Minoans – the early atlantheans (atlantis)

atlantis an advance civilization during its time, that was wipe out on the face on the earth through catastrophic volcanic eruption. The exact location of atlantis is uncertain and being debated over and over again. Lots of folklore, theory, myths, emerged about atlantis in novels and movies. There are even theories, that it was once located on the present-day Bermuda triangle. And those missing ships and airplanes, entered another dimension, the dimension of atlantis.

Every search about atlantis begins with the writings of the great philosopher plato. Considered the father of western philosophy. During the early 19th century, on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean an archaeologist named Arthur Evans a real-life Indiana Jones, on the hills of knossos unearthed a magnificent stone throne. A palace with a one century advance engineering during its time. This newly unearthed civilization was named by Evans as the Minoan.

Recently there is this ground-breaking theory that Minoans, where the early people of atlantis. Or to say, the remains of atlantis. It is the sophistication of the palace on Crete that link to the idea of atlantis. The theory is very convincing based on the technology that can be found on the palace matching the description of plato. For instance, plato describe the palace of atlantis as an acropolis sitting on top a great hill. At knossos, experts finds just that. Large foundations blocks of palace walls, was built using crystalline stone called gypsum. Which was quarried locally. In the atlantis myth, it was said that the external of the palace walls shine like silver. Today, the gypsum walls at knossos was eroded by the elements, but during their full-glory, they too would have sparkled. Whatever plato describe about the palaces of atlantis, can be found on the palace at knossos.

Now the next question is, is that theory confirmed? The answer, till now it remains a very convincing theory.