{"id":10731,"date":"2024-08-17T10:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=10731"},"modified":"2024-08-17T10:26:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T10:26:41","slug":"experts-believe-they-have-finally-solved-the-mystery-of-the-lost-city-of-atlantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=10731","title":{"rendered":"Experts believe they have finally solved the mystery of The Lost City of Atlantis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Experts believe they have finally solved the mystery of The Lost City of Atlantis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Researchers think they might have unearthed the ‘origin’ of the legend of Atlantis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Researchers believe they may have discovered ‘the origin of the Atlantis legend’ off the coast of Lanzarote, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lost City of Atlantis is one of the oldest myths in the book<\/a>. It all started when ancient Greek philosopher Plato (427 \u2013 348 BC) believed there was a super advanced civilisation that existed around 9,000 years before his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He claims they had access to never-seen-before technology<\/a> and were surrounded by state-of-the-art<\/a> architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Researchers think they have unearthed the ‘origin’ of the legend of Atlantis. (Ann Ronan Pictures\/Print Collector\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They apparently lived on a huge island beyond the ‘Pillars of Hercules’, which is now known as Gibraltar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plato claimed that tragedy struck when the entire island got swallowed up by the sea in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time people thought the island plunged into the ocean due to its people being immoral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, no one has got to the bottom of the myth, partly because it could have just been made up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, researchers taking part in the IGME-CSIC’s Atlantis project<\/a> in Spain reckon they’ve unearthed the legend, and now have more of an idea of how it all started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of an underwater robot submarine, they discovered a series of sunken islands off the east coast of Lanzarote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greek philosopher Plato (427 \u2013 348 BC) believed there was a super advanced civilisation that existed around 9,000 years before his time. (Getty Images\/iStockphoto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After heading 2,500m deep into the sea, the robot took samples of the seabed of an island that supposedly sunk millions of years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have now called the land the ‘Los Atlantes’, referencing the ancient theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine geologist Luis Somoza, of the Geological Survey of Spain, told<\/a> Live Science: “This could be the origin of the Atlantis legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have identified beaches, cliffs and sand dunes at the flat summit of the seamount.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in a translated statement, Somoza added: “They were islands in the past and they have sunk, they are still sinking, as the legend of Atlantis tells.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The geologist said that once the surrounding volcanoes stopped erupting, the lava became more solidified and it caused the islands to sink into the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explains that during the last ice age some 25,000 years ago, sea levels were much lower than they are today and inactive volcanoes would have become islands again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These islands could, then, be used for inhabiting wildlife,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step for the researchers is to further inspect the samples that were collected to determine when the islands started to sink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we will probably never know if the people living in Atlantis had flying cars<\/a>, at least we might get to learn more about how the legend was originated.Featured Image Credit: StockByM\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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