The rings of water were bridged and a huge canal extended to the outer ring The palace stood on the central island where there were temples to the gods and docks for the triremes.

According to Plato, Atlantis had an empire in North Africa which extended to the borders of Egypt and it later sent out its forces ,from its Atlantic base, to attack the cities of Europe and Asia. It was opposed by Athens which led an alliance of Greeks. When, its allies deserted her, the Athenians continued fighting on their own and they overcame the invaders.

Also the Egyptian priests would have known about the destruction of Santorini, which occurred 900 years before their time, as it affected their country. Thus, in a National Geographic News Report, 2 April 2007, Dan Morrison stated that 'archaeologists had unearthed traces of solidified lava on the northern coast of Sinai that date to around 1500 b.c-supporting accounts that ancient Egyptian settlements were buried by a massive volcanic eruption in the Mediterranean'.

Numerous books have been written about Atlantis, from Plato to the present, and various sites have been proposed for its location such as Spain, the Canary Islands, South America ,and Indonesia, but none of them fits Plato's description.

So, the alleged war between Athens and Atlantis, some 11,600 years ago, cannot be true and the eruption of Santorini can be ruled out. Also, around 5,000 years ago, there was substantial flooding in many parts of the world and Athens , the oldest city in Europe, could not have been destroyed around that time because that's when its generally thought to date although there may previously have been a village at the site.

So if there was a conflict between Atlantis and Athens it was not earlier than 5,000 years ago.

From the story of the destruction of Atlantis we continue with the Great Flood, of 5,000 years ago, as it's of special significance in the second part of this article .

Various sources suggest that not everyone was killed in this catastrophe, as most related deluge stories suggest. The Jewish historian Josephus relates, in 'The Antiquities of the Jews' (Chap.1V, that The sons of Noah were three, Shem, Japhet,and Ham born one hundred years before the deluge.

These first of all descended from the mountains into the plains…..and persuaded others, who were greatly afraid of lower grounds on account of the flood, and were loth to come down from the higher places to venture to follow their example.

Is there any evidence to support the claim that many people survived the great flood that occurred 5,000 years ago?

Yes there is.

Thor Heyerdahl states that around that time the Neolithic sites in Crete came to an end and a new age began. The entire island was affected by a major upheaval which appears to have been so intense that people sought refuge in caves and settled on high hills. Around 5,000 years ago, many tribes around the world were on the move and several civilisations emerged fully developed. Major changes also occurred in Egypt when its civilisation has been dated. Egypt, however, was not affected by the Flood.

In many regions in the Early World, such as the Ancient Middle East, Northern Europe and Central Asia, neighbouring civilisations had similar religious traditions, and legends, and this is also happened in Central America some of whose legends were popular among the Hopi in south-west North America. If we lump the important ones together a fascinating picture begins to emerge.

The Kiche Maya, most of whom live in the highlands of Guatemala, have roots dating back to the Ancient Maya and they say that the third, and previous, age was destroyed by a flood because people had become wicked. The present age ,according to the Mayan calendar, began in 3,114 B.C.E .

The Hopi say that the people of the third age became evil. Some built a flying machine and used it to attack a city. Soon others were making them and were attacking their enemies.

The third age came to a watery end, when it was destroyed by the creator god Sotuknang, and the survivors emerged into the present fourth age.

Although it makes no mention of the deluge, the Aztec origin legend appears to be related to the story of the Hopi emergence from the third age into the fourth. The Aztecs said that they came from an island called Atzlan. But the only details they gave of this land was portrayed in mystical symbolism that's associated with the 'star-gods.'

Throughout the Early World, people had legends about these divine beings and they were regarded as gods in religions both in the Old and New Worlds. They were alleged to have been of human appearance and some people associated them with the Pleiades. Over the years, these 'star-god' legends were the origin of many folk stories.

This includes some present day adventure stories and famous films.

However, their original significance has long since been forgotten

In the summer of 1980, when I was interested in psychic research, I was present at a series of channelled messages, through the late medium Gerry Sherrick, which got me involved in investigating the Ancient Astronaut theory. One of the 'entities', who communicated with us, introduced himself as the famous American psychic Edgar Cayce.

Of the 2, 500 life readings, that Cayce gave for approximately 1600 people, 700 on record mention an earlier life in Atlantis.

This was what I was told:

'Contrary to what others had to say, the country or continent of Atlantis existed. People lived and loved and worked. I have written, and I have spoken to people who lived in this continent of Atlantis. Since I left my body and passed into the etheric plane, I have been able to learn much and observe much through the libraries that exist on the etheric plane.

I would say, perhaps in the next fifty years, contact will be made between the people of your earth and people of a higher galaxy. There has been much talk of this coming together, sharing of knowledge, and sharing of wisdom.

We can assure you that there was definitely a landing of an alien people on this earth. We can assure you that laser beams, machines, and airplanes existed before the time of the floods.

We can assure you that the Bible's books start at the beginning which was really the end of another civilization. We can assure you, my brother, that these people came in peace. They will come again in peace, but they cannot come until this earth plane has stabilized itself. And when they come, they will bring with them the knowledge and the wisdom that their fathers brought to this earth before them'.

A claim that there was at least one pre-deluge civilisation has been found in the earliest known writings, i.e that of the Sumerians, who said their people arrived in Sumer, in Southern Iraq, from a flood destroyed land. They also said that the Flood was caused by the Annunaki. But that's another story.

Conclusions:

Plato was born in the era of the long Peloponnesian War when Athens fought a series of battles against Sparta (431 b.c - 404 bc) and it's likely that he wrote the story about a conflict between Athens and Atlantis to glorify the Athenians who sometimes suffered defeats at the hands of their enemy. It's therefore very unlikely that we will ever know if a civilisation of his description existed.

It would appear that the Aztecs adopted their Aztlan story from the great teachers and artisans, the Toltecs, ( the builders), whose origin, and actual name, is unknown. Were they the fair-skinned people with flowing yellow hair, and the other white people, depicted in murals at the Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza?

I had the pleasure of visiting the 2,000 year old city of Teotihuacan many years ago but it was only recently that I realised that I had seen a stone version of the symbolism that the Aztecs used to represent Atzlan . According to Dr Rene Millon, who supervised the University of Rochester' s Teotihuacan mapping project, this site is aligned to the setting of the Pleiades on the beginning of the Mayan Long Count which corresponds with the year 3114 b.c.e.

This suggests that Atzlan was the claimed place of origin of the Teotihuacans, that it dates back 5,000 years, to the era of the Flood, and that it was linked with the Pleiades. The identity of the founders of Teotihuacan is unknown but it's not unlikely that the mysterious Toltecs were amongst its numerous citizens.

When I was researching the Stone Age, I discovered the Atzlan linked, 'star-god,' symbolism thousands of miles away in at least two of the '5,000 year old' mounds in Stone Age Ireland.

Was it linked with the religious beliefs of the mysterious Tuatha de Danann who had mystical powers and who came to Ireland from four mythical cities? Although some said that they arrived from the north, others believed that they came from the southern isles of the world. And as they descended from the sky,it would appear that, like people in the previous age Hopi legend, they had flying craft.

One thing that's often overlooked, in Plato's story, is that it contains an obscure reference to the Pleiades which can only be appreciated from an interpretation of certain aspects Egyptian religion. The appearance of these stars preceded the start of major festivals in Celtic Ireland. They played an important role in Aztec ritual at the end of each 52 year cycle, and at the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar, and some people believed they were the source of all creation.

We will never know if Atzlan was the island which Plato called Atlantis but if it was then it appears to have been destroyed by the flood 5,000 years ago.

Anyone interested in learning more about this fascinating subject ,and my research into the Ancient Astronaut theory, will find my three Pleiades Legacy books worth reading.

Written by Leonard Farra

About the author: Leonard Farra - is the author of the books The Pleiades Legacy and The Pleiades Legacy (The Stone Age) - The Return of the Gods and The Pleiades Legacy (The New World). All his books can be purchased Online from Blurb.Com. Leonard Farra has researched the Ancient Astronaut theory for 35 years and written four books on the subject.

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