Just to keep this vaguely Disney-related, Disney has an animated movie called Atlantis, but this post has nothing to do with that. I found the lost continent, the associated islands, and the capital city - all just how Plato describes. Every detail in Plato's narrative is exactly what I found!
He says there was a big continent that the rising tides (probably from Global Warming) swallowed whole. He describes the continent as narrow, long, mountain ranges, a vast grassy low flatland valley in the center, with a bay in front. He describes the continent connecting smaller islands to the west reaching the "true continent". In the center of the bay to the east, he describes a smaller island. The Atlantean Empire had constructed an elaborate network of canals and bridges. The canals form a series if concentric circles and lines forming spikes, passing through the central hub, very much like the Magic Kingdom. In addition to the canals, there is an extensive road and bridge network, crossing the canals.
Plato said there were elephants there. I calculated, if elephants did exist at Atlantis, it would have to be close to Africa and there should be a natural land bridge for the elephants from a major older time period (when the sea level was yet lower than it was during the Atlantean Empire period) for elephants to walk across and populate the Atlantean islands.
Plato said that Atlantis existed some 13,000 years ago "beyond the Pillars of Hercules". That is what the Greeks called the Straights if Gibraltar. In other words, west of Gibraltar. I used Google Earth to see the sea floor levels, precisely where Plato said to look. It's actually there! The islands west of the Atlantis continent are the Caribbean islands. The "true continent" is the Americas.
You can see the Atlantis continent on the picture above, west of Northern Africa, shaped like a crescent, exactly as Plato described, with the mountain ridges, flat valley, and large bay. In the bay, you can see the capital island/city. Zoom in to the capital island, the concentric circles are clearly visible, as are the spikes going through the center. The measurements of both the capital island and the continent are precisely what Plato says they should be!
He says there was a big continent that the rising tides (probably from Global Warming) swallowed whole. He describes the continent as narrow, long, mountain ranges, a vast grassy low flatland valley in the center, with a bay in front. He describes the continent connecting smaller islands to the west reaching the "true continent". In the center of the bay to the east, he describes a smaller island. The Atlantean Empire had constructed an elaborate network of canals and bridges. The canals form a series if concentric circles and lines forming spikes, passing through the central hub, very much like the Magic Kingdom. In addition to the canals, there is an extensive road and bridge network, crossing the canals.
Plato said there were elephants there. I calculated, if elephants did exist at Atlantis, it would have to be close to Africa and there should be a natural land bridge for the elephants from a major older time period (when the sea level was yet lower than it was during the Atlantean Empire period) for elephants to walk across and populate the Atlantean islands.
Plato said that Atlantis existed some 13,000 years ago "beyond the Pillars of Hercules". That is what the Greeks called the Straights if Gibraltar. In other words, west of Gibraltar. I used Google Earth to see the sea floor levels, precisely where Plato said to look. It's actually there! The islands west of the Atlantis continent are the Caribbean islands. The "true continent" is the Americas.
You can see the Atlantis continent on the picture above, west of Northern Africa, shaped like a crescent, exactly as Plato described, with the mountain ridges, flat valley, and large bay. In the bay, you can see the capital island/city. Zoom in to the capital island, the concentric circles are clearly visible, as are the spikes going through the center. The measurements of both the capital island and the continent are precisely what Plato says they should be!
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