Atlantis History.com: A. QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Descendants of Legendary Atlantis
by
Constantin Benetatos

Are Northern Europeans more pure descendants
of the Atlanteans than their Mediterranean counterparts?

A. QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTED ANSWERS

1.WHERE WAS THE LOST ISLAND OF ATLANTIS LOCATED?
ACCORDING TO PLATO, THE ISLAND OF ATLANTIS, WHICH WAS LARGER THAN LYBIA AND ASIA COMBINED, WAS LOCATED BEYOND THE PILLARS OF HERACLES.
A) AN ISLAND OF THIS SIZE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT FIT ANY PLACE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
B) AN ISLAND OF THIS SIZE WOULD FIT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WEST AND BEYOND THE PILLARS OF HERACLES. HOWEVER, THE OCEAN FLOOR THERE IS TOO DEEP AND ACCORDING TO BATHYMETRIC MEASUREMENTS, THERE ARE NO TRACES THAT SUCH AN ISLAND EVER EXISTED. (EXCEPT IF THE ATLANTEANS HAD DISCOVERED THE SECRETS OF GRAVITY AS SOME DREAMERS LIKE TO IMAGINE, AND DURING SOME FAILED EXPERIMENT THE WHOLE ISLAND WAS FLUNG OUT INTO SPACE).
C) ANOTHER POSSIBLE LOCATION, AS SOME SCHOLARS SUGGEST, IS THE CELTIC SHELF. THE AREA IS LARGE ENOUGH, BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD BE AGREEABLE FOR SUCH A GREAT CIVILIZATION TO FLOURISH. ONE MUST CONSIDER THE PREVAILING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE ICE SHEET.
D) THE WATERS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN ARE DEEP, AS ARE THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WATERS WEST TO THE ISLAND OF CRETE.
E) PROVIDED WE DISREGARD THE GIVEN SIZE OF ATLANTIS THE ONLY VIABLE POSSIBILITY COULD BE IN THE SOUTHERN AEGEAN AS SOME SCHOLARS SUGGEST. SPECIFICALLY, A REGION NORTH OF THE ISLAND OF CRETE IN AN AREA A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF PELOPONESSUS (THE SO CALLED "CYCLADES PLATEAU) WHICH IS NOW COVERED BY THE SEA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW PRESENT DAY ISLANDS JUTTING OVER THE WATER LEVEL.

2. ARE THERE OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT MET THE SAME FATE AS ATLANTIS?
A) THERE ARE MANY FOLK LEGENDS THAT REFER TO ANCIENT CATACLYSMS. THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE AS THE ICE SHEETS RETREATED THE WATER LEVEL OF THE OCEANS ROSE A FEW HUNDRED FEET, FLOODING THE LOW COASTAL AREAS.
3. WHAT RELIGION DID THE ATLANTEANS PRACTICE AND WHAT LANGUAGE DID THEY SPEAK?
A) THE ATLANTEANS WORSHIPED POSEIDON AND, OF COURSE, CLEITO WHOSE SEED THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE FROM.
B) THE LANGUAGE THEY SPOKE MUST HAVE BEEN THE ANCIENT COMMON EUROPEAN LANGUAGE PROBABLY SPOKEN AND UNDERSTOOD THROUGHOUT THE ATLANTEAN DOMAIN.
4. WHAT KIND AND WHAT RACE OF PEOPLE WERE THE ATLANTEANS?
A) THE ATLANTEANS WERE OF THE CAUCASIAN RACE. SOMEDAY THE RUINS AND STATUES WHICH THEY LEFT BEHIND, WHICH ARE NOW COVERED BY WATER AND SILT, WILL BE UNCOVERED AND RAISED TO BECOME TESTIMONY FOR THE KIND OF PEOPLE THEY WERE.
B) THE ATLANTEANS WERE CIVILIZED , KIND, AND OBEDIENT TO THEIR LAWS FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SOME DAY WE MAY KNOW IF THEY USED OTHER HUMANS AS SLAVES . WE CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT MADE THEM CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE AT THE END.
5. ARE THERE ANY DESCENDANTS OF THE LEGENDARY ATLANTEANS TODAY?
A) OF COURSE THERE ARE. THIS SUBJECT WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THE END.
6. WHEN DID ATLANTIS VANISH?
A) SOME 11,500 TO 15,000 YEARS BEFORE PRESENT.
7. WHAT WAS THE LEVEL OF ATLANTEAN TECHNOLOGY?
A) CONSIDERING PLATO'S DESCRIPTION , PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER THAN THE ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN TECHNOLOGY.
8. WHAT CAN THE PRESENT DAY EUROPEAN LANGUAGES TELL US ABOUT ATLANTIS?
A) PEOPLE WHO SPEAK TWO OR MORE EUROPEAN LANGUAGES EASILY RECOGNIZE EUROPEAN LANGUAGE SIMILARITIES. GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION, THE PASSING OF THE EONS, AND THE MAN-MADE BORDERS (FOR PERSONAL GAINS) HAD A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SPOKEN WORD. WITH THIS IN MIND, WE CAN EASILY CONCLUDE THAT AT LEAST ALL THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGES HAVE AN ATLANTEAN ORIGIN.


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