PROF. ARYSIO SANTOS
A TLANTIS
THE LOST CONTINENT FINALLY FOUND
Copyright 19972015 by Prof. Arysio Nunes dos Santos
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C ontents
Dedication and Acknowledgements............................................................ iii
Preface ....................................................................................................... v
Introduction ............................................................................................... 1
Part I - The True History of Atlantis ..................................................... 29
Chapter 1 - Indonesia as the True Site of Eden .......................................... 30
Chapter 2 - Atlantis and the Atlantic Ocean ............................................. 43
Chapter 3 - What Really Happened During the Pleistocene? ...................... 60
Chapter 4 - Indonesian Atlantis and the Four Rivers of Paradise ................. 75
Part II - Ancient Cosmograms, Maps and Symbolisms ...................... 83
Chapter 5 - Atlantis in America ................................................................ 84
Chapter 6 - Atlantis in Ancient Cosmograms .............................................. 96
Chapter 7 - Atlantis in Ancient Maps ........................................................ 110
Chapter 8 - The Many Pillars of Hercules .................................................. 126
Chapter 9 - Atlantis in Minoan Symbolism ................................................ 143
Part III - The Many Sites of Atlantis .................................................... 151
Chapter 10 - The Atlantic Ocean of the Ancients ....................................... 152
Chapter 11 - The True Pillars of Hercules ................................................... 173
Chapter 12 - The Celtic Shelf, Morocco and Tartessos ................................. 206
Chapter 13 - Antarctica and the Arctic Ocean ............................................ 218
Part IV - Paradise and the Far Eastern Atlantis ............................... 233
Chapter 14 - Diodorus Siculus on Atlantis ................................................ 234
Chapter 15 - The Jewish Encyclopedia on the True Site of Eden ............... 270
Chapter 16 - The Case of Taprobane and Sunda Strait .............................. 284
Bibliography ........................................................................................... 297
Endnotes ............................................................................................... 303
Subject Index ......................................................................................... 347
D edication
This book is dedicated to all those who believe, like myself, that the legend of Atlantis is something more than just a fable or a moral tale invented by Plato or some other ancient mythographer. I hope that the three decades which I have joyfully dedicated to the research of Atlantis were not altogether lost, and that at least some of the seeds which I have scattered far and wide will fall on fertile ground and grow to bear further seeds, turning this type of research into a reputable academic discipline serving the welfare of all mankind.
A cknowledgements
This book is the result of some 30 years of research. Over these many years, several people have helped one way or another. Some people helped with expert advice, some with suggestions of themes for research and clarification, others by providing answers to our specialized questions, still others by pointing out errors of substance, and so forth.
Above all, I want to thank my many readers and fans for the support they have provided reading my site and my books and publications, and for the many questions they posed, which forced me to dig deeper. Among these early supporters I name Frank J. Hoff and Renato R. Carneiro, who provided both help and encouragement.
This research would not have been possible without the unfailing help of my wife, who became the man of the house while I was lost navigating the South Seas in the wake of Ulysses, Jason, Hercules, Aeneas, Gilgamesh, Alexander, and a host of other ancient explorers. And I also want to thank all my four children, each of whom helped in a great many ways: Bernardo, Carlos, Antonio and Andrea. My blessings and my thanks to them all.
Arysio Nunes dos Santos, February 2005
P reface
What became of the Black people of Sumer? the traveler asked the old man; for ancient records show that the people of Sumer were Black. What happened to them? Ah, the old man sighed. They lost their history, and so they died.
Runoko Rashidi, The Ancient Sumerians
Thousands of books have been written on Atlantis since its existence was first disclosed by Plato, the prince of philosophers, some two and a half millennia ago. One may well wonder whether a new book on the subject is really needed. Can anything new actually be said about Atlantis?
The answer is a most emphatic yes!
After all, the riddle of Atlantis has never been solved thus far to the satisfaction of most people, the academic experts in particular. Hundreds of possible locations have already been proposed as the site of Atlantis. Some authorities think that Atlantis is located on an island such as Crete, the Azores, Ireland or Espartel, or even the Canary Islands or the Antilles, the Florida Keys, etc..
Other people think that it is a continental location such as Africa, America, Western Europe, Antarctica and so on. More recently after we pointed out in detail the fact that Plato specifically speaks of Atlantis as definitively having sunk under the sea some researchers have concentrated on submerged locations such as the Celtic Shelf, the North Sea Shelf, or sunken regions off Spain (Tartessos), off Cyprus, off Gibraltar and so on.
We have also long been pointing out for the first time ever in connection with Atlantis that the sea level rose by 130 meters and more ever since the end of the last Ice Age and that, in consequence of this reality, Plato might well be right, after all. As a result of this enormous rise in sea level, several regions, often of a continental extension, sank in several regions of the world: in Indonesia (Sunda Shelf), in Europe (Celtic Shelf, North Sea Shelf), in the Americas (the Antilles Shelf), and so forth.
