Atlantis
What is Atlantis?
Atlantis, according to a tradition that has lasted for more than two thousand years, would have been a vast continent that would have hosted, before the other ancient civilizations known to us, an important human civilization of a certain technological development.
Where was Atlantis located?
This is a good question. According to the only source in which it is mentioned, Atlantis was "beyond the Pillars of Hercules (ie the Strait of Gibraltar) in the middle of what can be called a true (Atlantic?) Ocean". It was a giant island surrounded by others, through which one arrived at an opposite continent that embraced the whole ocean.
This is all we know by the original sources of Atlantis. For the rest, over the millennia, it has been positioned by scholars in every part of the world, also thanks to the ambiguity of the Platonic text. However, making a percentage estimate of what has been said, 45% place Atlantis in the middle of the Atlantic. 40% believe it is a product of fantasy. 10% see America as the lost continent, while in the remaining 5% there is everything, including Africa, Antarctica, Spain, Malaysia, Germany etc.
When did Atlantis exist?
According to Plato it was destroyed by a great cataclysm around 9560 BC. We cannot be sure of this, however, because in the texts we find that Solon is told by the Egyptian priests that it disappeared 9000 years earlier. The fact is then that the Egyptians counted the years as lunar months, and then the destruction would go back to 888 years earlier. The first thesis is supported by the fact that the melting of the ice, following a great catastrophe, happened just then. The second is supported by the hieroglyphics of Medinet Habu, in Egypt, which describe the invasion of a mysterious people of the sea (it came out of the Mediterranean) and by the fact that the names mentioned by Plato in his document refer to heroes who lived in 1300-1200. approximately. That is 900 years before Solon.
It should not be overlooked that, if the date were really 888 years before Solon, the disappearance of Atlantis would coincide with that of the civilization of Crete following the explosion of the island of Thera. And in fact Crete, due to its similarities with Atlantis (apart from the totally different geography) is one of the major candidates as a solution to the mystery of Atlantis.
Are there any ruins of Atlantis?
Officially no, even if the latest findings prove to be in favor of this fact. In 1968 off the Bahamas, in Bimini, Professor J. Manson Valentine (naturalist and zoologist who for years has studied the waters of the Bermuda Triangle) discovered, together with other divers, by chance, an underwater wall, today called the Bimini Wall. . It is unmistakably a work of man (since it was later verified that that area, thousands of years earlier, was above sea level!) Due to the regularity of the stones and the 90 degree curves of the wall itself. The dating of this work is still uncertain. A column trunk was also found on the same site.
In 1991, a professor from Boston, geologist Robert Scoch, found traces of erosion due to rain in the Sphinx of Giza on American TV. This means that it was built when there was abundant rain there, that is, millennia and millennia ago! The head of the Sphinx has no such erosion and is disproportionate to the body, a clear sign that it may have been retouched by the Egyptians themselves. It should also be noted that modern Egyptology has not yet brought overwhelming evidence to confirm that it was built by the pharaohs as well as for the other three pyramids. Indeed, Robert Bauval, an archaeoastronomer, has recently shown that the arrangement of the three great pyramids of Giza reflects that of the Orion belt as it was in 10000 BC.
Furthermore, the investigations on Stonehenge and other mysterious constructions are not yet concluded and therefore interesting news is expected from the future.
What was the first civilization of man?
Officially the Egyptian civilization, together with the Mesopotamian ones and, probably, the classical pre-Columbian civilizations. The formation of Egypt, according to official history, began in 3100 BC with the first documents attesting the union of Upper and Lower Egypt. Curiously, however, the existence of Jericho has been proven, the city of the Bible that would have been destroyed by the sound of trumpets, and its ruins date back to 10000 BC!
Were the Atlanteans more technologically advanced than us?
This is still a difficult problem, because we have no Atlantean artifacts in hand. If it was they who built the pyramids it must be said that they were great architects and mathematicians. According to Plato they were also great navigators.
Many times we hear of space technology, more advanced than ours, and of a mysterious magical material called orichalcum. Atlantis then should have been almost a timeless empire. These statements come from esoteric and occult sources and are devoid of any scientific basis. Furthermore, ancient sources such as the Mahabarata (Indian holy book) pop up pages that seem to describe concepts such as the atom and nuclear wars ... In all probability the most reliable theory, for what we have, is that of Lewis Spence, which classifies Atlantis as a great stone civilization.
How did Atlantis disappear?
According to Plato it was destroyed, by the will of the gods, under a great flood, complete with earthquakes, until it plunged into the depths of the ocean. Many ancient civilizations speak of their first homeland, or a lost paradise, which disappeared in the same way (is there any connection with the flood in the Bible?).
Was it a civilization from outer space?
This is very unlikely although there are some who support it. Furthermore, it is a voice that, as always, comes from clairvoyant or occult sources (often in contrast with each other). There is no scientific evidence of this, of course, and in any case there is still no logical reason for this to be assumed.
Did he inherit knowledge from aliens?
Probably not. Many argue that the pyramids, which emerge in both parts of the globe, are a connection with aliens as they possess advanced construction technology and trace the map of the starry sky. As well as they are visible from above, almost as a signal for space ships.
Who spoke of Atlantis?
The great Greek philosopher Plato (424 -378 BC) is officially recognized as the first witness of Atlantis, with his dialogues "Timaeus" and "Critias".
The Timaeus
Written in the last years of the philosopher's life, it tells the story of the universe through the myth of the demiurge, a "divine architect", who would have removed matter from chaos, reshaping it in the architectural order of the universe. In the last part of the dialogue (Timaeus is the name of a Pythagorean philosopher, put as interlocutor of Socrates, Critias and Hermocrates) is Critias the young, historical figure, who briefly tells the story of Atlantis and its sinking.
The Critias
Written immediately after the Timaeus, it sees Critias himself as the main interlocutor, who tells in great detail the creation, life, uses, culture on Atlantis. However, the dialogue was not finished.
The lost dialogue
In Plato's plans there was the construction of a trilogy, the so-called "Atlantean", consisting of the dialogues mentioned above plus the "Hermocrates" which, however, has not been lost, but has never been written. In fact, Critias dates back to a year before Plato's death and the philosopher's last dialogue is the "Laws". Therefore there was no physical time to develop such a dialogue.
What was orichalcum?
In the dialogues it is described as a metal with reflections of fire, very precious (only gold was worth more), so much so that it was used for the stele where the laws thousands of years old were engraved. In Greek the word orichalcum means mountain of bronze and it is therefore thought that it is a particular alloy of copper, if not copper itself.
How long did the Atlantean civilization live?
It is not possible to establish an estimate on the chronology of this alleged civilization, as not even the Platonic text itself leaves no clues. If we knew its technology perfectly, we could perhaps establish a period based on their degree of development.
Were there any other civilizations?
There are no reliable sources that speak of other contemporary civilizations in Atlantis, although we often hear of the continents of Mu and Lemuria.
Only the American Colonel James Churchward spoke of the first. He says that during a trip to India, a guru showed him ancient tablets, where the history of this land, mother of all civilizations and which should have been located in the middle of the Pacific, was engraved (where, however, there is no geological evidence ). It too fell away after a terrible catastrophe.
Lemuria, on the other hand, should have been a land bridge connecting Africa with India. Esoteric sources say that it was inhabited by a civilization of beings halfway between man and ape. Science would confirm the existence of such a bridge. In fact, in Magadascar, there is an animal species, lemurs in fact, which are similar to monkeys. Beyond this island the only part of the world where they are found is in India and in the archipelagos of South Asia. These are two very strange isolations (especially that of Magadascar) that suggest the existence of a middle ground that allowed this species to emigrate from one pole to another.
A CIVILIZATION FROM SPACE?
The most surprising theory about Atlantis is undoubtedly the one that claims it came from space, perhaps Mars or a planet already destroyed.
According to the law of Titius - Bode, the last possibility is, in a certain sense, reliable. Through their mathematical calculation (based on a numerical sequence) we are able to calculate with an excellent approximation the distance of the planets from the Sun. This account also provides for the presence of a planet between Mars and Jupiter, but there is a ring of asteroids that follows an orbit around the sun: pieces of an exploded planet? Possible ... possible ...
Many people, while unaware of this fact, find it easy to explain the ancient knowledge of the human race as a gift from alien visitors. If UFOs roam the skies today, why didn't they have to do so thousands of years ago? I'm sure most of the photos and sightings are fake, but other descriptions, made by wise and honest people (like JMValentine and airplane pilots) are reliable. I also believe that UFOs are mostly the work of man himself: their sightings, after the end of the Second World War, have grown steadily up to over 100% !!! And we know that during this period the American military forces began to improve scientific progress in order to design a revolutionary and unbeatable machine to fix a hypothetical third war.
Albert Einstain also thought that UFOs were piloted by man, but a man who once inhabited the earth and was forced to leave: now they just want to go home. In the book of Ezekiel we learn that he was kidnapped by a ship from heaven and in the ancient documents there are many references of glittering objects flying in the skies ... I think there may be some truth in this context. The Nazca lines in Peru are only visible from a certain height and some of them are so long and straight that they suggest they were airstrips for flying vehicles, while the mysterious animal silhouettes are supposed to be signs for extraterrestrials or a map of constellations (someone recognized Orion's belt in the great spider). Even the three great pyramids of Gizeh would be a map of the sky (they would still represent the belt of Orion). Recently Graham Hancock discovered that Angkor Khan, Cambodia, is the mirror of the constellation of the Dragon (as it was in 10450 BC). Why was the sky so important? we must remember that the religions of many ancient civilizations were based on the worship of the Sun and the sky was the abode of the gods (as well as, many times, the center - Atlantic). It is no less important that the sky was also a reference for naval routes and Atlantis, as Plato said, was a great ruler of the sea. Why was the sky so important? we must remember that the religions of many ancient civilizations were based on the worship of the Sun and the sky was the abode of the gods (as well as, many times, the center - Atlantic). It is no less important that the sky was also a reference for naval routes and Atlantis, as Plato said, was a great ruler of the sea. Why was the sky so important? we must remember that the religions of many ancient civilizations were based on the worship of the Sun and the sky was the abode of the gods (as well as, many times, the center - Atlantic). It is no less important that the sky was also a reference for naval routes and Atlantis, as Plato said, was a great ruler of the sea.
However the question was: Did Atlantis come from another planet? someone might smile, someone else jump from their chair ... we have no evidence that the development of the human race began on another planet although we know that Mars was capable of hosting life millions of years ago and that a planet in our system could really exploded. And it is still too difficult for our technology to search directly for life on Mars (through archaeological excavations I mean), since there is no atmosphere and consequently a biological balance. But I also said that many sightings were also made from the sky. If so, many people claim that the aliens helped the Atlanteans develop their culture and build the greatest monuments from large blocks of stone. In this context, any reference that an ancient civilization makes to the sky and its movements easily falls into a bad interpretation that risks becoming ridiculous. we must in fact think that the sky had an allegorical meaning for ancient man and therefore it can hide under many faces: place of aliens, gods, chaos, emptiness etc. Gods and aliens would be the same beings and this gives importance to what would be the visits from other worlds!
What about aliens from other solar systems? Alpha Centauri is the closest star to the sun and is four light years away. Would they make such a journey? perhaps, time is relative and for them it could pass faster or slower! With the discovery of black holes Stephen Hawking believes it is theoretically possible to travel in space for large distances due to the space - time curve that large masses cause.
With such assertions we are almost reaching the attempt to answer the more difficult question: "what is life?". we are not yet prepared to give an answer and therefore we return to Earth.
If, we repeat, Atlantis came from space we will find their ships or more references on them. And the first evidence is missing since they could be buried in the ground or corroded in a handful of dust at the time and natural agents. As I said others think that Atlantis inherited something from space to make them build the amazing constructions we see: pyramids and cyclopean walls. I think it is too easy to conclude in this way; I think that man does not need external help to do this. In my opinion, the development of a civilization does not always take the same path with the same stages and certain knowledge can reach them sooner or later and take advantage of it.
there is no absolute need or necessity to involve aliens and the like to explain the story of Atlantis; we also have no proof. Finally, I would like to draw attention to a fact already proven by science: our race, homo sapiens sapiens, comes directly from homo sapiens, erectus, habilis and australopithecus. this evolution has lasted for millions of years. Therefore man is the work of the Earth and was never imported into it. Cro - Magnon man (believed to be the Atlantean race) is a close relative of homo erectus and sapiens however. Are we still to believe that Atlantis was brought from space?
