Atlantic - Atlantis

The first person who told the world about the wonderful country of Atlantis, was the Greek philosopher Plato (years of life: the years 427-347 BC). Unfortunately, he was the only one who believed in Atlantis and described it for posterity. But even in his time, many looked at it with a smile. That was such a student of Plato, Aristotle. Spores of Atlantis then subside, then flare up again, especially loudly talking about the mysterious country after the start of Discovery after the voyage of Columbus to the shores of America. But Columbus, by the end of life believed that he had sailed to India and China. Only 200 years after it appears America on the world map as a new continent. At the same time believed that Brazil is the biblical paradise, whence came the first people of Brazil and saw Atlantis. And the first such hypothesis expressed Francisco Lopez de Tamara, he confirmed the words of Plato's sunken country in the Atlantic. In 1665 he published a book A Kircher "Underworld" where Atlantis was located on the map in the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America, many atlantologists (am lantologiya - the science that studies the Atlantic Ocean, and the story of Atlantis as well) even in our time surprises Map A . Kircher: the outlines of his Atlantis corresponds to the depth of the ocean! But then they would not have been known and studied only in 300 years! Today, scientists know a lot, but much remains a mystery. Collected and studied fairy tales, legends and traditions of many nations of antiquity - the Greeks, Egyptians, African people, Hyperborean (Europeans) - suggests that this mysterious country existed. And after the discovery of America and familiarity with the culture of American Indians, scientists were amazed at its resemblance to Greek, and especially the Egyptian. For example, only recently been discovered pyramid in Mexico and Peru. When they began their study, we were amazed: Mexican pyramids are enormous, and slightly inferior to the Egyptian! Pyramids of Djoser and Sneferu in Egypt (step) are surprisingly similar to the pyramids of the Incas! And then the discovery was made in the area Chingorov (Northern Chile) in the desert Atapama. There have found the mummy, whose age is more than ten thousand years! And this is older than Egypt's four thousand years! And the method of embalming is similar to the Egyptian, but ... more perfect. The question arises: how this knowledge? But these teachers to share it? After all, the later Inca this knowledge available. Many scientists in the XX century, studying the flora of the islands of Atlantis, the continents of America, Africa and Southern Europe have found it very similar. And then there were also found geological evidence of the existence of a "bridge" between Europe and America. Again, the idea that the Azores and Canary islands - remnants of Atlantis. But until recently it was assumed that the flora and fauna of America is different from the Eastern countries. But the most surprising unmarketable steel bones of a horse, which, as scientists were convinced, is derived from older rocks in Eurasia. But here in Texas at a depth of six meters found the bones of bison, deer, wolf, rabbit, elephant and ... horse. And all were amazed: the horse is in fact brought to America in the XV century, Europeans! And before that she was there is unknown. In the grotto Chulin in Argentina, scientists have discovered and images of horses and riders, and in the far south of America, near the Strait of Magellan - skeletons of men and horses devyatitysyacheletney ago. It turned out that even America has been home to a horse. But then at one point she suddenly died. Striking similarities in the Maya hieroglyphic writing and the Egyptians, as well as in hours. But watch the Egyptians are suitable for a country that is located at a latitude of 15 degrees. And Egypt is situated at 25-30 ° north latitude. And another witness. On Earth, a great many peoples and tribes. But only three of them are unsolved mystery to scientists - the Guanches, Basques and Etruscan. Guanches were the inhabitants of the archipelago of seven inhabited islands in the Canaries. Living on the islands of volcanic origin and having a lot of wood, the Guanches - the inhabitants of the ocean! - Never built boats. Why? Many scientists believe that once their ancestors suffered the terrible catastrophe in the ocean and the Guanches have sworn no longer to conquer the watery element. Unfortunately, the Spanish conquerors destroyed the indigenous inhabitants, the islanders and thoroughbred Guanches left. Another mysterious people - Basques in northern Spain. They only speak their own language and believe that their language is the most ancient of all. They also believe that they are descendants of the great free people, who once was lost into the depths of the ocean along with the island of Atlantis. The third ethnic group - Etruscan. Even Plato wrote that the city Gadir (now called Cadiz and in the south of Spain) - Province of Atlantis. A near Gadir in ancient times was the city Tartessos where, scientists say, and there were Etruscan. Language Etruscans as the Basques do not like any of the existing languages ??of the world. They had much more high culture than all their neighbors. They used the Greek script, and the Romans had already studied the Etruscan alphabet. Roman numerals, which we now use (I, II, III, IV ...) is not Roman. They belong to the Etruscan. Much discovered geology and oceanography from the study of the issue of Atlantis. But their searches yield many confirmation of the hypothetical existence of Atlantis. Plato put a mysterious country, as we have said, between Europe and America. Scientists have confirmed that these two continents were once together and then parted. The line of separation passes through the place where is now the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. If we imagine to combine into a whole northern part of Africa, Western Europe and Canada, you get empty space. Some scientists believe that in this "blank space" could be an island, who had gone to the bottom. And another mystery connected with the Atlantic Ocean: the warm Gulf Stream. To the Arctic Ocean is only 10 rushing 12,000 years ago. And before that remained within the Atlantic. Something to let him in the direction of north. But that's about 12 thousand years ago one of his branch of the Gulf Stream, bubbling to the shores of Sweden, while the other rests against the cold current, formed off the coast of Denmark and Britain, the envelope, getting to the eastern shores of Atlantis. Then, with the breakthrough of the Gulf Stream to the north, starts melting of glaciers in Europe. Scientists set time of 10 thousand 800 years ago, and some - in 11,000 515 years. In any case, it turns out that 10-12 thousand years ago there was an accident, which ruined the country Atlantis and changed radically the face of our planet. Indeed, at the same time became extinct mammoths, and reliably established that it happened very quickly, within hours. It turns out that this mystery keeps mystery of Atlantis. But until it is solved, we can confidently say that in front of scientists expect a great number of discoveries, and as much as new mysteries. One of these secrets until recently remained the migration of eels. These snake-like fish complete their reproductive cycle in the Sargasso Sea, where they have a fish fry. Then the fry are sent to the rivers of Europe and America and there are older fish. Scientists have found that the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico has changed about eleven thousand years ago. But what it was caused by - the end of the Ice Age or a catastrophe of Atlantis? - Remains a mystery. Fish live by instinct, the pledged them by nature millions of years ago. So why is the river eels swimming through the ocean with the warm Gulf Stream current in Europe, while others, conversely, from Europe to America? Response found only recently. Eels hatch from eggs in the Sargasso Sea (in the central Atlantic Ocean in this sea are Bermuda). Only in the second year of the Gulf Stream carries. A whole year they travel in the ocean to the shores of Europe, the Mediterranean and Baltic seas. Male larvae remain in the seas, and women's swim in the river, where spend two years. Then return to the sea to meet with males, and go back across the ocean to their homeland - in the Sargasso Sea. Why they were traveling in Europe, if America has many rivers with fresh water? Atlantologists migrate existing acne consider confirmation of the location of the vanished Atlantis.