Atlantis And Lemuria - Lost Continents, Or A Dreamland Of Eden?

Atlantis and Lemuria - lost continents, or a dreamlandwhich dates back to 1513. Albeit the continent of
of Eden?America was discovered in 1492, these maps picture
Atlantisthe world in a shape that is against the knowledge of
You ask - Atlantis? What is hidden behind thisthe present historical science. The Piri Reis map
mysterious word? Did this lost, mythical world reallypictures also Antarctis some 300 years before it was
exist? Why has it been covered with so much words,discovered - the contours are quite accurate.
veils of fantasy, half-truths, assumptions, hypotheses,Not only this does make us "dumb". Professor
or perhaps truths? Or is it just a pure fabrication thatHapgood contacted the US Air Force to confirm the
inspires poets, occultists, and a little less conventionaltheory about the fact that the land areas of the Piri
scientists? It's hard to tell...Reis map picturing Antarctis are not below ice. He
Atlantis received a lot of attention and many wordsreceived a positive answer.
were written about it; delusions and disinformation too.I would like to believe... But most opinions pertaining to
However, not only laymen but also few and quitethis subject are a product of manipulation that helps
earnest scientists claim that this fabulous world didtheir authors maintain a "good job" or institute
really exist here some long time ago.themselves in some hierarchy of the world. The Italian
Atlantis and its unearthly destruction gave birth toscientist Diego Cuoghi documents some details -
several theories; however, before we start speakingalready at the time of the Turkish Admiral, South
about them, let us look at the historically first recordedAmerica was being discovered by more adventurers;
note about the existence of this unknown world.one of them was Amerigo Vespucci (in 1499);
The first record about Atlantis was written by Plato -however, there are also maps dated before 1513 and
a famous and trustworthy Greek philosopher - who ineven more accurate than the Piri Reis map if we
his works, Critian (and Timeus, too) described in wordsfocus on Cuba, Jamaica and Porto Rico - these areas
of Critias a story about Solon, a famous thinker andare pictured quite inaccurately on the above-mentioned
poet from 6th century BC, who had heard in Egyptmap. Writers like Dänikin or Professor Hapgood
from a certain priest that some long time ago theresimply ignore this.
had existed a land called Atlantis, which had beenWe can also mention a map by Juan de la Cosa
destroyed. A fragment of Plato's words: On this island(1500) or Cantino (1502). If we put Antarctis or
of Atlantis had arisen a powerful and remarkable"undiscovered" islands into the profile, this cannot be
dynasty of kings, who ruled the whole island, and manyseen as proof, because, for example,
other islands as well and parts of the continent; inWaldseemüller's map from 1507 pictures China
addition it controlled, within the strait, Libya up to theprolonged from the back of India - China actually going
borders of Egypt and Europe as far as Tyrrheniato Sri Lanka... Thus, we could say that the missing part
(Italy)...of Brazil on the Piri map simply did not exist!
Translation by Sir Desmond Lee, first published 1965,And what about accurate contours of Antarctis? I
Penguin Classics.think that Hapgood, von Dänikan and other writers
According to other narrations, Gods divided the worldarrogantly underestimate thinking and intelligence of
for themselves. Poseidon was one of them and he gotancient people and they forgot that Egyptians were
the Atlantis. Some people had already lived on thevery good sailors too.
island and one of them was Evenor who hadThis implies that if the Alexandrian library was
Leucippe as his spouse; they had one daughter - Cleito.destroyed as the richest source of information we had
Cleito grew up, she was more and more beautiful, andever had - any good Egyptian pharaoh - a visionary
Poseidon fell in love with her. When Cleito's parentscould easily support a big expedition and it is possible
died, the almighty God of the Sea took care of herthat some ancient sailors knew that Antarctis existed.
and she was about to give birth to five pairs of twins -Having no records about this does not necessarily
men, twin brothers, who received the Atlantis tomean that ancient people did not explore America or
domineer over it. The oldest one was Atlas. And theseAntarctis in the ancient past; neither does it mean that
ruled and governed in a big empire...they had to become "extraterrestrials", as imagination
Egyptians said to Solon that Atlantis had beenof present writers often indicates, as they appear to
destroyed some 9000 years ago. Thus, if we add 600think that ancient people were not even able to think.
years (before Christ) when Solon lived, and 2000Archeological findings
years that passed from the Christ's birth until today,There are many interesting findings, but to expose
we will get 11,600 years.details of every one of them is not necessary for the
There are other authors who wrote about Atlantis, butmoment. To be brief, let's include only some of them to
the first and most famous source is that one of Plato.give a picture how adherents of the idea of a lost
The other source is a Greek philosopher Diodorusaworld think.
Siculus, who lived some 90-20 years before Christ, andNorth America
who wrote (Bibliotheca Historica) that some thousandsIn May 1969, somewhere around the Bimini islands,
years in the past Phoenicians had visited a very bigarcheologists Mansen Valentain and Dimitri Rebikov
island. Atlanteans allegedly "civilized most of thefound some remnants of a building some 30 meters
people". So you can see, there are more historicaldeep in the sea. These were big pieces of stones -
descriptions of Atlantis among which we can also findthey perfectly fit into one another; the weight of one
the one from Aristotle, who wrote, too, about a bigwas about 25 tones. Scientists from the Miami
island in the Atlantic Ocean. Furthermore, theUniversity concluded that the remnants date back to
destruction of Atlantis was mentioned by historianssome 7,000 or 10,000 years before Christ, which
such as Marcellinus, Timagenus, Theopompos...means that they are older than the pyramids of the
We also deal with written records of the Aztecs,Mayas.
Mayas, and not only with these. There are writtenThe expedition of Dr. Manson Valentine found near the
records such as Chilam Balam, Dresden Codex, PopolBimini Islands other ruins at the sea bottom, and in the
Vuh, Codex Cortesianus - they all indicate that theyear 1982 these ruins were photographed. They are
existence of such an advanced civilization wasquite similar to one of the oldest places that have ever
possible. If we look into the line drawing of the lessbeen found - Tiahuanaco Lake in Bolivia.
distant history, Atlantis had always attracted poets,South America
writers, but also occultists or travelers/adventurers.Many explorers and adventurers tried to find the El
One such author was Francis Bacon, who already inDorado - an imaginary place of immense richness.
1626 wrote a very interesting work - New Atlantis,Some archeologists also claim that South America is
which - at its time - exceeded even Verne. Baconthe oldest cradle of humankind. Long time ago the
describes here how a shipwreck crew found someTiahuanaco Empire existed here and it is believed that
extremely advanced people on an island in the Atlanticit existed some 12,000 years before Christ. The
Ocean. The inhabitants of this island could "recordremnants of a big city Tiahuanaco can be found even
sounds", they were able to "demonstrate" and "copy"today on the banks of Titicaca Lake. Many expeditions
it; they used "engines" for all types of movements; theyexplored this area. Scientists wonder how could the
also had messengers whom they sent to visit thethen inhabitants move heavy stones (about 130 tones)
worldly nations and collect information.and put them side by side. The Tiahuanaco civilization
Occultism and New Age also drew information fromgave birth to predecessors of Indians in South
the famous Russian clairvoyant - Blavatska, whoAmerica.
maintained that people from Atlantis were just aOther sources say that Phoenicians visited South
different race on Earth and they had amazingAmerica; one such a source was Austrian Professor
psychical abilities. However, being corrupted, theyLudwig Schwennhagen, who claims that he found their
changed themselves to bad magicians and startedinscriptions in the Amazon jungle. The French
war that resulted in a complete destruction.researcher Apollinaire Frot traveled all over the
Theories about AtlantisBrazilian areas such as Minas Gerais, Goiás,
Theories about Atlantis basically stand on two pillars:Mato Grosso and Bahia and said that he had found so
I.many such inscriptions that he could write books about
It is a fable.them. A British explorer, Percy Fawcett, confirmed this
It is a "bubble" fabricated from the fall of the Minonindependently.
civilization and the destruction of the Thera Island,Amazonia
today known as Santorini, 1640 years before Christ byAmazonia is poorly explored in terms of present
volcanic explosion in the area of smaller volcanicknowledge; its size is only a little smaller that the
islands in the Egey Sea some 75 kilometers southeastpresent USA. A very famous is the story of Colonel
from the main Greek land.Percy Harrison Fawcett, a member of the Royal
If we forget the first two points and suppose thatGeographical Society in London.
Atlantis did really exist, then we can look at otherAt the beginning of the 20th century, this in archeology
theories:interested adventurer decided to explore "lost worlds"
II.in the South-American forests. On the basis of
Atlantis existed in the Atlantic Ocean.agreements with the Bolivian and Brazilian
In the web of sciences, pseudoscience andgovernments, he became a member of several
charlatanism, other teachings appear such as a theoryexpeditions, and already in the year 1911 he lectured in
about the existence of an archipelago betweenLondon about "lost cities" the existence of which he
Cyprus and Syria, but the above theories are thepredicted somewhere on the border between Bolivia
mainstream ones. Let us therefore look at someand Brazil. Percy Fawcett was a real enthusiast of the
information about the possible existence of Atlantis inmythological Atlantis and he believed that South
divergencies of opinions and in a theoretical levelAmerica, i.e. Brazil, was colonized by this civilization in
without requirement to prove or disprove something.our ancient history.
If we count on the theory about the MediterraneanHis disappearance gave birth to several hypotheses,
Sea and the Minon civilization, we will get a simpleone of them was that Indians might capture him and
conclusion. However, if we are not ready to stop atthat he still lives. BBC made several TV documents
this point, we can also mention theories about an islandand they also contacted the Fawcett's family to find
or even a land in the Atlantic Ocean.out more, but the family refused to disclose some
Theories about Atlantis in the Atlantic Oceansensitive materials about Fawcett with justification that
One of the first modern-time Atlantis researchers, whopeople are not yet prepared to hear this...
delved into the study of old documents and sourcesDocument 512
about Atlantis on a long-term basis, was IgnatiusFawcett, as we already know, was possessed by the
Donnelly - an American congressman from Minnesota,idea to search ancient civilizations and he also visited
who in the year 1882 wrote a book Atlantis themany archives. He found a document in Instituto
Antediluvian World, and in 1883 Ragnarok the Age ofHistorico e Geographico Brasileriro in Rio de Janeiro
Fire and Gravel. Donnelly brought the legend aboutabout the 1753 Portuguese expedition, where it is
Atlantis to awareness of Americans with greatwritten: "...big, hidden and very ancient city was found
success. He cites Plato in his books; he speaks aboutwithout inhabitants...".
myths and theories of the Biblical flood; he does notHowever, stories about his disappearance are
bypass native American Indians either and tries toexaggerated - it is not a problem to disappear in such
document language similarities of Indian languages witha jungle even today without leaving any trace. Some
some European languages.believe that he lives in these lost cities and has eternal
The number of authors enlarged including the oneslife...
from professional areas. For example, JamesLemuria
Churchward wrote several books where heThe idea of Lemuria or Mu first appeared in works of
documents old scripts; William Niven, a geologist, triesAugustus Le Plongeon, the traveler and writer who
to prove that he found similar stone tablets in Mexico.conducted his own investigations.
These and other writers support the theory thatConcepts about Lemuria are further built on the fact
Atlantis existed in the Atlantic Ocean as an advancedthat identical geological structures of Permian are
civilization that colonized the continent of North andfound in South India, South Africa, and Australia. Some
South America, but also Europe, Africa and Asia.geologists therefore suggested a theory of possible
The anthropologist George Hunt Williamson made hisexistence of ancient continent and proposed the name
own research of Atlantis and Lemuria. The authorLemuria, which somehow survived.
writes how the ancestors of the Incas led him to anThis lost continent was later popularized by James
old manuscript in the Andes; it records the destructionChurchward (1852-1936) in a series of books, beginning
of Atlantis and Mu. They had allegedly an advancedwith The Children of Mu (1931), The Lost Continent Mu
technology.(1933), and The Sacred Symbols of Mu (1935). The
Proofs or argumentsbooks still have devotees...
In case of "proofs", we should be careful, as theConclusion
Atlantis topic is a good way for making money. But inCertainly, every reasonable man will refuse
addition to fake proofs, there are some trustworthyDänikin's ideas - we may not necessarily see an
arguments too. Let's think."astronaut" in every ancient drawing. But neither do we
The Piri Reis map come from about the year 1513.have to go in a direction to hatefully reject any idea
Columbus, the man who discovered America as thethat slithered off our monocultural line. First of all, it is
first person mentioned in historical documents, studiedopen thinking that is important to correctly grasp or
older maps including the map of Admiral Piri Reis,refuse anything that appears as truth or lie.