I surmise that Atlantis was not an island that sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, because Plato said the waters of the sea "rolled over" the island continent. It seems to me that the continent of Antarctica beneath the ice sheet of the South Pole is Atlantis. Plato said that Atlantis was west of the Pillars of Hercules (The Strait of Gibraltar), BUT it is obvious that it was in a primordial time in which the north and south poles had a different orientation. If one repositions a globe of the Earth so that the Brazilian Highland (which have a glaciated past) is the original North Pole, and thus the Philippines would have been the South Pole, and if one travels west from Gibraltar, then one would end up landing on Antarctica (Atlantis). Hence, Antarctica was originally located in the tropic belt north of the equator. I propose the Earth shifted its axis precipitated by a cosmo-cataclysmic event, which suddenly catapulted Atlantis southward to become Antarctica. Your idea?
2006-11-19 03:43:57 · 6 answers · asked by . 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Look into the story of the continent of Muu .
2006-11-20 00:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by Ray H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually I believe Atlantis was Santorini/Crete, and It's destruction led to the Atlantian Myth as well as the 10 Plagues of Egypt from the Bible.
as to the Pillars of Hercules, who knows how many Greek outposts had a structure described by that name.
As to Your Antarctic Theory, I'm sorry but to believe that a polar shift of that magnitude could have occurred in the time of man is a bit far fetched, is it possible that in the earth's youth it was oriented differently, sure, but that it shifted at a time when Maps were being made, and no map exists depicting that orientation is a bit far fetched, and I am willing to leap to grand conclusions myself
2006-11-19 07:07:01 · answer #2 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My theory is that you are batshit insane. Atlantis was just a story, an allegory created by Plato- much like the land of Utopia spoken of by Thomas More.
2006-11-19 05:45:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whew I really wonder if anyone does any form of research before that ask some of the question that they do. First off there was a certain group of people that did run Altantis, and this current world and it rulers will do everything in it power to prevent that group from getting credit for it accomplishments. So the real truth will never be known by the population of this earth until the Idea's of this world dies out or simply fades away................ Please believe me that when I say the true location of Altantis is known. But to admit that to the population of this world by it current rulers will never allow that to happen as long as the division of man still exist in it current form........................
2006-11-19 05:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yea but plato was writing an account from 1000 years before and thats no primordial. atlantis is said to be near crete and related to the minoans
whats up with your avatar its weird for a boy change its not nessicary and its innapropriot
2006-11-19 03:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by hello 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when all is said and done-- a lot more is said than done.
how evident from above.
no wonder a picture is worth a thousand words..
a fable--nothing but a fable...may it rest in peace.
2006-11-19 03:52:58 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋