, which existed long before our era. e. However, a strong eruption occurred on the island of Santorini and Atlantis sank into the sea. According to geological research, this theory is indirectly confirmed. So, in this area, multi-meter deposits of volcanic ash were actually noticed under water. However, science cannot say whether there are remains of Atlanteans underneath them.
Scientists call modern Antarctica another place where it is worth looking for Atlantis. Ancient maps of the Earth make this version not so fantastic. Thus, at the beginning of 1665, the German Jesuit Athanasius Kircher presented a copy of the Egyptian map, where Antarctica was depicted without ice. And with the help of the latest equipment, data was obtained that shows the complete similarity of the outlines of the Egyptian map with the modern one. There are also similar maps of Antarctica, which are now in different museums around the world.
The ancient Sumerians, who lived in Mesopotamia, were in contact with the civilization living on the planet Nibiru. The Dagons, a tribe of Central Africa, have kept evidence of contacts with representatives of the planet Sirius for almost 6 thousand years. However, the Atlanteans are considered the most interesting and mysterious ancient civilization for scientists around the world. They, in addition to a high level of science and technology, had telepathic and extrasensory abilities. Perhaps it was the Atlanteans who were the ancestors of man.
Who were the Atlanteans?
Marine explorer Edward Case lifted the veil of this mystery a little. In 1930, a scientist found traces of a lost continent between the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea. Traces of Atlanteans have also been found in America, Morocco, British Honduras and the Pyrenees. On the border of Bermuda and Puerto Rico (Sargasso Sea) is supposedly the largest part of Atlantis. According to Cayce, it is very difficult for modern human civilization to imagine how far the Atlanteans were ahead of us in all areas. And the height of these people was much higher than ours. According to Casey, their development was completely different from ours. Atlanteans had the ability to move freely on earth, regardless of the force of gravity. Their communication took place telepathically, and with the power of thought, the Atlanteans could move objects weighing several tens of tons.
Only time can destroy material traces. But the Atlantean civilization left behind in the memory of all nations a large amount of information that was passed on from generation to generation. So, Plato did not have any evidence of the existence of the Atlanteans, except for the story of his uncle, but even modern scientists believed him. Apparently, on a subconscious level, they felt that there was truth in this story. Therefore, in the 21st century the search for this amazing civilization continues.
Interest in this country is fueled by the desire of scientists to get answers to numerous questions: who were the Atlanteans and where did they come from? What destroyed their civilization? Was this an accidental death? However, experts in the scientific world understand perfectly well that if Atlantis is found, then the official history of the development of human civilization will melt away like a foggy haze in the sunlight. Today there are enough facts indicating the reliability of Plato's stories.
Myths and legends
The peoples of the world on the five continents of the Earth in myths and legends mention giants who were once the dominant race.
In Egypt, they believe that their first dynasty arose from giants who sailed to them by sea and taught them medicine, as well as the art of construction.
Greek mythology mentions giants born from the blood of Uranus. One of them was the famous Antaeus, who was killed by Hercules. And the titan Prometheus taught the Greeks how to use fire.
The ancient Roman polymath writer Pliny the Elder, in his original writings, says that during a strong earthquake a large hill collapsed, which exposed the skeleton of a giant 20 meters high. The Greek writer Philostratus, who later began to live in Rome, spoke about his discovery in Ethiopia. He found a strange burial containing the skeleton of a man whose height was 15 meters.
The 16th-century Spanish geographer and historian Cieza de Leon tells a legend about the attack of giants. They arrived on ships and managed to build the Tiwanaku Temple overnight, which today is an archaeological complex.
In the ancient Indian epic in Sanskrit there is a story about the titans who opposed Rama. Hanuman, one of the giants, became the protector of people.
In the history of the Toltecs there are legends about great people who disappeared from the face of the Earth after strong earthquakes.
The abyss of time separates human civilization from the Atlanteans who once lived. They were far superior to us in every way. But their traces of spiritual knowledge are forever imprinted on Earth. Today there is evidence of only a small part of the existence of the Atlanteans, and all of it is based on fragments of facts that are not fully understood. Fragmentary information from geologists, paleontologists and archaeologists cannot fully form a complete picture that resolves the issue of Atlantis. Where was she and where did she go? Is there a connection between the past and the future? Perhaps everything happens according to the Laws of the Cosmos? Will we be able to find the disappeared Atlantis or is this valuable knowledge lost forever?
Archaeological finds
Atlantis may be found! This is confirmed by archaeological finds of the remains of giants all over the world. So, in mid-2008, in Georgia, near the city of Borjomi, archaeologists found the remains of a giant whose height was more than 3 meters.
And Australian anthropologists found a human tooth 67 mm high and 42 mm wide. A person over 7 meters tall and weighing 350 kilograms could have such a tooth.
In Turkey, paleontologists have unearthed many fossilized human remains. For example, a leg bone is 1 meter 20 centimeters long.
Chinese archaeologists have discovered a large number of fragments of human jaws. Their height could be more than 3.5 meters.
Many Easter Island legends speak of giants who erected statues 20 meters high and weighing 50 tons. The race that created these statues was called “the masters who fell from the sky.”
According to many scientists of the Great Sphinx, the statues of Bamiyan and the pyramids of Egypt were created by the Atlanteans. Their civilization is considered the most highly developed that has ever existed. They took to the air on mysterious aircraft, could descend to great depths and even fly to other planets. According to Hindu gurus, these structures were lifted into the air by the power of thought. However, the Atlantean civilization perished during the Great Flood. Why? What are the reasons for her death?
The Russian writer and religious philosopher Elena Ivanovna Roerich in her book “Agni Yoga” concluded that the existence of human civilization is coming to an end. Our modern life corresponds to the last days of the Atlanteans. Today there is complete spiritual savagery, betrayal, war, famine, devastation, death. Science is desecrated and becomes the subject of controversy and speculation. The spiritual heritage is being destroyed, churches are emptying. Greed, selfishness and cruelty are everywhere. The balance of power between Space and Earth is collapsing. This will create a catastrophe that will destroy our civilization, just as it destroyed Atlantis.
