Atlantis was in the middle of the Sahara desert., page 1

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Topic started on 30-1-2008 @ 06:03 PM by zachofalltrades17

This is based off of hours of reading articles on atlantis. (www.world-mysteries.com...) This is actually a cool site. Now i know that this theory sounds far fetched but well I can explain. First of all there used to be tons of water of water in the sahara. This was during the stage of Pangea. The Sahara was located on a different latitude, what that means is that the weather was completely different. So the civilization was the most advanced because it was one of the only ones around. So after a meteor and earthquakes the lands were destroyed and turned into what now is the harshest weather terrain in the world. This theory still supports the destruction of the city. the Sahara was actually a very aquatic land back then. The water that they lived off of is still around I.E. the Nile. This is why the egyptians where the only ones who ever recorded the existence of them. The only way we know they mention it was in: Timaeus and Critias, two of Plato's dialogues, are the only existing written records which specifically refer to Atlantis.

reply posted on 23-3-2008 @ 04:16 AM by La Acadian

It is a well known fact that only a few thousand years ago the Sahara was very fertile and wet. Ground penetrating radar shows a great system of rivers and lakes now dry. It is believed that a shift in the jet stream that caused the Sahara to dry up. This was not that long ago.

reply posted on 23-3-2008 @ 04:19 AM by Throbber

Huh, someone actually made my theory plausible by adding in the water factor.

My idea was that Atlantis was just swept under tens of thousands of tons of sand and i left it at that.

What this is essentially, is a theoretically plausible version of my rather half-baked idea.

I like.

[edit on 23-3-2008 by Throbber]

reply posted on 2-4-2008 @ 03:39 AM by raptorinvictus

Very intresting theory. I agree with it for the most bit.
If what you say is true then it also points to the fact that we were building cities way before we thought we were and it also mkes the theory of atlantis being technologically advanced more plausable.
This topic deserve more research.

reply posted on 5-4-2008 @ 10:14 PM by chupacabraboy

not to sound rude but why is stuff about atlantis on alternate personalities

reply posted on 5-4-2008 @ 10:37 PM by hinky

I find the Atlantis story to be interesting.

There are numerous reason for the basis of legends and myths. There has to be a basis for the establishment of the story/myth.

I have no problems with Atlantis being located in the middle of what is a desert today. Climate changes happen and this area was an area of water and plants. Never really considered it in this location, but on first blush, it's as good a place as other claims.

When reviewing the "written" history, one has to take into accounts of an oral legend converted to writing and consider what if any flourishes were added into the story or even later translations from one language to another. Landmarks can be added to place the location in historical context of the time the story is told or written.

I have problems when people make the leap of Atlantis dying and then somehow pyramids started appearing and this has to be related. At least that hasn't been mentioned yet.

reply posted on 5-4-2008 @ 11:48 PM by NewWorldOver

I believe I heard from Micheal Tsarion that the Sahara has areas with trace radioactivity. He said that could have signified nuclear wars in pre-history...

The Sahara is so enormous and empty it would be the perfect hiding place for a lost civilization.

reply posted on 6-4-2008 @ 07:49 AM by fatdad

i myself think atlantes is at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea ..i think the sea level outside the straits of Gibraltar was high than the level inside due to the Mediterranean sea being land locked.. i think an earth quake made a hole where the sea poured in drowning the atlantes land beneath the sea...

reply posted on 6-4-2008 @ 11:52 AM by hinky

Originally posted by fatdad
i myself think atlantes is at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea ..i think the sea level outside the straits of Gibraltar was high than the level inside due to the Mediterranean sea being land locked.. i think an earth quake made a hole where the sea poured in drowning the atlantes land beneath the sea...

The Mediterranean has been landlocked a couple of different times. The layers of salt deposits below the current bottom layer of mud provides the clues for this. But this has not happened in the time frame given for prehistoric man.

The Black Sea, on the other hand is an interesting candidate. But then, so is the desert location.

reply posted on 10-4-2008 @ 07:19 PM by v.i.p.e.r

if you look at google earth and zoom in a little to see the outline of the countrys and see the ocean and the under water images u can see where the earths land use to be and where it is now its kinda odd how everything spred out. makes a beliver out of me