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History. Nonfiction. HTML: Delve into an ancient mystery and witness the unveiling of the most complete and persuasive evidence for the real location of the lost empire of Atlantis. More than two thousand years ago, Plato laid out a series of cryptic clues about the location of Atlantis. Since then, countless experts have tried to crack his code. Today, some experts claim Atlantis lies under the volcanic rocks of Santorini. Others place it in the Bermuda Triangle or off the coast of Africa or say it vanished forever beneath the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. But what if Atlantis is closer than we think? What if we could walk the streets of its ancient capital today? After a twenty-year forensic examination of Plato's writings, Peter Daughtrey believes we can do just that. Having matched an unprecedented number of Plato's clues to a modern locale, Daughtrey pinpoints the exact location of the once-glittering capital city of Atlantis and outlines the full reach of the empire. Daughtrey's quest takes him from the dusty stone quarries of Portugal and the hieroglyphs of Egyptian temples to the newly refurbished museums of Baghdad. Along the way, he unearths long-forgotten, vitally significant artifacts, pieces together sensational evidence of a lost alphabet, and identifies today's descendants of this early civilization�??and even reveals the location of another undersea settlement from the empire of Atlantis. Hailed as "an intriguing, thought-provoking read" by Graham Hancock, the bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, Atlantis and the Silver City is a detailed and accurate account of an adventurous journey of discovery, told with enthusiasm and verve.… (more)
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Daughtrey investigates the clues given in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias dialogues to pinpoint the extent and location of the Atlantean empire. His thesis is that the empire of Atlantis was once connected to the Portuguese nation, with major earthquakes, fault lines, and geological evidence pointing to Atlantis being just off the coast of the Iberian peninsula. He combs Plato’s “facts” to provide support for the region being the birthplace of the ancient lost island. His theory is that the empire once stretched across the Atlantic and encompassed parts of the five major Atlantic continents. Daughtrey also claims that the Bahamas and their geology provide further proof of the empire’s existence. While it is true that the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 speaks to the incredible potential of the area being able to swallow an island, only scant evidence exists of an entire civilization under the ocean.
This book requires without a doubt a suspension of one’s disbelief. Daughtrey’s writing is clear and fun in places and I wish him well in his research. Major discoveries are often the ones found those at the fringe of the believable. A major assumption here, however, is the veracity of Atlantis’s existence. The first account of the empire is in Plato’s writings, almost ten millennia after the supposed fall of the land. That’s a massive length of time to go without anyone mentioning it. All accounts after Plato are usually traced back to him. Now, I played along for the length of the book, but in the end, I could not dispel the ten millennia issue. And besides, some of his theories about the ancient and deep knowledge of the Atlanteans (advanced metallurgy and writing systems) are just too thin to believe. A fun but unconvincing book.