Atlantis?

Some scientists have found some ancient islands deep underwater in the Atlantic Ocean. Some experts believe the drowned landmasses may be the potential inspiration for the well-known myth of Atlantis. They have even gone so far as to call the find “Lost Atlantes”, after the fabled civilization that the gods drowned.

Some of these islands still have their beaches intact. They are located on an underwater mountain located around 1.4 miles (2.3 km) underwater off the coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

Researchers say that 56 to 34 million years ago, Los Atlantes was a series of islands topped by 3 now inactive volcanoes. When the volcanoes stopped erupting, the lava solidified and became denser, causing the islands to sink into the sea.

Despite the passing of millions of years, the islands have retained distinctive features, such as beaches, cliffs and sand dunes at the flat summit of the mountain. The sand which now covered the volcanic rock would have been deposited as the islands descended into the water.

Some of the beaches lie only 200 ft (60 meters) below the oceans’ surface. During the last ice age, when sea levels were far lower than today, the inactive volcanoes would have become islands again. These islands could have been colonized by wildlife, or even early people. When the ice age ended and sea levels rose, the islands sank again.

In my opinion, if there were people living on these islands during the last ice age, and at least some of them escaped when the sea levels rose, I’m sure they couldn’t resist telling anybody they met about their escape. Such a tale, handed down from generation to generation, could have easily become the myth we still know today.

 

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