Pseudoarchaeology
The legend of Atlantis, the lost continent described in a story written by Plato around 360 B.C., has inspired heated speculation for many centuries. In modern times, public interest in the subject has been accompanied by imaginary proposals that stretch Atlantis well beyond the boundaries of Plato’s story. Nowadays, it’s quite difficult to distinguish Atlantis facts from Atlantis fiction.
The documentary by the History channel called “Atlantis: Searching for the Lost World of Atlantis” starts off by saying: “This series presents information based in-part on theory and conjecture. The producer’s purpose is to suggest some possible explanations but not necessarily the only ones to the mysteries we will examine.“ This statement alone proves that this whole documentary might have nothing to do with reality. Like many other documentaries about Atlantis it fails to provide reliable information on archaeological subject.
The founders of Atlantis, Plato said, were half god and half human. They created a utopian civilization and became a great naval power. Their home was made up of concentric islands separated by wide moats and linked by a canal that penetrated to the center. The lush islands contained gold, silver, and other precious metals and supported an abundance of rare, exotic wildlife. There was a great capital city on the central island. These thoughts are extremely hard to believe because this level of civilization is quite unthinkable, even today.
There are many theories about where Atlantis was—in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Spain, even under what is now Antarctica. Pick a spot on the map, and someone has said that Atlantis was there. Plato said Atlantis existed about 9,000 years before his own time, and that its story had been passed down by poets, priests, and others. But Plato's writings about Atlantis are the only known records of its existence. There is no actual evidence that Atlantis even existed. There certainly was an ancient civilization
The documentary by the History channel called “Atlantis: Searching for the Lost World of Atlantis” starts off by saying: “This series presents information based in-part on theory and conjecture. The producer’s purpose is to suggest some possible explanations but not necessarily the only ones to the mysteries we will examine.“ This statement alone proves that this whole documentary might have nothing to do with reality. Like many other documentaries about Atlantis it fails to provide reliable information on archaeological subject.
The founders of Atlantis, Plato said, were half god and half human. They created a utopian civilization and became a great naval power. Their home was made up of concentric islands separated by wide moats and linked by a canal that penetrated to the center. The lush islands contained gold, silver, and other precious metals and supported an abundance of rare, exotic wildlife. There was a great capital city on the central island. These thoughts are extremely hard to believe because this level of civilization is quite unthinkable, even today.
There are many theories about where Atlantis was—in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Spain, even under what is now Antarctica. Pick a spot on the map, and someone has said that Atlantis was there. Plato said Atlantis existed about 9,000 years before his own time, and that its story had been passed down by poets, priests, and others. But Plato's writings about Atlantis are the only known records of its existence. There is no actual evidence that Atlantis even existed. There certainly was an ancient civilization