ATLANTIS- MYTH

OR REALITY

THE HISTORY OF ALTANTIS

Around 350 BC, Plato wrote about a beautiful island in the Atlantic Ocean that went
under the ocean waves in one day and one night. It took two books to describe the history and details of this almost magical island. For years people have been looking for
this mysterious lost city, Atlantis.
The wife of Poseidon had 10 sons (five sets of twins.) Each son ruled a part of Atlantis. For generations Atlantis was peaceful and all was well. As time passed each suc1

ceeding king tried to outdo the other and built a greater kingdom. Eventually Atlantians became greedy and corrupt. Zeus decided to teach them a lesson so he called all
the gods together. Plato ended his story here so we never really know what happened.

kPlato wrote that the sea god Poseidon (Neptune) was given Atlantis and on a
hill in the middle of the island the god built his mortal wife a large home. This palace
was surrounded by five rings of water and land connected only by tunnels large
enough for ships to pass through. Atlantians were amazing engineers. They built palaces, temples, harbors, docks and a complicated water system - all about 12,000 years
ago. Farmers grew the food on a field not much larger than Oklahoma State. Behind
this massive field there where mountains touching the sky where many of the wealthy
villagers lived. Plato described spectacular buildings, fountains that had both hot and
cold water, stone walls covered with precious metals and huge statues made of gold.
Plato describes the Atlantians as great engineers and architects. There were palaces, harbors, temples and docks. The capital city was built on a hill and surrounded
by rings of water, which were joined by tunnels large enough for a ship to sail through.
A huge canal connected the outer rings of water to the ocean. On the outskirts of the
capital city there were huge fields where farmers grew the city's food. Past the field
there were mountains where wealthy villagers lived. Plato goes great detail about the
amazing buildings - complete with hot and cold fountains, shared dining halls and
stone walls covered with precious metals.
The most believable theory about Atlantis came from the Greek archaeologist Angelos Galanopoulos in the late '60s. He theorized that around 1500 BCE, a massive
eruption from a volcano ripped apart the island of Santorini in the Mediterranean and
probably wiped out most of the civilization on the Greek islands and regions of Greece.
Angelos suggested this disaster is the one that sank Atlantis. If this is so, then he must
have his dates wrong or does he? He reasons that when the story was being translated,
the Egyptian symbol for 100 a coiled rope was mistaken for the symbol for 1000 a lotus flower. This changes the date from 9000 years ago to 900 years ago. The only
thing wrong with this explanation is that Plato specifically said the city was near the
Pillars of Hercules, which are thought to be nowhere near Greece.

he exact location of the lost city of Atlantis has been questioned by many people,
like British Royal Air Force photo interpreter J.M. Allen. He is convinced Atlantis is in
Altiplano, near the Andes Mountains, in Bolivia. The famous psychic channeler Edgar
Cayce believed the remains would be found off the coast of Florida near Bimini Island.
Other people think it's lost somewhere in Central America, the China Sea or Africa.
Others believe that Atlantis is nothing more than a myth.

I think Atlantis is a myth. Plato probably got the story from his son, Solon, mixed
up. Plato said Solon discovered the story of Atlantis in Egypt. Atlantis is said to have
exsisted WAY before Egypt, and if there were records, where are they now? Atlantis
was probably confused with Tantalis, one of the cities in Greek mythology. The same
thing happened to Tantalis that's said to have happened to Atlantis in Plato's story.
Zeus got mad at Tantalus and struck him with a bolt of lightning. The city he founded,
Tantalis, was shattered by an earthquake and drowned beneath a lake.