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Ever since Plato wroteabout 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 storyis nothing like anyone expects?

What if the accounts
of Atlantis having

incredible, advanced technologyand 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 Mediterraneanto 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 highlyadvanced military capabilities.

And then one day, Atlantis
mysteriously vanished in,

as Plato describes it, quote,"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.

We have arranged to meet Plato
expert Dr. Sandy MacGillivray,

a professor of classics
and archeology.

- Professor MacGillivray?
- Yeah.

- I'm Giorgio.
- Hi.

- Pleasure to meet you.
- Good to meet you.

How's it going?

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 sounds a lot like
genetic engineering.

So you actually have 10
kingdoms for Atlantis.

The one central kingdom is theone where the firstborn, Atlas,

sets up his kingdom.

What you get a description
of is this 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've

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 shipsthat 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 have perhaps

been some type of an empire
that stretched a large

to 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 Pillarsof 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, thegateway to the Atlantic Ocean

and beyond.

Sandy, thank you very much.

I appreciate that.

- Happy travels.
- Thank you.

OK, 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 suggestsevidence of genetic engineering

in the ancient past.

This is very much the basis forthe 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 advertisingexecutive from London.

For the past 20 years,
he has investigated

what some say are 100 clues
that Plato left behind

about Atlantis.

And he's convinced that Silves
is the center of Atlantis.

I've got a few questions
that I'd like to ask you.

How did you get started
in your research?

I was doing some research foran article in a local magazine,

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 set
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.

Well, if there was one, it
would have been destroyed.

Geologists had done research
on the seabed out in the bay

and found that there was
one particular big event

about 11,600 years ago, which
ties in exactly with Plato's

dates that he gave us.

Mhm.

And that would coincide
with the whole idea

where Plato said that
the story of Atlantis

might have happened around
9,000 years before the Greeks.

Pretty well the same.

Mhm.

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 the
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 capital.

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'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
this huge stone egg

that he'd seen laying
on the side of the road

not far from Silves, in fact.

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

believe that the gods
themselves sent the cosmic egg

and mankind hatched from it.

That, to me, is
very fascinating.

So the fact that there is 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 theall the rest, probably the most

important one.

You see the black,
white, and red rock?

Mhm.

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?

Exactly, yeah.

There are not many places inthe world where you can do that,

particularly in one small hill.

That's pretty amazing.

I haven't yet forgotten
about that egg.

Yeah.

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.

There you go.

Fascinating entrance.

Even thoughit is now in a 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?

Yeah.

It's a great little museum.

There it is.

Wow.

This is it.

Man, this is great.

What a payoff to come
here and see this.

How does this museum
classify this stone?

They classified it with all
the other standing stones,

as a menhir, which 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 deliberatelyplaced 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 the perfect
egg shape originally.

It was actually in
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--

An enormous amount
of extra work.

And interestingly, is they
must have had tools to do it.

Bronze wouldn't do it.

It would bend.

They must have 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.

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

will resemble the rod, which
throughout history has been

a symbol of power
and of creation.

Even 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 it's 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?

Plato indicated that 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 ancientastronaut 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 withHomo 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 is one here

in Portugal.

So thank you very much.

Pleasure.

And I can't wait what else
are you going to 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 ofyears ago if Atlantis was here.

So is this the view the
ancients would have had when

entering Atlantis?

Because this here is a
beautiful view of the town.

Yeah, that's exactly
what they would have seen.

They would have been, in
fact, forced to go in here

because this is where the
old harbor was, on our left,

the entrance to it.

And from here, where we are nowback to the mouth of the river,

the sea is exactly 9
and 1/4 kilometers.

And Plato said it was 9 and1/4 kilometers from the harbor.

What about its wealth?

Because in order to
correspond to 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
have 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.

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 going

to 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 hasmatched 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 plain.

And the river you can
see in the distance

there is about 9 and 1/4
kilometers from where you can

see it to the sea, which is theexact 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 thatmatch what Plato was writing?

I think it was the capital
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 encircling it.

They filled them with seawater.

So it had to be a tidal river.

The river runs past the town.

It's freshwater.

But that is seawater.

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 survey for the town

and proven that
all around the town

there was water at some stage.

How did Plato give
his measurements?

I heard it was
something about stadia?

It's a Greek measurement.

And it comes from,
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
large 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 archaeologists
said, yes,

that's where they
think the harbor was.

That'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?
- Yeah, 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 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 DNA or gene.

It was added at the time
we were created to ensure

that the people actually
worshiped and served these,

quote, "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.

This is where it all
started, here, at least where

Atlantis started.

Peter, thank you very much
for sharing all this knowledge

with me.

I mean, this was truly amazing.

So thank you very much.

I appreciate that.

Let's head out.

OK.

Wow, theclues 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 andperformed by extraterrestrials.

I'm in the mountainsof Switzerland near Interlaken,

where I'm about to meet the one
and only Erich von Daniken who

wrote "Chariots of the Gods" and34 additional books challenging

human history and
conventional archeology.

Erich has invited me to MysteryPark, 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,

came from Plato, Plato's twobooks, "Timaeus" and "Critias."

And there, he quotes an older
man with the name Solon.

Even thoughthe 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 templededicated 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,

Egyptian hieroglyphs, but
they don't date back more

to 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 WB 444.

It's the so-called
Sumerian Kings List.

The first 10 kings
before the great flood,

they ruled together
over 400,000 years.

So the story is definitely olderthan the old Egypt Atlantis

story.

In
1900, Herman 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 proposed
was the fate of Atlantis,

cities were swallowed up.

And the kings who followed weremortals who ruled for dozens,

but no longer for
thousands of years.

While mainstream scholars
maintained that the Sumerian

Kings List is a mix of fact andmythology, 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 ancientman knew about this DNA?

In old Sumerian time,
in old Egyptian time,

they knew nothing
about genetics.

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 a close-up
of a 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 changed 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, this
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 live there even

had advanced
knowledge of genetics.

So as I'm looking at all thesedifferent ideas for Atlantis,

do you think that Atlantis mighthave been this culture that was

not just in one place,
but that maybe was

some type of an empire or anetwork of Atlanteans that 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 this picture.

Here, listen around what
they tell about Atlantis

and what they show you.
- Perfect.

I shall do that.
- Yeah, yeah.

Thank you very much.

As always.

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 naturaldisaster 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 volcaniceruption 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
semi-circular shape.

But although it certainly
bears a similarity

to Plato's description of a
circular island, much of it

appears to have been destroyedby a volcano thousands of years

ago.

Our first stop in Santorini is
the ruins of the once wealthy

Minoan sea port 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 4,000 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 offour 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 werefound here, like for example,

at Pompeii after the
eruption after 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?

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.

Mhm.

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 ofthe most interesting finds that

have been discovered here?

There are many
important frescoes that

have been found in the walls.

I have some things
to say about this,

but I will better show you
the proper place to say that.

Let's go.

As
Jonathan and I are headed over

to see the Akrotiri
frescoes, 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 hybridbeings were the real architects

of Atlantis?

This is really, really great.

The
elaborate frescoes 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 interesting that
once again here in Santorini,

some things fit Plato's cluesabout 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 thehighest 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 halfwayacross the world in South

America.

So the fact that
this wall exists here

at one of the most inaccessibleplaces 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 skiesreally at some point were true?

Further down the mountain, I metonce 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 in the beginning we
see that a group of angels

descends on the summit
of a mountain, Mt.

Hermon, the mythical mount.

And like Poseidon, we see
in Plato's story that did.

And they make children with him.

They beget children by them.

Mt.

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 ahuge monument from 5,000 years

old now.

Mhm.

with concentric
circles and high walls

of stones, the same
tradition that we see related

to Atlantis.

That's very interesting.

And you know, and of course, thelegends that are corresponding

with this place up here arevery interesting that something

significant, something, quote,
unquote, "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 Mt.

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.

Jonathan,.

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.

Thank you.

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 hasbeen 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 stillrequire 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."