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[Quinto]
I'm in the midst of an epic journey

to prove that Atlantis
could be more than myth.

By using a checklist
derived from the Greek philosopher Plato's writings,

I've uncovered
compelling evidence

that this holy grail
of lost civilizations

may have been a real and sprawling empire.

It may even have rivaled
ancient Egypt in size.

My quest has taken me
all over the Mediterranean,

from the sunken settlement
of Pavlopetri--

[man]
No, no, no, no, no! Too close! Too close! Too close!

...to the ancient
Palace of Knossos in Greece,

where an advanced culture
matched many

of the characteristics
on Plato's list.

Oh, my goodness.
That's a symbol of Poseidon.

And to the fabled island
of Sardinia,

where a set of mysterious caves revealed new clues

about how far
the empire of Atlantis may have spread.

I don't think
it's hieroglyphics. I think it's an alphabet.

So, then, we've really
found something in our search.

Even in the face
of dire warnings

from scholars
and experts alike--

Don't probe too much.
There are places out there

that just want
to be left alone.

[Quinto]
And while my epic journey has already uncovered

so many compelling clues
that match Plato's checklist for Atlantis,

I'm still on the hunt
for more proof.

And my search continues now.

My Name is Zachary Quinto.

As an actor,
I've played many supernatural characters

that blurred the line
between science and fiction.

I'm drawn to the unknown,
the otherworldly,

and those experiences
so beyond belief,

they call everything
into question.

I'm exploring some of
the most enduring mysteries

that continue to haunt mankind
in search of the truth...

wherever it leads me.

Long before ancient Egyptians

laid down the first stone
on the great Pyramids,

or the rise and fall
of the Roman civilization,

it is said there was
a mighty empire called Atlantis.

The only known record
of the story

was authored by
the great philosopher, Plato,

in 350 BC.

He wrote about a thriving
island civilization

built in concentric circles.

It was highly advanced
in technology and culture,

far above and beyond
its prehistoric counterparts.

But all of this changed
when Atlantis began to grow,

conquering
numerous territories,

and giving in to greed
and a lust for power.

[thunderclap]

According to Plato,
the gods punished Atlantis

with earthquakes and floods
that obliterated the island,

never to be seen again.

Today, the search for Atlantis
remains a worldwide obsession.

Some experts believe
the folklore surrounding this mysterious empire

has embedded itself so deeply
in our understanding of the world,

it's impossible to let go.

How we define Atlantis today
depends on who you ask.

For some people,
it's a tangible place

that sits at the bottom
of the ocean.

If we could
just find the ruins.

For other people, it's a metaphor of what happens

when you become
an imperialistic force

that thinks you can rule
anything you want.

The thing about
a myth or a legend

is there's always
a nugget of truth in it.

How do we get
from what Plato wrote

2,300 years ago
to what people talk about today?

Over time,
it changes, it evolves.

And now it represents
something lost

and maybe can be found.

[Quinto]
I'm determined to prove

Atlantis was a real place

and, jt as Plato described,

a vast and powerful empire.

Is this also a tomb?This is a tomb also, yes.

[Quinto]
I'm with Robert Ishoy at the Necropolis of Montessu,

on the island of Sardinia.

Robert is a former
U.S. intelligence specialist

who's been searching for Atlantis for three decades.

Robert has led me
to an underground site

which even he
has only heard about

but never seen
with his own eyes.

We're gonna have to crawl
down in there to see 'em.

All right.
Let's do it.All right.

And together, we're armed with a checklist

of descriptions Plato
wrote about Atlantis in his ancient text.

And Robert believes these caves could reveal groundbreaking new secrets.

Wow.

I've read about this site--Uh-huh.

but to be in here
and see this is amazing.

Right here, in front of us,
where we stepped down--Uh-huh.

This is clearly
a bull horn. Wow.

There's only
half the horn left,

and the horn on your side
is missing.

Wow. So, they carved this in
as both a step down into the cave,

and also the symbol
that we saw in Knossos.Exactly.

And it also ties us to Plato,
because he clearly stated

that on the island of Atlantis, they had the bull horn symbols.

What about these over here?

I believe those
are more representations of bull horns.

Uh-huh.

So we have the bull head here
as a step,

and we have more bull horns
right there behind us.

And then look up here.

I think
this is a petroglyph

of an Egyptian boat.

That's a perfect replica

of other Egyptian boats
that I've seen on drawings

right here in a tomb in Sardinia.

And this is important also,
because the story that Plato tells us

originated in Egypt.Uh-huh.

And the Egyptians also refer
to a sea people

far to the west.Uh-huh.

Just like Plato says Atlantis
was far to the west. Huh.

And they were very fearful
of these sea people.

So we have
two pieces of evidence

that there was
an Egyptian contact on this island as well.

Wow. So it's all, like,
in this one place.

We're tied back to Knossos
with this bull,

and we're tied to Egypt
with this petroglyph of an Egyptian boat.

So, this civilization
could've potentially been an empire,

with outposts in Greece

and with outposts in Egypt,

if it was, in fact,
based here in Sardinia. Exactly.

[Quinto]
This cave is compelling new evidence

that Atlantis may have been
a real empire.

Between these bull horns,

and the connections I've seen
at the Palace of Knossos in Crete,

and the sunken settlement
of Pavlopetri,

the evidence is startling.

Is it possible
that all of these places were part of Atlantis?

Or that one of them
was the center of a massive empire?

I'm fascinated by
the interconnectivity of these societies.

There is clearly a link
between these places.

They carry the same symbols,
the same kind of imagery and etchings.

Robert's passion for Sardinia
being Atlantis

has definitely got
some momentum to it, I would say.

But does this mean
Sardinia was the center of the empire itself?

We have to keep looking.

[Robert]
Now, there's one more really important location

I wanna show to you.

It's incredible.

[Quinto]
Just north of this region,

there's another
little-known prehistoric site

that Robert believes
could be the smoking gun

to link Sardinia
to Plato's description of Atlantis.

Will this expedition
lead us straight to the heart of the empire?

This is massive, huh?This is one of

the larger tower complexes
that has been found.

When was this particular
site discovered?In 1920s,

the main tower
was discovered.

It was completely covered
with earth. Uh-huh.

What could've caused
such a vast area of megalithic structures

to be completely concealed
in soil?

[thunderclap]

One explanation
may be found

in a new scientific discovery.

[thunderclap]

Recent evidence reveals
that the island of Sardinia

may have been struck
by a comet 2,000 years ago,

resulting in tidal waves
that reached 500 meters high

and leveling the entire
southern coast.

This would explain
how towers that rose several meters from the ground

were completely buried in mud
until the 1920s.

It's hard to tell,
with all the lichen

and the growth and the wear--Right.

...but if you look hard,
you'll see that there were actually

three colors of stones used--
black, red, and white.

Oh.And that is another thing

on the list
that Plato stated.

Okay. He says that they used

those three color stones in building their structures.

And in a lot of ways,
even though it's more rugged-looking than Knossos,

the technology, I think,
is even a little more advanced--

'Cause it's older.And older, and also the size
of these towers.

Right. It's amazing to think
about how they were able to engineer that.

Yes. They were able
to figure out

how to place these rocks
in such a way,

without using mortar.Right.

And yet they're still standing
after 4,000 years.That's amazing.

So, advanced technology matches Plato's description as well.

Wow. It's so crazy
to see all these rocks stacked the way they are.

Wow.

It just seems like
a big giant game of Jenga.

The evidence seems
to be stacking up.

Clearly, this was
an advanced society.

Robert also says

that the shape of these towers
mirrors the circular shapes

so crucial to the imagery
of Atlantis.

[Robert]
The fact that everything here is circular

matches that island city Plato talks about perfectly.

[Quinto]
Problem is, it's impossible to see their arrangement

clearly from the ground.

I wonder if we were able
to get a bird's-eye view of this place--

what that would reveal
in terms of the circular nature of this design.

So we're asking
one of the camera operators on our crew

to take us on a tour
of this structure in a way

that only he can-- by drone.

Wow. Oh, my God.

Coming up, will the viewIs it ready to go?Yes.

All right.
Let's do it.

We're about to explore
these megalithic structures

from a vantage point
that few have ever seen.

And I want to know:
could this site

have once been the center
of the ancient empire?

Wow.

So, it's like one big circle,

inside of which there are
many little circles.

Circles around circles.

Plato clearly states
that circles

were important to Atlantis. Right. Right.

And these circles are found
all over the Mediterranean.

I feel like there are
more than just a handful

of the items on the checklist
that are found here.

The color schemes
of the red, and the black, and the white.

The fact that
the circular imagery is prevalent.

And the construction--
the engineering of this place in particular.

He states that this civilization
was an empire-- Powerful, wealthy--

To have 7,000 structures
like this,

they had to have
a lot of power and a lot of wealth.

You know, to hear you talk about it,

we basically
have found Atlantis here in Sardinia.

That's what I'm saying.

I am convinced
that the island of Sardinia

and this culture--
the Nuraghe culture--

was the civilization
that Plato was referring to

when he told the story
about Atlantis.

I'm convinced of that.

I totally get it. When you look at this checklist,

I see how Sardinia is a leading candidate.

For the most part,
yes, yes, yes.

You can go
right down the list.

[Quinto]
The evidence in Sardinia seems overwhelming.

But whether this island
was the actual heart of the empire,

or perhaps just
a small piece of Atlantis,

is still unknown.

And I want to dig deeper.

So far, I've been focusing
on where Atlanteans might have lived.

But what about
who they might have been?

And is it possible
that there are still Atlanteans living today?

As a renowned professor
and Atlantis expert Richard Freund points out,

if Atlantis was real,
the descendants of the ancient civilization

could still be roaming
the Earth as we speak.

No destruction
I've ever seen

always gets everybody.

So, those survivors--
where did they go?

They didn't just evaporate. Right.

So, I think some of them
got on boats,

and they're the ones
that helped create the ongoing civilization.

I think some of them
went into the central highlands of Spain

and established
these villages.

They were all built
with reconcentric circles.Wow.

And when you ask people,
"Who are these people?"

They say, "We don't know."Right.

But if the population of Atlantis really spread out across the globe,

what hard evidence
could we find of them living amongst us today,

and what could they teach us
about the real location of this lost empire?

I'm meeting with an expert
who may have

a radical new answer
to these questions,

and proof
that Atlantis was real,

through the blood
of its descendants.

I understand you have
a real interest in bloodlines and blood types,

and that there actually
may be some connection

between blood type
and the descendants

from the lost civilization
of Atlantis.

Jessica Farrell
is a hematology expert

who created an online database
that tracks thousands

of Rh-negative individuals,

and her site has amassed
over one million visitors from around the world.

Tell me a little bit about
how you became interested in this, first of all.

I had a pregnancy
when I was younger,

and I found out
during my pregnancy

that I was Rh negative.

And, unfortunately,
the pregnancy was lost.

And I always thought that maybe
it had something to do with me

not knowing ahead of time
about my blood type.

So, I just really
started researching it.

[Quinto] To be Rh negative
is one of the rarest

blood types in the world.

Only 10 to 15 percent

of the people on this planet
are Rh negative.

It means they're missing
a key protein.

Any time there's a negative
at the end of the letter--Uh-huh.

...that means
that it's Rh negative.

So, is A negative
also Rh negative? Yes.

Anything with a negative
is Rh negative?Anything with a negative

is Rh negative.Oh, okay.

Even more mysterious,

people with this blood type
tend to have higher IQs

and unique physical features, like an extra rib or vertebrae.

Despite these rare traits,

no one can explain
this blood type's origin.

Plato described Atlanteans
as a race of people

who were half-human
and half-god.

If they were
an entirely unique race,

there would have been
some distinctive signature in their DNA.

Is it possible that
the Rh-negative factor

could be the genetic link?

As a whole, there's no known
earthly origin for the Rh-negative individual.

So, since there's
no known origin,

and we don't fit
the typical model for how we got here--

Mm-hmm.
...people make up a lot of stories.

There are a lot of theories,
there are a lot of myths out there,

but there's no actual fact
to say where we came from.

So, is this the idea
that it's--

I mean,
that it's a different species?

It's a possibility that it
could be a different species.

Can't say for sure.

Wow. I mean,
the idea that there is

another species of human being
is something I've never considered

or heard before.

It's such
a fascinating notion.

So, are there characteristics
that accompany Rh-negative blood type

that don't accompany
any other blood types?

Rh-negative people
do have a stronger, um,

concentration of certain
characteristics and traits.

And what are
those characteristics?

Um, so, we have a board set up
over here to kind of look at.

Um, there--Whoa!

"Spock/pointed ears."Mm-hmm.

Do you have Spock/pointed ears?Um, it's not always

necessarily an extreme point.Oh, yeah.

But it's this little notch
right here by the helix.Oh, yeah. Sure.

It's something that
I noticed on your left ear.Really?

So, I would like to maybe
go through the list of things

to see if you've got
some check marks that you could put up on my list.

Let's do it.
Let's see what we can come up with.

Coming up, will I uncover a personal connection to the descendan [Quinto]
The story of Atlantis

remains one of
the greatest mysteries of all time.

In his ancient writings,
Plato described the people of Atlantis

as being half-god
and half-human.

Under the guidance
of hematology expert Jessica Farrell,

I'm on a mission to determine
whether the rare Rh-negative blood type

could nk us back
to the ancient empire.

So is this the idea
that it's--

I mean,
that it's a different species?

It's a possibility
that it could be a different species.

And is it possible
I may actually have

a direct connection
to Atlantis?

Rh-negative people
do have a stronger

concentration of certain
characteristics and traits.

So, I would like to maybe
go through the list

to see if you've got
some check marks.

Let's do it.
Let's see what we can comup with.

Well, I'm definitely
a truth seeker. Okay.

I would not say that I have
a feeling of not belonging.

So, how about
a mission in life?

I think I have
a mission in life.

I play Spock,
so I feel like I have to have

a love of space
and science. I think so.

A widow's peak?Little bit.

Really?Got a little bit
of a widow's peak.

I do?
Don't really have

a cleft nose, lip, or chin.You do.

I do?You do have
a little bump right here--

Really?...in your chin.

So, it looks like you've got
about half the board filled up,

so there's a chance
that you're Rh negative.Really?

Though there is another way
that we can test

your blood type
and figure out for sure.

We have
a genetic expert here,

and we can have him
test your blood

and figure out what your type
and factor are.

We're gonna inflict
a moment of temporary pain.Great.

We've called in
a genetic expert, Dr. Peter D'Adamo,

to oversee the blood test
and deliver the results.

I'm just gonna look away.[chuckling]

It's a clear indication
that you're B, uh, negative.Uh-huh.

Uh, you see, you reacted
to the "B" here. Right.

Okay, so--So, you're Rh negative.

Wow.

So that's a pretty rare group
that I'm a part of.

The results that I'm B negative mean I'm part of that rare

10 to 15 percent
of the world's Rh-negative population,

because anyone
whose blood is negative falls into this category.

Does this more likely,
or less likely,

put me in the lineage
of Atlantis?

It puts you
on the "more likely."Wow. That's amazing.

I was not expecting
to have such a direct

and personal link
to the descendants of Atlantis.

It makes me wonder,
could genetics offer

a new and groundbreaking
road map for finding

the location
of the ancient empire?

And if so,
where else could I search for evidence of Atlantis?

The closest thing
that I think we've came to that's factual

is where we have
the highest concentration pool

of Rh-negative individuals,

and where current modern science
and genetics has taken us

is to the Berber people.

[Quinto] With the highest concentrations

of Rh-negative blood types
in the world,

the for scholarsorth Africa
hav throughout history.

Scientists believe
the Berber ancestry

may stretch back
10,000 to 30,000 years,

yet little is known
about its origin.

Today, one of the largest
modern populations of Berbers

is in the Souss-Massa region
of Morocco.

In fact, many Berbers
now make their home in the Atlas Mountains,

which, of course,
is the root of the word, "Atlantis."

So, is there evidence
of the Atlantis empire

hiding in plain sight
in Morocco?

I'm headed there now,
and I'll be teaming up

with renowned Atlantis expert,
Andrew Gough.

He believes that
this unexplored area

may check more boxes
on Plato's list

than anywhere I've hit so far.

I'm convinced that people
have been looking in the wrong places.

When you decode and just

follow the lead
of Plato's 51 clues,

it leads you to Morocco.

Andrew.Zach.

How are you?
Nice to meet you.Hi. Really nice to meet you.

Yeah. Thanks so much
for being with me.It's my pleasure.

So, I understand you have
a theory about the lost civilization of Atlantis.

A bit of an outlier theory.
What is it?

For me, it was in the Med.

It was Crete,
maybe Sicily. Uh-huh. Sure.

Um, Santorini.
Of course, it had to be a fit. Ticked so many boxes.

But I think the clues have been there all along.

Only thing that's left
is Morocco.

Is Morocco?To find Atlantis,

we have to give up everything
that we want it to be.

The idea that Morocco's
the last place that people are really looking Atlantis expert Andrew Gough

has been investigating
historical mysteries for decades.

He is certain
he can show me evidence

that proves Atlantis was real,

and that
the heart of the empire may have been located

in the harsh desert lands
of Morocco.

The idea that Morocco's
also the last place that people are really looking

is kind of a thing
that excites me.

It's like a new frontier.
It's like opening up

a whole new arm of this story

and looking at what could be.

And I feel like there's
a lot of possibility to do that here.

Right now,
Andrew and I are headed

to one of the highest peaks
in the Souss-Massa region

to dive into this radical
new theory from above.

This is amazing.Welcome to Atlantis.

[Quinto]
What secrets could this surprising location reveal

that tie us back to Plato's
description of Atlantis?

How did your studies lead you to this place?

When this German scientist
put all of Plato's 51

physical geographical criteria
into a computer program,

the only place
that was left standing was Morocco.

You know,
I had to rethink it

and say, "You know what?
He's right. Forget these fanciful ideas.

This could have been
the central city of Atlantis."

Look behind us. We have
the High Atlas Mountains.

Wow.Plato says that
the central city of Atlantis

was just to the south of
a really high mountain range. Uh-huh.

We're also
the exact distance

that Plato said
the central city was away from the natural harbor,

which is the Atlantic Ocean.Uh-huh.

The Atlas Mountains--
There's a theme here.

Yeah, you're not
wrong about that.

And, you know, Atlas, of course,
was the first king of Atlantis.

[Quinto]
Not only did Plato write

that Atlantis was ruled
by King Atlas,

in Plato's time, the pleural
form of the word "atlas" was "atlantes,"

and ancient Greek maps
refer to the Atlas Mountain ranges as "Atlantes."

What he also said
was that there were

concentric circles
created by Poseidon.

Now, because Poseidon's a god,
that means man didn't create those.

It's part of
the natural landscape. Uh-huh.

Now, there's no water here.Right.

But geological studies
and the ancient maps show

that there were old rivers
that went from here to the ocean,

alternating land and water.

So, there are three rivers
and two concentric circles,

just like Plato said.

Up here, of course,
is the Pillars of Hercules.Right.

If you read the way
Plato says it,

Atlantis was outside
the Pillars of Hercules.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.So it's outside
in the ocean somewhere.

[Quinto]
In ancient times, the Pillars of Hercules

were a maritime boundary marker that signified the entrance

to the ancient Greek world.

Today, this area is known
as the Strait of Gibraltar,

where the Atlantic Ocean
meets the Mediterranean Sea.

According to Plato's account,
Atlantis was situated

in front of
the Pillars of Hercules,

and according to scholars
like Professor Richard Freund,

this single clue
could be a huge breakthrough

in identifying
the lost empire of Atlantis.

When I go out into the field,
the first thing that I always ask is,

"What is it that really

"is so specific
and so exacting,

it'saking a real strong point
that you can't get away from?"

So, in the case of Plato,

there's one really big
identification point of the geographic--

Mm-hmm....the Pillars of Hercules.

Three laws of archaeology--Uh-huh.

...location, location,
location.

Right.

Geographically speaking,

Morocco is the only
location I've seen

that is actually situated
in front of,

or directly outside of,
the Pillars of Hercules.

But does this prove
I'm standing at the heart

of the Atlantis empire
right here in Morocco?

As you can see,
it's exactly what Plato said.

[Quinto]
The story of Atlantis has remained

one of the greatest mysteries
of all time.

This is amazing.Welcome to Atlantis.

Now I'm on a mountainside
in Morocco

with historian Andrew Gough.

This could have been
the central city of Atlantis.

We've uncovered
compelling new evidence

to suggest that
the lost empire of Atlantis

may have existed in this
most unlikely of places.

Up here is
the Pillars of Hercules.Right.

If you read
the way Plato says it,

Atlantis was outside
the Pillars of Hercules.

[Quinto] But as strong
as these connections are to Plato's list,

I still have
unanswered questions

about how Atlantis could be
hiding here in Morocco.

But it's not an island,

so how does that factor into
what we know about Atlantis?

The answer is in the word
that Plato uses.

He calls it an island,
but he spells it N-E-S-O-S,

which has multiple meanings.

Anything that's bordered
is considered a virtual island.

That's why he uses
the term "island."

You can see it's--
three sides it's bounded by mountains,

one side by water.
That's why it's an island.

Uh-huh.And that's why no one's
ever looked for it

in a place like Morocco.

As the evidence here in Morocco continues to line up with Plato's writing,

I have to wonder,
where are all the ruins?

Is it strange that there hasn't
been anything found at all?

I mean--There e ancient settlements
that people have found,

but they're all over Morocco.

What it needs is a proper
archaeological survey by air and by ground.

It's gonna take
some cutting-edge technology

to prove that there was
a settlement here. Right.

It might be beneath the ground--
what we're looking for--

or it may have been
hauled away.

[Quinto]
Could Atlantis really be hiding in rubble?

Or perhaps be buried
under the soil of Morocco?

If so,
it wouldn't be the first time

that an ancient civilization
was discovered

after centuries of being
right under our noses.

From the legendary
city of Troy,

which was unearthed by Heinrich Schliemann in 1870,

revealing nearly 4,000
years' worth of artifacts

and the site of the Trojan War,

to the Great Pyramid
of Cholula,

an ancient Aztec temple
found hiding inside a mountain in Mexico

after centuries of obscurity.

Many people don't realize
that it is actually

the largest pyramid
in the world,

with a base nearly
three times larger

than the Great Pyramid of Giza
in Egypt.

Much like these great
archaeological finds,

Andrew believes
he's found evidence to suggest

Atlantis is hiding
in plain sight

right here in Morocco,

amongst piles of rubble

that have been hauled away
from the surrounding area.

This could be
the most important site in the whole Atlantis story.

Well, it's not what
I had in mind, but okay.

Not what you'd expect.
A stone quarry.

But look at the stones.
Black, white, and red--

the color that Plato said
all the stones were in Atlantis.

When we were at
the central circle--

that concentric circle
that Plato calls the central city in Atlantis,

you said,
"Where are the temples?

Where are the artifacts?"

They're here.

For me, this is like that
last scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,

when they put
the Ark of the Covenant into the warehouse,

because trucks--
And I've seen them.

They've been doing this
for decades.

They roll into
the central city,

and they just pack up
all of the stone, and they bring them here.

And you can see that
they use them for construction.

So you're telling me
that you feel like relics

and archaeological finds
from the site,

which could be the center
of the city of Atlantis,

have just been carted off
and ground up

and thrown here
in piles of rubble?Absolutely.

And this is probably where
all the statues,

all the archaeological
evidence-- the temples,

the pillar where
they sacrificed the bulls--

Any proof of what Plato
described as Atlantis being in Morocco--

that elusive proof
lies in rubble.

[Quinto] Our efforts
to find the empire of Atlantis in unlikely places

are supported by experts,
such as Jeff Belanger,

who believes
the key to finding

the lost civilization
is still out there.

The thing about
the study of history--

and I'll include
archaeology in that--

is that we'll never
know everything.

New discoveries
happen all the time

that completely change
all the textbooks.

So I would welcome the idea

that there are some ruins
out there that showed

we really were further along

in development and civilization than we thought

10,000 years ago.
That would be amazing.

[Quinto]
If new discoveries are being made all the time,

then my quest to prove
Atlantis was real,

and may be here in Morocco,
must continue.

So, what else can you show me
to support your argument?

In fact, we've saved
the best for last.

[Quinto]
Wow.

[Quinto]
My worldwide journey to prove that Atlantis

may have been a real
and thriving empire

has ultimately landed me
in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco.

Here, I've already seen
compelling evidence

to suggest that
this ancient land checks more boxes on Plato's list

than any other location
I've seen.

Look behind us. We have
the High Atlas Mountains.Wow.

This could have been
the central city of Atlantis.

[Quinto]
And historian Andrew Gough is about to show me

what he claims is his most
compelling evidence yet--

We've saved
the best for last.

[Quinto]
...where Atlantis supposedly meets the sea.

Wow. This is stunning.

Fantastic, isn't it?

Let's not forget,
the number one reason

no one's ever thought
of this before is,

they're looking out there
for an island, right?Right.

For something that's
submerged, underwater. Right.

But we now know "nesos"
doesn't have to be

all surrounded by water.

So, that's a game changer,
right?

Yeah. I'll say.

But the thing that really
seals it for me is,

this very spot is where
the High Atlas Mountains

meet the sea,

which matches
what Plato says when he says

the natural harbor,
the docks, were cut

into red, white,
and black bedrock.

And you would need
a place like this

because you were
a seafaring nation.

It fits Plato's description
to a T.

So, you feel like Morocco

has more of these hallmarks
than Sardinia or Greece?

Absolutely. If we were
to go through each of these--Uh-huh.

...we would find
Morocco has 44--

Wow....of the 51.

Elephants, yes.
Huge mountain range just to the north, check.

Natural harbor, check.
You go down the list--

No other candidate for Atlantis

has had half as many
ticks on the boxes as Morocco.

I mean, it's a pretty compelling argument, I have to say.

When you add it all up
and you take things piece by piece,

certainly makes me think about
this question, you know?

Is this place real?

Is the myth just this incredibly enduring example

of human storytelling?

Think we need to separate
the fact that there are

many fantastic
ancient civilizations

who were wiped off
the face of the earth

because of one cataclysm
or another.

And their stories
are worth telling, but they're not Atlantis.

I hope we can prove it,
but right now,

it's just a really good
logical theory.

We need to dig. You know,
that's when you find some relics.

Yeah. Yeah. That would be a start.

Well, hopefully, we can get a step or two closer

to doing that. I hope we can.

[Quinto]
If a dig were to happen in the Souss-Massa plain,

it's impossible to imagine
what may lie hidden beneath.

As with much of
the Atlantis mystery,

we could be
just one shovel away

from discovering the location
of a vast and mythical empire.

And perhaps that's what keeps
the intrigue alive.

In the meantime,
we continue to hold our breath

as we await results from experts, such as Greg Heyworth and Ken Boydston.

I don't think
it's hieroglyphics. I think it's an alphabet.

[Robert Ishoy]
An actual alphabet. I think it's an alphabet.

If they actually
found writing, that's huge.

So, then, we've really found
something in our search. Yes.

[Quinto]
Their groundbreaking spectral imaging work

on a cave in Sardinia
may eventually reveal new clues

that tie us back
to Plato's ancient writings

and Atlantis itself.

But for now,
we wait and hold out hope.

Along my journey,
I've seen compelling evidence all over the Mediterranean,

from Pavlopetri to Crete,

Sardinia, and now Morocco.

It suggests that Atlantis
was a very real and powerful empire,

even if we can't identify where it was anchored just yet.

And while I'm
more convinced than ever

that the Atlantis empire
is more than a myth,

experts from all over the world continue to disagree

about where we might find
the lost civilization.

People talk about Ireland,
Cuba, Jamaica--

I mean, places
all over the world, right?

You can't even believe
that there's people in India,

Indonesia, China,

Israel-- Mm-hmm.

...Finland, Sweden--

I mean, Antarctica--Right.

People all over the world
establish their own location--

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. ...as the Atlantis.
What they're trying to do is,

they're trying
to connect themselves.Right.

I believe that
the island of Atlantis

is very close
to my original theory--

right off
the Eastern Mediterranean.

I believe that there is indeed

an underwater civilization

that's very sophisticated
here in the Bermuda Triangle.

There were
Spanish archaeologists who were working on this project

in a marsh
in southern Spain,

and they identified--
with a photograph from space--

[camera shutter clicking]

a very clear circular area

that goes out
all the way to the Atlantic.Uh-huh.

These had to be created.Mm.

There's no such thing
as a pure circle like that.Right. Right.

[Quinto]
Is there a real Atlantis? I mean,

we're talking about
this incredible, legendary empire.

And from everything I've seen,
I believe it really could have existed.

But where was
this massive empire located? I don't know yet.

I feel like there are certainly

more historical underpinnings
to the myth

than I ever thought
before I started this journey.

And I think that's actually
part of what makes the myth of Atlantis so incredible,

so exciting,
and, uh, so powerful.

And I've grown certain
that the day is coming soon

when the true location
of the Atlantis empire

will finally come to light.

And I can't wait to see
what else we'll learn.

Maybe one day
it'll turn up.

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