rains and the other fed with water collected from the mountains and streams in the great canal. To
add to the bi-yearly harvests the land was also rich in fruit, nuts and herbs. To the north of the
plain were tall mountains and all the land about was covered in rivers, lakes and rich meadows all
peppered with farms and villages. There was abundant animal life to be found on Atlantis too and
even elephants could be found there.
Fig.94 Fig.95
The Atlantian Empire thrived in such a fashion for many years but slowly their technology and
greed overcame them and they became egotistical and ever more warlike, always craving still
more power and lands.
Plato affirms this attitude in his dialogue in which he says that the once noble people of
Atlantis became corrupted by greed and a lust for power and when the great God Zeus looked
down form the heavens and saw the corruption and immorality of the Atlantians he called a
meeting and summoned all the other gods to council to decide the Empire’s fate. Then, when all
was decided he cast down a great destruction on Atlantis and in a huge violent cataclysm the
entire continent sank beneath the waters, never to be seen again. According to Greek tradition,
when the seven islands of Atlantis sank they were turned into the constellation of the Pleiades
because they preferred death rather than dishonor at the hands of their persecutor Orion who still
hunts them across the skies.
There are histories that exist in ancient Indian texts that tell of a great war between the Rama
Empire and an Empire they name as Atala, which they refer to as an ’Island Paradise’. This war,
say the texts, was ultimately responsible for the disappearance of both civilizations.
Plato tells us that the destruction of Atlantis was about 9,000 before the time of Solon, and we
know from history that Solon is supposed to have visited Egypt in 600 BC. So if we add that 600
to the last 2000 years we arrive at an estimated date of 11,600 BP (Before Present) or about 9,600
BC, that the destruction of Atlantis is said have occurred. We will return and investigate this date
a little later in this book.
Possible Physical Evidence
So if there really was a sunken continent; that supposedly supported an advanced civilization;
that once existed in the Atlantic, wouldn’t there be some trace of it left?
In actual fact, there are over 30 separate sets of ruins that have been found in various locations
on the bottom of the Atlantic since 1956. These include remains off the coast of Bimini in the
Bahamas, the Canary Islands, Cuba, Andros Island, Cadiz and Cay Sal in Spain, near Florida, and
off the coast of Morocco.
One of the most famous discoveries concerning Atlantis would undoubtedly be what has
become known as the ‘Bimini Road’ or ‘Wall’ discovered in the early 1960’s off the coast of
Bimini Island by Dr. Manson Valentine (fig.96). The road consists of hundreds of huge square