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For the lost island empire of Atlantis, countless films not to mention books have speculated about it. Where was it and what was it? What is assured is such Much fascination from professionals and amateurs can be associated with Atlantis, something that was part of two essays, Timaeus and Critias, by the Greek philosopher named Plato written in 360 BC. Available from an online bookstore are 438 titles for this. A full feature film from Disney was entitled as Atlantis The Lost Empire.
There were a number of scholars who believed in the existence of the island of Atlantis, which beheld the light of the sun and brought about a fair abundance, and they said that Plato could not have made the entire thing up. Why does Atlantis remain to be a mysterious quotation from Plato? For Plato, he died after little over a decade failing to reveal the truth about Atlantis.
In existence was Solon, the historian from whom Plato quoted Atlantis. It has been said by skeptics that Solon made everything up and lured Plato to believe. Even in consideration of Plato's intellect, many still believe that he did not possess the abilities to come up with a detailed picture of Atlantis and so the ideas pertaining to the royal palace and cities being located in a series of rings, statues that were as intricate as could be, and even the bath houses could not have come from his brain.
For Plato the demise of Atlantis occurred in 9000 BC but there is much doubt to this claim for such a place, advanced enough to be able to make nuclear bombs not to mention a number of flying machines, could have existed for more than this determined time. The location of Atlantis is another part of the puzzle. A volcano destroyed its suspected location on the island of Thira in 1470 BC.
Atlantis could also have been located around the Azores in the Atlantic off the coast of Spain. Looking for Atlantis has taken over the discoveries of underwater ruins. Sailing the world for European explorers became a matter of using maps with locations for Atlantis.
Having a ton of elephants allowed them to have lots of skins that could be used for flying machines. One more location for Atlantis was off of the coast of modern day Bimini. It was possible for some to survive even when the place was destroyed. Egypt became the new settlement for these survivors and it has been said that they shared their knowledge here. In the Great Sphinx, there are records of Atlantis placed in a secret chamber.
No ice was in Antarctica aside from 4000 BC. Only am underground explosions or seismic upheaval generated some activity prior to this. Such were powerful enough to destroy a complete civilization. An island in the Atlantic Ocean is what Atlantis was and this was the discovery made by an author who was researching about it for his writing. A nuclear explosion in the past is to blame for its non existence. Then and now saw a number of nuclear weaponry accessible to people. A civil war happened in Atlantis and they blew themselves up with a nuclear explosion.
