THE LOST CITY
OF
 ATLANTIS

On the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean from Bimini, another location has recently been investigated as a possible candidate for the remains of Atlantis. Spartel Island, now just a mud shoal submerged 60 meters underwater, lies just west of the Straights of Gibraltar (known in ancient times as the Pillars of Heracles/Hercules). It is in the exact place that Plato described Atlantis to have existed.

“There was an island situated in front of the Pillars of Hercules; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together,” it was “the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent”.

Geological evidence collected at the site of Spartel Island confirms the island was ravaged by earthquakes and tsunamis around 11,600 years ago. The exact place, the exact time, the exact conditions. But the man responsible for the most recent research expeditions at this site, Marc-Andre Gutscher, has seemingly given up hope. At the recent conference in Milos regarding Atlantis he seems to have become discouraged upon hearing the arguments put forward by some of the other experts, who stressed that a civilization such as that which Plato described could not possibly have existed in 9,600BC.

My Thoughts

While I am no expert on the theories about Atlantis, I am an enthusiastic lover of mysterious things and places, and Atlantis has intrigued me and inspired me since the first time I heard of it. I have a lot more reading to do on the subject, as there is a wealth of books available and many theories that have been put forward. Perhaps after more research I may feel differently about it all. But at the moment, as I write this, I believe the most exciting possibilities for the location of Atlantis to be the area of Bimini and the Bimini Road in the Bahamas, or the recently investigated site of Spartel Island, as described above. I can only hope that Marc Andre Gutsher or some other researcher decides someday to continue the search there.

With our technology advancing in leaps and bounds, we have never stood a better chance of finding Atlantis than we do now. And it may be our generation that finds it, after 11,600 years. So get out there and look people!