Reproduce the traces of myth
Although many skeptics think it is absurd to look for the city of Atlantis that doesn't exist at all.
Behavior, but Sarmas has always believed in the existence of Atlantis. "They don't believe it (Atlantis) just because they don't know it," Sarmas said.
In the past two months, Sarmas and his scientific research team have been exploring the sea near 80km southeast of Cyprus. After persistent search, they found underwater artificial buildings in the waters near Cyprus and Syria. This is a man-made building, located 80 kilometers southeast of the Cyprus coast, about 1500 meters underwater. The detection results of underwater acoustic locator show that there is a wall about 3000 meters long on an underwater hill, and there is a walled tower on the top of the hill, surrounded by a deep ditch similar to war fortifications.
Sarmas firmly believes that Cyprus is the top of Atlantis, and there must be more man-made buildings buried under seawater sediments. At present, Sarmas and his research team are still working around the clock.
Looking back at the lost civilization
The description of Atlantis first appeared in the famous philosophical work Dialogue written by Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher in 350 BC. Legend has it that this is a highly civilized city, the core of civilization in Oceania, and is considered as the "eighth continent" of the earth.
According to Plato's records, about1.20 thousand years ago, Atlanteans established the capital of their own empire in the middle of the mainland, and named the city after the eldest son of the great patron saint Poseidon.
According to records, Atlantis has a long mountain range, vast plains and rich resources, which gave birth to a highly developed civilized society. Atlantis was a powerful empire, and no one could compete with it at that time. However, the abundance of life made Atlanteans more and more proud, corrupt and degenerate, which angered Zeus. Zeus sent down a huge tsunami and earthquake, and in just one day and one night, the whole Atlantis sank into the sea of Wang Yang.
Sarmas concluded that Atlantis might be where they found it. However, due to the rising sea level, this once mysterious continent was finally submerged by seawater, as Plato described, "Atlantis sank into the sea overnight with severe earthquakes and floods."
Never-ending exploration
For thousands of years, future generations have never stopped exploring Atlantis. Only this year, scientists from different countries gave different opinions on the location of Atlantis. First of all, a picture of Zhang Weixing provided by Tony Wilkinson, an expert in the application of archaeological remote sensing technology at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, shows that the geographical environment of a salt marsh area on the south coast of Spain is very similar to that described by Plato. Professor Reina Cooney of Wuppertal University in Germany believes that the legendary Atlantis may have been flooded from 800 BC to 500 BC. He pointed out that in this salt marsh area near the port of Cadiz, there are two rectangular architectural sites, one of which may be Plato's "silver hall" dedicated to Poseidon, and the other may be the so-called "golden hall" dedicated to Poseidon and his lover.
After a lapse of two months, Ulf Ellison, a Swedish geographer, suggested that the survey data and topography of Atlantis in Plato's works were almost the same as those in Ireland.
Huge wealth and "planes"
The legendary sunken continent lies near the Atlantic Ocean. The core of Dayu civilization is Atlantis, where there are palaces and magnificent temples dedicated to the patron saint Poseidon. All the buildings are built with white, black and red stones excavated locally, which are beautiful and spectacular. Around the capital, there are two circular lands and three circular canals. There are cold springs and hot springs on two round lands.
According to people's legend, Atlantis produced countless gold and silver, and all the palaces were surrounded by walls with gold walls and silver walls. The walls of the palace are also inlaid with gold and resplendent. There, the development of civilization is unimaginable. There are not only well-equipped ports and ships, but also "objects that can be manned".
The Mystery of "Daxizhou" (May 29, 2006)
Among all kinds of mysteries in the western world, nothing can arouse people's thoughts and reverie more than Oceania. This land suddenly disappeared in the distant past, and where did it go with its splendid civilization? For thousands of years, people have been looking for its trace with great interest. Scientists have written thousands of papers and monographs on this subject, covering many fields such as history, archaeology, ethnology, geography, geology, climatology, biology, etc. It has become a new science of its own-Australasia. Today, there are still different opinions about the whereabouts of Daxizhou.
1. The origin of eternal mystery
The legend about Daxizhou originated from Bertau (427-347 BC), an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. He described the story of Daxizhou in detail in two famous dialogue works, Claizi and Qimaili.
This is a beautiful and rich civilized island country, located in the West Sea outside the "Pillar of Hercules", that is, to the west of today's Gibraltar Strait, on the vast Atlantic Ocean, with an area of 2.072 million square kilometers. There is a mild climate, dense forests, lush flowers and fruits: there are fish in the river, elephants and other animals in the forest, as well as gold, silver and shiny mountain copper that the ancients considered the most precious. This is really a happy paradise.
The capital in the center of the island is resplendent, especially the magnificent palaces and temples, all decorated with gold, silver, copper and ivory. The island also has a canal system extending in all directions, well-built bridges and busy ports day and night ... The twelve main islands of Daxie are ruled by twelve kings respectively, and the country is prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Poseidon, who is just and sacred, is regarded as the supreme master of the island country. Poseidon's laws were carved on a bronze pillar, which won the unanimous belief and admiration of the people of Oceania.
Later, the society in Oceania began to corrupt, evil replaced holiness, and natural virtue was replaced by love of money and wealth, idleness and extravagance. Finally, it even launched a war of foreign aggression in an attempt to enslave the residents east of the Gibraltar Strait. This angered Poseidon, and God was determined to severely punish those who betrayed the traditional beliefs in Oceania. Soon, disaster finally came. In a devastating earthquake and flood, the whole continent sank to the bottom of the sea in just one day and one night and disappeared into the rolling waves.
This story sounds mysterious, but Plato has repeatedly stressed that it is handed down from generation to generation, not fiction.
In order to prove the truth of this legend, Plato is said to have been to Egypt and consulted famous monks. However, Plato didn't know that it was this myth that made later generations argue endlessly for more than two thousand years.
2. A credible answer
From the point of view of modern geology, it is not surprising that things on earth have changed. Vast land can be swallowed up by the ocean, and a new land will rise in the vast ocean. Climate change, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and geological disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes may all bring bad luck like Daxizhou. It is puzzling that the lost civilization of Daxizhou actually appeared 12000 years ago, that is, in the late Paleolithic period in human history. Is there any prehistoric civilization on earth earlier than the known ancient civilizations such as ancient Egypt and ancient India?
In A.D. 1870, the famous German archaeologist Schuliman excavated the ruins of Mycenae in the northern Peloponnesian Peninsula, Greece. Thirty years later, the famous British archaeologist Evans excavated an earlier Crete civilization site in Crete. The great achievements in archaeology in the past two years have caused a sensation in the world, and people invariably associate it with the missing Daxizhou.
Crete is located at the southern tip of the Aegean Sea, with an area of 833 1 km2, and is the largest island in the Aegean Sea. According to legend, the king here was Minos, so Evans named the ruins excavated in Crete "Minos civilization".
The ancient people of Crete created their own culture under the influence of advanced civilizations in Egypt and West Asia. The 450 years from 20th century BC to15th century BC was the golden age of Minoan civilization. Its main relic is the famous Nosas Palace. The palace is large in scale, complex in structure, with thousands of households and twists and turns, which reminds people of the labyrinth of Minotto Ross, the personal monster who detained the bull's head in Greek mythology. Similar magnificent palaces are Festus and Hymia Triada at the southern end of the island, Maria at the northeastern end and Chakros at the eastern end.
Minos is far ahead of the times in many ways. They use complicated characters, and there are many wonderful murals and pottery paintings in the palace; Handicraft industry has reached a very high level, which can make exquisite bronze vessels, gold and silver handicrafts, and can also build strong and light sailboats, with merchant fleets all over the ancient world; They built a complicated drainage system and used water pipes to drain water. They also knew how to introduce cold air into the house to adjust the air. Minoan women have a lofty position when most other nations in the world still regard women as property. Their religion centers on worshipping a topless mother goddess of musical instruments, and many murals depict elegant portraits of women. Her gorgeous appearance showed that women were respected at that time.
Crete is sunny, life is stable and comfortable, and people love peace, which reveals a peaceful and clear atmosphere from Minos ruins. However, shortly after15th century BC, Minoan civilization in its heyday suddenly disappeared. The results of archaeological excavations show that all the cities of Minos were destroyed at the same time. All this is similar to the legendary Daxizhou.
What made the glorious Minoan civilization suddenly disappear? The progress of modern volcanology has confirmed that the natural force that caused this catastrophe came from a violent volcanic eruption on santorini Island (north of Crete113km) and the huge tsunami that followed. Using radiocarbon to determine the blackened stone house remains and charred human teeth excavated in santorini Island, it is known that the volcanic eruption occurred in15th century BC.
According to scientists' research, the radiation energy released by this volcanic eruption is equivalent to 500 ~ 1000 atomic bombs exploding at the same time, which is the most violent in the history of the world. The volcanic pile that stands in the middle of santorini Island is over 65,438+0,500 meters high, spewing out millions of tons of magma, and the fiery pumice falls like a raindrop boat. Volcanic ash was blown to the southeast along with Xia Feng in the eastern Mediterranean, with a scattering area of 250,000 square kilometers. The farthest point is 700 kilometers away from the volcano, and the thickest point is 100 meters. Today, a few meters thick volcanic carbon layer can be found on the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean. Huge internal pressure forced the volcano to explode, and the volcano collapsed on its own, forming a crater with a circumference of 60 kilometers. The whole island of santorini was reduced to ashes.
From this perspective, to draw an equal sign between Santorin, Crete and Oceania, the biggest crux lies in time and area, with a difference of 8,000 ~ 9,000 years, which is nearly 2 million square kilometers. Archaeologists believe that this is probably Plato's negligence. He mistook the Egyptian numeral symbol representing "one hundred" for "one thousand", thus expanding all the numbers tenfold. If an extra zero is removed, the story of Daxizhou should have happened 900 years before Soren's trip to Egypt, that is, in the15th century BC, that is, when Santorin volcano erupted. The area of Daxizhou should be 207,200 square kilometers, which is similar to that of the eastern Mediterranean island where Santorin and Crete were located at that time. The so-called "Pillar of Hercules" is said to have two promontories near the coast of Crete, Greece. The so-called West Sea is actually the Mediterranean Sea.
Moreover, it is the ancient Egyptians who know about Daxizhou best, not only because they are the initiators of the story, but also because they have close trade relations with this rich island country. According to historical records, the ancient Egyptians called merchants and sailors from a certain place in northwest Egypt (namely Crete Island) "enlightened people". When Santorin volcano erupted, northern Egypt was also deeply affected by volcanic ash and tsunami waves, which were called "Ten Disasters" in history books. This disaster left a deep impression on the ancient Egyptians, because from then on, Kaifu Xiuren, which used to come and go, suddenly disappeared, and their ships could no longer be seen in the ports of the Nile, and the rich island countries in the northwest also disappeared. Is that how the legend about Daxizhou came about?
3. Oceania is in the Atlantic Ocean
Although people's textual research and logical speculation on Santorin and Crete have uncovered the mystery that has shrouded Oceania for a long time, there are still many people who are keen to find traces of Oceania in the Atlantic Ocean. The target is the Azores. With the development of modern science and technology, new discoveries emerge one after another, which makes the mystery of the Great Western Zhou Dynasty particularly intriguing.
If the sea water in the Atlantic Ocean is drained, it can be clearly seen that the S-shaped submarine ridge winding in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean becomes wider and wider near the Azores and becomes the Azores Plateau standing on the seabed. There are many underwater volcanoes on it, and some protrude out of the sea to become islands, such as the Azores.
The location, size and shape of this submarine plateau are similar to Plato's Oceania. The core sampling study on the seabed north of Azores Islands proves that this rock was formed in the air more than 1 10,000 years ago, because it is a glassy basalt, and it can only be formed after the lava overflowing from the crater is rapidly cooled in the air. In other words, the Azores submarine plateau was once a land. What is even more intriguing is that the photos taken by underwater photography here show the remains of ancient buildings.
It is found that European eels have a strange breeding habit. They will swim back to the south on a large scale, go through difficulties and obstacles, cross the ocean to spawn in the sargasso sea, and then follow the Gulf Stream all the way back to Europe. What is the reason?
It turns out that the sargasso sea is the hometown of European eels. In the distant past, there was a huge land near the Azores in the northeast of the sargasso sea-Daxizhou. The port there is a paradise for eels, which is not only protected from the attack of marine animals, but also brings rich bait through freshwater rivers. They used to live here for a long time and only returned to their hometown when they laid eggs. Later, Oceania sank, but the eel swam northeast along the Gulf of Mexico as always, and finally reached the rivers and streams in Europe. Of course they don't know that this is not the continent that raised them.
In Babylon, Mexico and other places on both sides of the Atlantic, there are similar legends: in ancient times, some capable people came by boat from far away places. They teach local people agricultural technology, 365-day calendar, pyramid architecture, mummification, etc., and spread religion-sun religion ... It is no wonder that the Mediterranean coast and the ancient countries of Central America, although separated by hundreds of thousands of miles of ocean, have their culture, religion, architecture and so on. Living between the old and new continents and with a high degree of civilization, does Daxizhou play a decisive role in the spread and exchange of culture? Did the East and the West develop into two cultures after the sinking of Daxi Island?
Take the pyramids for example. It has always been regarded as a symbol of ancient Egyptian civilization. In fact, many countries in the world have pyramids, such as Indian, Iranian, Sudanese, Libyan, Tunisia, Moroccan and Spanish. There are more in Mexico and Guatemala in Central America. From the map of the world, these countries are located in tropical latitudes and live on the east and west sides of Azores-Daxie; Moreover, these gold characters are exactly the same in shape and structure, and have certain kinship.
There is another interesting fact. The Basques in Spain are different from other Europeans in race or language, but they can be found on the other side of the Atlantic-some Mayan Indians in Central America. Not only do they have the same aquiline nose and face, but according to historical records, when a Basque missionary preached in the Mayan tribe in Guatemala, he found that they could figure out the Basque semantics of the missionary. According to the description of the early Spanish colonists, the Mayan Indians in Mexico played almost exactly the same game as the Basques played in doubles squash, and they used similar shovels. Such things naturally lead people to speculate that they may have the same ancestor, that is, they are all descendants of the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Since 1968, amazing prehistoric civilization undersea sites have been discovered in Bermuda in the western Atlantic Ocean, as well as in the waters near the Bahamas and Florida Peninsula, which brings new excitement to western curious people who yearn for Oceania and new challenges to historians and archaeologists. For example, in the Bimini Island area of the Bahamas, people found huge stone buildings lying on the seabed. They are compact, magnificent and varied in shape. Some are like stone streets, with rectangular or polygonal stones arranged in various patterns; Some like the city wall, the elder 1600 meters, are all made of big stones; I also saw some ruins of dock and port equipment and marble statues. They can't be natural things. According to the analysis of submarine limestone near the Bahamas, it is proved that it existed in the air more than 12 thousand years ago, which means that it used to be land. Aren't all these parts of the lost civilization in Daxie?