A novel explaining in part the fact that the phantom "Atlantis continent" existed

ByTom Simpson

The phantom continent that existed somewhere in the world and was said to have disappeared due to a natural disaster such as a major flood or a large earthquake "AtlantisThere are various theories about whether it exists or not. Neither is a powerful theory that shows the existence of the Atlantis continent, but one geologic mythologist told the BBC about a novel that can partially explain the existence of the Atlantis continent.

BBC - Earth - The Atlantis - style myths that turned out to be true
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The Atlantis Continent was written by Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher, as "a continent and civilization that built a mighty civilization" in his book, and it touched the wrath of God over 2300 years and submerged in the sea It is said that it was. Whether such a continent existed, the Atlantis continent was part of the caldera topography formed by the volcanic explosion in the present Greek territorySantorini"The Mediterranean theory" is the most famous, other "Atlantic theory" which supports the position as described by Plato, "Antarctic Continent Theory" that it is immersed under antarctic continent etc. there is.

ByJohn

However, none of these scientists believe that "the Atlantis continent did not exist", not a trace of undiscovered civilization prospering or an influential theory that can explain the existence of the continent. In the meantime, Mr. Patrick Nan, a geologist at the Sunshine Coast University in Australia, who is also a researcher of "geological mythology" to prove that many myths are based on actual geological events, said, "Atlantis' story There is no doubt that there is a simple myth and there is no way to specify a place. "While speaking, I am doing research to find a factual description from the description of Atlantis myth.

The area in which Plato, the advocate of Atlantis lived, is geologically active in volcanic activity, but we know that it was a place where there is not much relation to a huge earthquake or tsunami. Mr. Nan studied the possibility of an ancient city's annihilation due to the earthquake and tsunami, thinking that "Plato described facts, but wrote facts exaggerated to increase reliability."

So there was an island named Teonimanu that once existed in the Solomon Islands that Mr. Nan took notice. There is a myth of my husband whose wife was taken down on Teonimanu Island. The content of the myth is "The husband who was furiously abandoned by his wife picked up a curse that causes a tsunami, headed for Teonimanu island where his wife moved to the island by riding a wave for retaliation, raising eight tsunamis from the top of the mountain, I will sink it. " Although Mr. Nan who examined this myth geologically, it is impossible to erase the island with only the tsunami, the ocean bottom earthquake lands the Teonimanu island and the resulting tsunamis are completely submerged in the island We have predicted that we did.

Although it is a small island, scientific skepticism will remain against the expectation that the island will submerge in the ocean, but there is also evidence that could be a trace of Teonimanu island at the ocean floor where Teonimanu Island was located Thing. Similarly, there are other myths with a description that "seafloor earthquakes and tsunamis caused the ancient city to sink", but there are cases where some can not be explained by only earthquakes and tsunamis. Mr. Nan says the sea level in the glacial era was 120 meters or more lower than the modern day, so it could be sunk as the sea level rises.

ByAlex Abian (Also on flickr.com/alexabian)

In this way, Mr. Nan advocates from the geologic mythical point of view that Atlantis has sunk by the seafloor earthquake and tsunami and is sinking somewhere in the world like the islands that actually disappeared That's it.