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Ever since Plato wrote about it in the 4th

century BC, Atlantis has captured the imagination of

adventurers and academics alike,

obsessed with finding out its location.

But what if this classic story is nothing like anyone expects?

What if the accounts of Atlantis

having incredible, advanced technology and then mysteriously

disappearing is actually a description of an

extraterrestrial culture that

existed here on Earth thousands of years ago?

I've come to the Mediterranean

to investigate one of mankind's

most enduring and baffling

mysteries and to examine some

startling new evidence and potential leads.

I'm in search of Atlantis.

My name is Giorgio Tsoukalos.

I explore the world that exists

between reality and speculation,

the known and the unknown.

What we've been taught by

mainstream scholars is not the whole picture.

But I'm convinced that every

day we are one step closer to the truth.

The lost continent of Atlantis has sparked the imaginations of

scholars and explorers for over 2,000 years.

The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis in two of

his dialogues, Timaeus and Critias, around 360 BC.

In his account, Atlantis' capital city was a marvel of

architecture and engineering and

its people possessed highly

advanced military capabilities.

And then one day, Atlantis mysteriously vanished in, as

Plato describes it, "One unbearable day and night."

So the big question is, if

Atlantis really did exist, where was it located?

And what really happened to it?

Like many others before me, I've always been fascinated with

Atlantis and my love affair with her began as a little kid when

I dared to dream that one day I might even find this lost city.

Because Plato's descriptions are

so vivid and detailed, I've always thought that they must

have been describing a real geographical place.

So I'm starting my investigation here in Athens where the story

was written, back in the homeland of my Greek ancestors.

Where I've arranged to meet

Plato expert Dr. Sandy

MacGillivray, a professor

of classics and archaeology.

Professor MacGillivray?

Yeah.

I'm Giorgio.

Pleasure to meet you.

Hi. Good to meet you.

How's it going?

Very, very well.

All these tourists,

I barely found you, but this was a great place where to meet.

Welcome to Athens.

Yes.

So tell me about Atlantis.

How did Plato describe it and

what do you think are some of

the clues that we should look at?

He's describing the one city that was founded by Poseidon.

In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the seas.

While most people today consider

the Greek gods to be mythological figures, the

ancient Greeks themselves did not.

They thought that they were real.

When Poseidon comes down and he mates with an Earth

woman and he has five sets of

twin sons, which to me sound a

lot like genetic engineering.

So, you actually have ten kingdoms for Atlantis.

The one central kingdom is the

one where the firstborn Atlas

sets up his kingdom.

What you get a description of is

the city that's built around a mountain.

There's a huge temple of

Poseidon built up there.

You've got a first ring and then

you've got fields beyond that, then you've got a second ring,

fields beyond that, and then

you've got a third ring.

So, basically it's moats.

Think of like a medieval

castle where you got a moat around the castle.

Later on, they start cutting channels through wide enough

to bring, Plato says, a trireme,

the great huge three level war ships that the Greeks were

sailing all the way through into the central core.

If Atlantis is a mere myth, then why are Plato's descriptions of it so incredibly

detailed right down to the exact measurements?

But if it existed, then where was it?

People have surmised that Atlantis might've perhaps been

some type of an empire that

stretched a large, vast geographical location.

So, are there any other places

that you would recommend I should go check out?

You have to start where Plato sends you, and

that's beyond the pillars of Hercules.

The pillars of Hercules in Greek mythology

represented the gateway to the unknown.

But modern scholars now believe that the pillars were a

reference to the large land masses on both sides of the

Strait of Gibraltar, the gateway to the Atlantic Ocean, and beyond.

Sandy, thank you very much.

I appreciate that.

Happy travels.

Until next time.

Thank you.

Okay, man.

Wow.

I can't believe this.

Dr. MacGillivray,

an accomplished archaeologist,

actually suggested that the

story of Poseidon fathering

five sets of male twins

suggests evidence of

genetic engineering in the ancient past.

This is very much the basis for

the ancient astronaut theory and

it's surprising to hear that

this is coming from a mainstream scholar.

Ever since Plato wrote about

Atlantis, many locations around

the world have been identified

with the lost city.

Theories range from Ireland to

the Bahamas, the Americas and

even Antarctica.

But all Plato says is, "beyond

the pillars of Hercules."

I'm in Silves, in the Algarve

region of southern Portugal,

where I'm about to meet with

Peter Daughtrey, a former

advertising executive from London.

For the past 20 years, he

has investigated what some say

are 100 clues that Plato left

about Atlantis.

And he's convinced that Silves

is the center of Atlantis.

I've got a few questions

I'd like to ask you.

How did you get started in your research?

I was doing some research for an article

in a local magazine on an event

here that happened in 1755.

It's called the Great Lisbon

Earthquake, and it was about

nine on the Richter scale.

They had tsunamis here on this

coast up to 100 feet high.

Lisbon was virtually destroyed.

And that event sent me first thinking.

Plato said that Atlantis was

destroyed by earthquakes and floods.

I'd often wondered why this

area didn't have an old civilization.

And then suddenly it was obvious

that if there was one, it

would've been destroyed.

Geologists had done research on

the seabed, back in the bay, and

found that there was one

particular big event at about

11,600 years ago, which ties in

exactly with Plato's dates that he gave us.

Mm hmm. And that would coincide with the whole

idea where Plato said that the

story of Atlantis might've

happened around 9,000 years

before the Greeks.

Pretty well the same.

I then went back to reading

Plato again and extracted about

100 clues that I thought would

help us identify where he was talking about.

This area matches to 60 of Plato's clues.

Peter is absolutely

convinced that Atlantis was

once located right where we are

in Southern Portugal.

And Silves, he believes, was the capitol.

But if that's true, then where

is the evidence of what Plato

described as the three

concentric rings of moats and

the Temple of Poseidon?

In your opinion what do you

think are some of the most

compelling clues?

Well, there's one that

is, that's certainly interesting.

I can't say it is necessarily

from Atlantis, but I think the

indications are that it could be.

When I first came here I met an

elderly couple who collected

antiques and interested in

history, and he told me about,

um, this huge stone egg that

he'd seen laying on the side of

the road not far from Silves in

fact, and this was...

Did you say a giant egg?

Yes, it's about six foot long.

The World Egg, or

Cosmic Egg, is a mythological

motif found in ancient creation

stories from all around the world.

It is used to explain the

beginnings of life on Earth,

because many of the ancients

believed that the gods

themselves sent the Cosmic Egg

and mankind hatched from it.

That to me is very fascinating,

so the fact that there's one

here, I would like to see it.

This egg has got

something on it that also ties

up with creation that is fascinating.

Let's do it, perfect.

I'm in Southern Portugal with author

Peter Daughtrey.

He firmly believes the town

of Silves matches more than

half of the clues given by

Plato about Atlantis and its

mysterious location.

I brought you here because this is one of

Plato's most specific clues on

top of all the rest,

probably the most important one.

You see the black, white and red rock?

Mm hmm.

Plato said it was

quarried from this one small

hill, and they built the town

from it, and you can do this here.

So we're actually

standing on a clue right now.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, there are not many places

in the world where you can

do that, particularly in one small hill.

That's pretty amazing.

I haven't yet forgotten about that egg.

I bet you haven't.

So how far is the

egg and can we go check it out?

Come on, I'll take you there.

Yeah, just down here on the right.

All right.

Even though it is now in the Lagos Museum,

the stone egg once stood near

the area where Peter believes

Atlantis existed.

I mean, this is like a labyrinth!

Where is this thing?

Yes, it's a... it's a great little museum.

There it is.

Wow.

This is it.

Man, this is great.

And what a payoff to come here

and see this.

How does this museum classify this stone?

They classified it with with all the other

standing stones as a "menhir,"

which are, you will know I'm

sure, all the way up the west

coast of Portugal, Spain,

into the west coast of France,

Brittany, and all the Celtic countries.

A menhir refers to one of more than 50,000

monoliths or standing stones

deliberately placed by ancient humans.

Many of them feature carvings

or strange symbols,

but this stone egg doesn't look

like any menhir I've seen before,

and what most intrigues me is

the carving on it.

Many so called "cosmic eggs" or

"creation eggs" are shown with a

snake or serpent wrapped around it.

In Greek mythology this is

called the "orphic egg," but

similar eggs can be found in

China, Egypt and throughout the

ancient world.

It was a perfect egg shape originally.

It was, in actual fact, a sculpture.

I mean, this is not a standing stone.

You can see that the

symbol is actually raised or it's a relief.

It's not a carving.

It's not impressed.

It actually is this... almost

like a bevel, which would

indicate that in order to

achieve this, the entire egg had

to be whittled down... Shaped, yeah.

...in order to achieve that raised symbol.

An enormous amount of extra work.

And interestingly is, they

must've had tools to do it.

And bronze wouldn't do it.

It would bend.

They must've had some other form

of metallurgy knowledge, I

think, pre this in order to do it.

How old do you presume this one is?

You can see that it has worn, you know,

before weathered.

If it's been standing somewhere,

and it was obviously buried,

because it was four or five

meters deep, in a great, some

great big conflagration,

possibly like Noah's flood.

We're talking of something

that's incredibly old.

And this thing up the middle

here... they resemble the rod,

which throughout history has

been a symbol of power and of creation.

Moses had a rod.

And in Mesopotamia, the rod was

regarded as the symbol of the

power of the gods.

And it reminds me of

what might be a double helix symbol.

The strange symbol on the egg

doesn't only look like the

caduceus staff the classic

winged staff entwined by two

serpents that is associated with

the Greek god Hermes

but it also looks like a double helix.

The shape of DNA, the building

blocks of life.

But the double helix model

wasn't realized until 1953, so

how could such a symbol exist on

a stone egg that some say was

carved approximately 7,000 years ago?

How would you tie this into your

Atlantean theory?

Poseidon created a race of people.

That the race of people were

partly his seed and partly the

people who were living there.

Yeah, which is very

interesting because that's

basically what the ancient

astronaut theory suggests that

a long time ago, advanced

extraterrestrials saw that there

was potential for intelligent

life, and with a target mutation

of our genes and theirs,

essentially we became who we are today.

According to writer and ancient

astronaut theorist Zecharia

Sitchin, extraterrestrials

called the Anunnaki arrived on

Earth thousands of years ago.

He believed the Anunnaki created

humans by crossing their own DNA

with Homo erectus, an early

hominid, and used them as slaves.

But when the Anunnaki left, they

tried to wipe out their human

creation with a flood.

But some survived.

Now, some scholars suggest that

Atlantis was wiped out by a

flood, which leads me to wonder,

could these stories be related?

And is this evidence of

extraterrestrial activity here

on Planet Earth thousands of years ago?

I've seen many, many eggs all

around the world and stories

about creation in reference to

cosmic eggs, and to see this...

I had no idea that there's one

here in Portugal.

So thank you very much.

Pleasure.

And I can't wait

what else you're gonna show me.

This cosmic egg has got me

thinking that the story of

Atlantis could be more

significant than previously thought.

Is Silves the center of the lost

empire of Atlantis, and does its

cosmic egg really show ancient

knowledge of DNA?

Peter has chartered a boat to

take us up the Arade River from

the Atlantic Ocean to modern day Silves.

This is the route ancient

visitors would have taken to

reach Atlantis thousands of

years ago if Atlantis was here.

So is this the view the

ancients would have had when

entering Atlantis?

'Cause this here is a beautiful

view of the town.

Yeah, this is exactly

what they would have seen.

They would have, in fact, been

forced to go in here, 'cause

this is where the old harbor

was, on our left.

The entrance to it.

And from here, where we are now,

back to the mouth of the river,

the sea, is exactly nine and a

quarter kilometers.

And Plato said it was nine and a

quarter kilometers from the harbor.

What about its wealth?

Because in order to correspond

the story, wasn't Atlantis also

incredibly wealthy?

Nobody will ever have that wealth again.

Yeah, precious metals.

It was the biggest producer of

precious metals in the then known world.

Peter has brought a

bathymetric chart showing the

areas around Silves that sank

over the last few thousand years.

It could be the best clue yet.

These rocky areas are

scattered all around, and I'm

pretty certain they are ruins,

because Plato said the empire

was divided up between the

different sons to rule.

So what we really want is to try

and get somebody who's got a

nice boat with lots of side

scanners and equipment and...

Sonar and all that stuff.

Possibly submersibles

to go down and have a look,

because I'm pretty certain that

some of these rocky areas will

be ruins and that's the only way

we're gonna be able to prove

whether Plato was speaking the truth.

I'm exploring the

medieval city of Silves in

Southern Portugal with British

author Peter Daughtrey.

Peter believes that he has

matched 60 of Plato's 100 clues

that identify the legendary city

of Atlantis and he wants to

show me some of them.

You can see here now,

that... this town is on a small

hill, on a big, flat plane.

And the river you can see in the

distance there, is about nine

and a quarter kilometers from

where you can see it to the sea.

Which is the exact distance that

Plato said the town was

connected by a waterway.

So, this is the

place that, in your opinion, has

a whole bunch of clues...

I think it was... ...that match what

Plato was writing?

I think it was the

cap... I think it was the

capitol city he was talking about.

Atlantis had to be connected by

a tidal river, because he said

they built embankments and

canals around the town circling it.

They filled them with seawater,

so it had to be a tidal river.

Mm hmm.

The river runs past

the town; that's freshwater.

But that is seawater,

uh, it comes right up tidal to the town.

Twice a day, you see the river

will go... up and down.

The local geologist has done a,

uh, survey for the town and

proven that all around the town,

there was water at, um, at some stage.

How did Plato give his measurements?

Now, I heard it was something about stadia.

It's a Greek

measurement and it, and it comes

from, um, I think, "stadium."

The Greek stadium where they had

games and things, was a standard size.

It was equivalent to 185 meters.

But he gives specific

measurements for the size of this hill.

He says, it's less than a

kilometer wide, which this is.

Specific measurements from the

first canal, which butted up to

the walls of this town he said

that was one stadia wide.

Then, there was a larger earth

embankment that was two stadia

wide, then another canal that

was two stadia wide, then an

embankment that was three

stadia, and finally the harbor

area, which was three stadia.

The local archaeologist said,

yes, that's where they think the

harbor was.

It's very interesting.

In your opinion, how do you

think Atlantis was built?

Well, according to Plato, it was Poseidon.

So then, are there

any references around here that

speak of Poseidon?

There is a famous

Roman villa, where there's a big

mosaic, which is now in a

museum one of the best in

Europe of Poseidon.

According to the

ancient astronaut theory, these

so called "gods" were not gods

at all, but flesh and blood

extraterrestrials.

And if that's true, then

Atlantis may not have been a

continent, but some kind of an alien base.

Shall we go to the next spot?

Yup, let's move on.

Let's do it.

So, what does the word "God"

mean to you?

Well, Plato made it

clear, these gods were not some

superhuman, ethereal being.

They were flesh and blood.

They were just a little more,

um, advanced, intelligent.

Exactly.

And one of the reasons

for creating the race was,

these people would serve them.

I think it was built into us in

the DNA or gene.

It was added at the time we were

created to insure that the

people actually worshipped and

served these "gods."

So how do you think

this egg that we just saw plays

into that whole story?

I think the egg is

probably just commemorating that

and reminding people where they

came from, and this is where it

all started, here, at least

where Atlantis started.

Peter, thank you very much...

It's a pleasure.

...for sharing all this knowledge with me.

I mean, this was truly amazing,

so thank you very much.

Okay. Okay.

I appreciate that.

Let's head out.

Okay.

Wow, the clues Peter

has identified here have given

me a lot to think about.

Atlantis, to me, is highly

fascinating, because, in those

stories, you can read how

Poseidon sired an entire race

with mortal women.

That is what the ancient

astronaut theory suggests that

a long time ago, we became who

we are today due to a targeted

artificial mutation of our genes.

And that mutation was done and

performed by extraterrestrials.

I'm in the mountains

of Switzerland near Interlaken,

where I'm about to meet the one

and only Erich von Daniken, who

wrote Chariots of the Gods and

34 additional books challenging

human history and conventional archaeology.

Erich has invited me to Mystery

Park, an educational exhibition

dedicated to the ancient astronaut theory.

I've collaborated with Erich for

over 20 years, and whenever I

have a new theory, I always try

to run it by him to hear what

he has to say.

And this time, I'm here to talk

to him about Atlantis.

In your opinion, where do you

think the story for Atlantis came from?

The whole story which

we know from Atlantis comes from Plato.

Plato's two books, Timaeus and Critias.

And there, he quotes an older

man with the name Solon.

Even though the

Greek philosopher Plato wrote

the first account of Atlantis

that we know of, his account

actually revolves around Solon,

a great Greek legislator and

poet who journeyed to Egypt some

150 years earlier.

Plato writes that Solon was in

the Egyptian city of Sais in 590

BC, and while in a temple

dedicated to the goddess Neith,

he was told about a story

written on a temple column of

the Atlanteans and their

military campaign against

ancient Egypt and Greece.

Unfortunately, remains of this

temple have yet to be found.

We have some Sumerian

cuneiforms and Egyptian

hieroglyphs, but they don't date

back more than 2400 BC.

So, all what was before 2000 BC

is destroyed, disappeared,

probably because of the great flood.

And Plato, by the way, he says this.

He says that there were

destructions of the whole

planet, and everything disappeared.

In London, we have this stone

block called WB444; it's the

so called Sumerian Kings List.

The first ten kings before the

great flood they ruled

together over 400,000 years.

So, the story is definitely

older than the old Egypt Atlantis story.

In 1900, Hermann

Hilprecht excavated a temple

library in the ancient holy city

of Nippur, Iraq.

Within it, a 4,000 year old

cuneiform tablet was discovered

listing all the Sumerian kings

since the dawn of time.

Since then, at least 18 other

versions have been found.

Though none are identical, they

all seem to derive from one ideal source.

According to the Sumerian Kings

List, the early kings "descended

from the skies" and each ruled

for thousands of years.

Then, just as in the Book of

Genesis, and what some propose

was the fate of Atlantis, cities

were swallowed up, and the kings

who followed were mortals who

ruled for dozens, but no longer

for thousands of years.

While mainstream scholars

maintain that the Sumerian Kings

List is a mix of fact and

mythology, I tend to wonder,

what if it is real?

It could be evidence that the

so called gods or kings were, in

fact, extraterrestrials.

When I was in Portugal, I met

with author Peter Daughtrey, and

in his book, he proposed the

idea that maybe Atlantis was in

this place called Silves.

And one of the things that he

showed me was this megalithic egg.

And on it, it had almost what

could be interpreted as a DNA helix.

How do you propose that ancient

man knew about this DNA?

In old Sumerian times,

in old Egyptian times, they knew

nothing about genetic.

They knew nothing about DNA.

So, who were the teachers again?

Who told them?

It's always the same question.

We have Sumerian so called

"cylinder seals," and there you

see flying beings, humans with wings.

They, by the way, have always

watches on their arms.

And, you see, DNA has always four bases.

And if you see closer in the

so called Tree of Life, and the

two winged gods are changing out

some of these bases to create

something new.

They take one example of our

forefathers, they just take one

cell out of it, they change the

base in the one cell in the DNA

code, they plant the result into

the womb of a female of the same species.

After nine months this female

will give birth to a child.

The child has, of course, the

skeleton, the bone, the body of

the family tree.

But because of this artificial

mutation, something was changed

in the course of evolution.

And you can prove this even in

old writings.

My conversation with

Erich definitely blows my mind.

Because what he suggests is that

the story of Atlantis may date

back thousands of years before

Plato, and that the people who

lived there even had advanced

knowledge of genetics.

So as I'm looking at all these

different ideas for Atlantis, do

you think that Atlantis might've

been this culture that was not

just in one place, but that

maybe it was some type of an

empire, or a network of

Atlanteans that, uh, were in

different places?

Plato says it was an

island, and partly the island

was artificial.

But of course the people from

Atlantis, they had scientists,

they traveled, they leave their island.

So their knowledge has become

part of other societies.

Where do you recommend I go next?

Go to Santorini.

Make these pictures, hear,

listen around what they tell

about Atlantis and what they show you.

Perfect, I shall do that.

Thank you very much.

Now that I've spoken

with Erich, I am more convinced

than ever that I'm on the right path.

But if Atlantis was indeed an

advanced civilization that

passed on its technology and

knowledge to the local

population, what happened to it?

Was it destroyed by some natural

disaster like an earthquake or a volcano?

Or was it something else?

Something... out of this world?

For my last stop,

I've traveled to the Greek

island of Santorini, an island

in the Mediterranean.

It is all that remains of a much

larger landmass that was

destroyed by a huge volcanic

eruption thousands of years ago.

And there are many who believe

it to be the actual location of

the lost island of Atlantis.

At this point, I'm beginning to

think that there may be

something much more to the story

of Atlantis than anyone can imagine.

Something so incredible that I

myself can hardly believe it.

So, to help me explore my

theory, I'm meeting with Greek

writer and Atlantis

investigator Jonathan Bright.

I mean, perfect place to meet.

The most magical island in the world.

And I can't wait to find out

what you have to tell me.

So, what do you think happened

here to Santorini and when?

During the eruption, which happened around

1600 BC, this whole part went down.

What has convinced

many researchers that Santorini

was once the actual location of

Atlantis is its unique, semicircular shape.

But although it certainly bears

a similarity to Plato's

description of a circular

island, much of it appears to

have been destroyed by a volcano

thousands of years ago.

Our first stop on Santorini is

the ruins of the once wealthy

Minoan seaport of Akrotiri.

When the volcano here erupted

approximately 3,600 years ago,

Akrotiri was covered in ash and

preserved in time just like

Pompeii in Italy.

This is truly amazing.

Akrotiri was occupied as far

back as 4000 BC and the

ancient buildings here suggest

a highly advanced society

equipped with surprisingly

sophisticated technology for the time.

Three story high buildings

featuring hot and cold water,

and there's even evidence of

four different languages spoken here.

But could this really be Atlantis?

The mythical city that suddenly

vanished in a single day and night?

Do you know if any bodies were

found here, like for example, at

Pompeii, after the eruption of

the Vesuvius?

Yeah.

Has something

similar been found here in the ash?

There are no bodies that have been dug up

from this place.

Really?

No bodies have been dug up?

Yes. No, it's kind of a mystery here.

I mean, that's very strange.

It's as if they had

foresight that this eruption might happen.

Mm hmm.

The ruins of Akrotiri clearly show evidence

of advanced architecture,

concepts of an organized society

and perhaps even the knowledge

of a pending disaster that might

destroy the island.

What do you think are some of

the most interesting finds that

have been discovered here?

There are many

important frescos that have been

found in the walls.

I have some things to say about

this, but I would better show

you the proper place to say that.

Let's go.

As Jonathan and I are headed

over to see the Akrotiri

frescos, I was reminded of the

ancient legends about an

advanced race of supposedly

mythical beings called the Telchines.

According to Greek mythology,

the Telchines were sea creatures

with flippers for hands and

heads that looked like dogs.

They were eventually destroyed

because the so called gods

feared they were becoming too powerful.

But what makes the Telchines

particularly interesting is

that, according to legend, it

was they who raised Poseidon

from childhood and also used

their advanced metallurgy skills

to make his powerful trident.

Is it possible that these

hybrid beings have been the real

architects of Atlantis?

Really, really great.

The elaborate frescos at

Akrotiri are believed to date

from before 1600 BC.

Truly, something else.

Many depict city scenes

a goddess with a winged griffin

and even blue monkeys making offerings.

Very interesting.

But what really caught my eye

was one that featured a number

of mysterious men dressed in

feathers, almost like feather cloaks.

But were they priests?

Kings?

Or could they have been

depictions of angels or other

winged beings, like, for

example, the Anunnaki?

Had I found Atlantis after all?

Or something that may have been

directly inspired by it?

Nevertheless, one thing is

certain something powerful

definitely happened at Akrotiri.

The more pieces of the puzzle I

gather, the more I get to see

the full picture.

And I find it interesting that

once again, here in Santorini,

some things fit Plato's clues

about Atlantis... but some don't.

The final destination on my hunt for

Atlantis is the very top of the

island of Santorini.

It's a real hike, but the views

are definitely worth it...

and so are the mysterious

megaliths found there.

What would compel an ancient

people to build such a large

complex on top of a mountain?

Check out this wall right here.

We're on Santorini at the

highest peak in an ancient site

called Ancient Thera... and this

wall right here is, as you can

tell, massive.

Walls like this not only exist

in Greece... but in Italy... in Spain...

in Egypt... and halfway across the world in

Central and South America.

So the fact that this wall

exists here at one of the most

inaccessible places seems like

it is insane.

There had to have been a reason

why this is here.

And that is: what if those

stories of the Greek gods...

...descending from the skies

really, at some point, were true?

Further down the mountain, I met

once again with writer Jonathan

Bright and discovered that he

has an interesting take on how

Santorini might be linked to the

legend of Atlantis.

This place reminds

me of the Enochian story where... Mm hmm.

...in the beginning, we see that a group

of angels descends on the

summit of a mountain Mount

Hermon, the mythical mount

and, like Poseidon, we see in

Plato's story that did, and they

make children with them, they

begat children by them.

Mount Hermon is in

the Golan Heights, between

Israel and Lebanon.

According to the Book of Enoch,

a group of so called "watchers"

descended here and mated with local women.

And this is exactly the same

story Plato writes about

concerning Atlantis, where

Poseidon sired an entire race.

It happens also

that in the place that they call

the "Wheel of Giants" there is

a huge monument from 5,000 years

old now... Mm hmm.

...with concentric

circles and the high walls of

stones, and... the same

traditions that we see related to Atlantis.

That's very interesting, and, you know, and

of course, the legends that are

corresponding with this place up

here are very interesting, that

something significant, something

"sacred" happened up here a very

long time ago.

And they weren't angels in the

sense as we think of angels today.

Meeting with Jonathan and coming

to Santorini has helped me to

see Atlantis from a whole new perspective.

I'm starting to think that, what

if Plato's stories about

Atlantis are directly linked to

similar stories about the

arrival of the gods that appear

to have occurred on mountaintops

such as Mount Hermon and

other mountains all around the world?

I'm also reminded of the Greek

legend of Asteria, the Titan

goddess of falling stars.

In order to escape the advances

of Zeus, she turned into a quail

and then flung herself into the

sea, where she transformed into

a magical island.

Okay.

And if you learn

anything new in the hunt for

Atlantis, let me know.

And thank you very much... I will.

...for showing me

all these different places.

It's been a true honor.

Nice meeting you.

Thank you very much.

Okay.

What an amazing journey.

The hunt for Atlantis has taken

me to Athens, Portugal,

Switzerland and Santorini, an

island in the Mediterranean.

And I've had the chance to meet

with some really cool researchers.

But this last stop has me

convinced that the lost city

of Atlantis was probably not an

island at all, but maybe some

sort of a flying craft.

Perhaps this is why Atlantis has

been reported to have existed at

various locations around the globe...

why it seemingly disappeared in

one day and one night...

and why no evidence of it has

ever been found.

Could it be that the powerful

influence of the Atlantean

perhaps extraterrestrial

culture and highly advanced

technology inspired early humans

to copy them... to build cities on the same

spots where their craft once landed...

and even worship them as gods?

Of course, my theory will still

require more investigation and,

hopefully, proof.

The planet we live on is

billions of years old, but we

humans walk the earth for only an instant.

Shouldn't we spend our brief

time here asking questions?

What if we could discover

amazing things if only we would

just open our eyes, challenge

our minds, and pursue the truth?

In search of aliens.

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