Namor’s or Aquaman’s Atlantis Really Exists?
Atlantis is a very known word to every one of us. We heard this word in many movies, TV shows, and even mythologies. The word Atlantis was first heard in the movie Percy Jackson where the protagonist’s father Poseidon was the King of Atlantis. But compared to Percy Jackson, the word Atlantis became more popular in the Aquaman movie and the recently released Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie.
In the DC movie Aquaman, the main protagonist was a demi-god whose father is a man and whose mother is an Atlantian queen. The same is in marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, where Namor is the king of Atlantis.
But all the above examples are fictional because both are from the comics. But in reality, a great philosopher named Plato, a disciple of Socrates created the legend of Atlantis. Plato was a famous philosopher in ancient Greek. He lived in the years between 423 BC to 347 BC. Approximately over 2,500 years ago he wrote about the Atlantis legend. He created the Atlantis legend some 2,000 years ago but why it is still popular now? Does Atlantis really exist?
Plato didn’t about civilization or how the people lived in Atlantis or their condition. But in all his writings there’s a most famous story that says about the cataclysmic destruction of the ancient civilization of Atlantis. But the story about the cataclysmic destruction came out as false. Then why Atlantis whereabouts are still famous in the present times?
A famous professor of classics at Bard College in New York’s Annandale stated that Plato’s writings about Atlantis are a story that captures the imagination. As it is a great myth and has a lot of elements that people love to fantasize about.
In Plato’s writings, it is mentioned that Atlantis is there around 360 BC. The founders of Atlantis were half god and half human (the same as we see in the movie Aquaman). It is believed that the Atlanteans created a utopian civilization and became a great naval power. The island of Atlanteans was made up of concentric islands that are separated by wide moats (trenches) and linked by a canal that penetrated the center.
These islands contained gold, silver, and many other precious metals. The islands also have an abundance of rare, exotic wildlife. The capital city of Atlantis was on the central island. This is the information that Plato mentioned in his writings.
Other Theories About Atlantis
Not only Plato’s theory there are many more theories like that. Where some say that Atlantis was in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Spain. Some even say that Atlantis was under present known Antarctica. Charles Orser famous history curator at the New York State Museum in Albany said that, if you pick any spot on the map, and someone says that Atlantis was there.
Plato said that Atlantis was a city that existed about 9,000 years ago before his own time. He said that the Atlantis story had been passed down by poets, priests, and others. But for the present world, Plato’s writings are the only known records about Atlantis.
Some say that there are many resemblances between Dwarka and Atlantis. Both cities were well civilized in their time and both were submerged in the sea. But, archaeologists found the submerged buildings and pillars of Dwarka city. In the same way, did archaeologists find any samples of proof about Atlantis?
Does Atlantis Really Exist?
There are some topics in the world similar to Atlantis that need clarification on whether they exist or not. One such topic is Ram Setu, some say that it is natural and some say that is a man-made tombolo built by Lord Ram. In the same manner, few scientists believe that Atlantis really exists and some say it is a myth.
A US-led research team might have finally located the lost city of Atlantis. They believed that the city was swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago, in mud flats in southern Spain. Head researcher Richard Freund said that the reason for the vanishing of the city is because of the power of tsunamis. They have the power to wipe out 60 miles of inland and it is difficult to understand the impact.
Richard Freund who was the head of the investigatory team for the original site of Atlantis analyzed the satellite imagery of a suspected submerged city just north of Cadiz, Spain. In the vast buried marshlands of Dona Ana Park, they pinpointed a location that matches the ancient multi-ringed dominion known as Atlantis.
In 2009 and 2010 a team of archaeologists and geologists used a combination of deep-ground radar, underwater technology, and digital mapping to survey the site. In Freund’s discovery, it was found an image in central Spain that has a series of strange “memorial cities,” built by Atlantis. The images were made by the refugees of Atlantis after the city was destructed by the tsunami. This gave added proof and confidence for the researchers to come to a justification.
He also said that the Atlantean residents who survived the cataclysmic destruction may flee inland and build new cities. In the end, the team concluded that they found the submerged lost city of Atlantis.
Originally published at https://www.historicalhuman.com.
