THE MYTH OF ATLANTIS TOLD BY RAPHAËL WEYLAND
The myth that a large island and its inhabitants suddenly disappeared in a tidal wave has passed through the centuries. Based on Plat's proclaim, the historian Raphaël Weyland narrated about this lost ancient city which is reappear through recent archaeological excavations.
Like other stories of engulfing islands in civilizations around the world, the story of Atlantis conjures up the idea of a lost paradise. According to the most common account, the Atlanteans were a very advanced people who suffered as divine punishment the disappearance of their island.
PLATO'S MENTION OF ATLANTIS
The Greek philosopher Plato describes Atlantis in two of his dialogues, the Timaeus and the Critias. Through the voice of the character of Critias, he recounts that the inhabitants of an island, as large as the entire Middle East, had waged war on the city of Athens. The island sunk into the sea after they have defeated.
Plato lays the foundations for a myth that is perpetuated through various literary works and oral history. It is not clear, however, whether Plato created this account or whether he brought it back from an existing legend.
THE ATLANTIS MYSTERY
Several questions remain unanswered about Atlantis. Has this continent ever existed? And if so, where was it? According to different versions of history, it was located near the island of Crete or on the other side of the Atlantic.
From the 19th centruy, a movement through pseudo-scientifically has been formed to find it. Then in 1930s, excavations in Santorini, Greece influenced that the Atlantis existed. Archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos found the part of a city buried approximately 15 meters of volcanic deposits. This city, Akrotiri, is an outpost of Minoan civilization (from 1800 to 1200 BC). If it is destroyed by the nature then it's destruction does not have the volume of the disaster of Altantis.
TRUST THE TEXTS OF PLATO
In the 2000s, twenty four clues from Plato's dialogues help scientists to continue finding Atlantis. In particular, the island must be surrounded by cliffs, have certain types of metals and not be too far from Athens. But believing all the clues of Plato's list, it is impossible to prove the existence of Atlantis.
"Assuming the natural disaster in Santorini is created an impact like a wave in human psyche and then consonated through Plato, that I can imagine, Affirms Raphaël Weyland." Imagine that you are going to search a lost civilization along with extraterrestrial hypostasis which will pieced by extraterrestrials, personal effects like that, I don't believe in any way.
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