Atlantis has been found!

[FigmentJedi]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&e=19&u=/ap/atlantis_discovery_claim

 

[maelstrom]

Atlantis is in Anarctica. It is not in the Mediterranean. What are these people thinking? It's probably just some Minoan ruins or something.

 

[TAC]

Shocking surprise - they have no proof.

 

[Shaman]

"Plato wrote of Atlantis as an island in the western sea, which has been widely interpreted to mean the Atlantic Ocean."

I also don't think what was found is the remains of Atlantis...

 

[AliciaLuvzDizne]

Atlantis is in Anarctica. It is not in the Mediterranean. What are these people thinking? It's probably just some Minoan ruins or something.

why do you think its in antarctica?
This would be pretty cool if they really did find atlantis...

 

[Shaman]

why do you think its in antarctica?
This would be pretty cool if they really did find atlantis...

I think its somewhere off the coast of Europe...to the west-southwest...nearer to the Iberian peninsula and Northwestern Africa...thats just what I think...then again Atlantis could prove to be nothing more than a myth...something made up...still I like myths...

 

[Number_6]

I'm just waiting for the guy to come back with proof in the form of a t-shrit for his wife that says "My husband went to Atlantis and all I got was this stupid t-shirt." Then the guy can jump up and down pointing at it and say that he finally has proof.

 

[speck76]

"Plato wrote of Atlantis as an island in the western sea, which has been widely interpreted to mean the Atlantic Ocean."

I also don't think what was found is the remains of Atlantis...

But Plato was Greek, and parts of the eastern Mediterranean would still have been somewhat west/southwest of Greece......The Black Sea would have been the "eastern sea".

There is no way Plato would have written of a place as far off as "in the Atlantic", and that such a place would have figured into historical stories as much when it was that far away.....the majority of major civilizations were east and south of Greece during his time.....the only exception really being Carthage, and much later Rome.

 

[Shaman]

But Plato was Greek, and parts of the eastern Mediterranean would still have been somewhat west/southwest of Greece......The Black Sea would have been the "eastern sea".

There is no way Plato would have written of a place as far off as "in the Atlantic", and that such a place would have figured into historical stories as much when it was that far away.....the majority of major civilizations were east and south of Greece during his time.....the only exception really being Carthage, and much later Rome.

There are theories that Atlantis was a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, which as Plato mentions, laid in front of the mouth of the pillars of Hercules (straits of Gibraltar).

If Atlantis would have been closer to the big civilized sections...there would be more records of trade, wars, more historical record that Atlantis existed...if its out of the way...it stands to reason that there would be less known...I personally don't think that Atlantis is in the Mediterranean....

 

[Atta83]

Well if you look at things in certain ways how do we know that Atlantis did not exsist. I mean they say these people were of greatness of technology but were punished for the way they used it. I think it is possible for this place to exsist (archeologist side talking). If you think and read about you can compare many things we see today as in what I mean are the wonders of the world. From looking at the great pyramids of Egypt and then looking at the pyramids the Aztecs built they do look similar. Is it possible that people from Atlantis survived but these surviors did not want to talk about it??? I think these guys are looking to hard to find it, its like the guys who were trying to find Titanic and it took them forever, but when they really werent looking they found it. I mean Atlantis for all we know could be buried deep in the ocean and could have fast amounts on sediment on it. O well though......

 

[speck76]

There are theories that Atlantis was a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, which as Plato mentions, laid in front of the mouth of the pillars of Hercules (straits of Gibraltar).

If Atlantis would have been closer to the big civilized sections...there would be more records of trade, wars, more historical record that Atlantis existed...if its out of the way...it stands to reason that there would be less known...I personally don't think that Atlantis is in the Mediterranean....

But even Plato's stories were based on stories passed down through generations and generations. Perhaps these stories were altered throughout history.

 

[cru5h]

I love the stories of Atlantis, especially the one Disney did. I could have sworn they found some lost civilization beneath Cuba, but I'm not sure if they coined it as Atlantis or not, maybe it was a comparison. I'll see if I can find the link.

 

[Atta83]

But even Plato's stories were based on stories passed down through generations and generations. Perhaps these stories were altered throughout history.

Exactly!!!! How do we know that it just wasnt a big flood that no one has seen before and that many are walking on what is Atlantis today?!?!? I mean if you look at how many fairy tales have been altered by story tellers you can see what Speck is trying to say. That is what is so facinting with Atlantis the story and the myth, but what is the truth behind it all???

 

[cru5h]

I love the stories of Atlantis, especially the one Disney did. I could have sworn they found some lost civilization beneath Cuba, but I'm not sure if they coined it as Atlantis or not, maybe it was a comparison. I'll see if I can find the link.

OK so, they only reference Atlantis to get dorks like me even more excited. But here is the link incase your intrigued with these things, as I am. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1697038.stm