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  Atlantis Pyramids Floods

  By Dennis Brooks

  Copyright © Dennis Brooks, 2014

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  CONTENTS

  1 Egypt, Atlantis’ Oldest Colony

  2 Cataclysm Destroyed Atlantis

  3 Where was Atlantis Located?

  4 Tsunamis Hit Europe and Africa

  5 Atlantis Goes to War

  6 Accounts of the Destruction

  7 How the Bad Times

  8 The Atlantis/Egypt Connection

  9 The Plain of Atlantis

  10 Atlantis Not a Myth

  11 Atlantis In Mexico

  12 Plato’s Complete Story

  13 Notes From Donnelly’s Book

  14 Seeing the Big Picture

  15 Study At Your Leisure

  16 The History of Atlantis

  17 The Story Tellers

  18 The Biographies

  About the Author

  1

  EGYPT, ATLANTIS’ OLDEST COLONY

  According to sources as diverse as Plato and historian Ignatius Donnelly, Egypt was Atlantis’ oldest colony. Besides Donnelly’s research and Plato’s story about Atlantis, there is now physical evidence to support their claims. In addition, several other researchers and references tie Atlantis to Egypt and the Great Flood. When we put these and many other scattered references together alongside the information provided by the storytellers, an image begins to take shape and the bigger picture comes into view.

  In analyzing the sources and evidence available to us, it seems that Noah’s Great Flood was caused by the same cataclysm that destroyed Atlantis. Since myths are usually based on truth, this new information will allow us to investigate the story behind the myth; and when it comes to the Great Flood’s link to Atlantis, there is simply too much physical evidence in support of Atlantis and the Flood to dismiss either story as a myth.

  If Egypt were Atlantis’ oldest colony, as Plato and Donnelly stated, the Egyptian Pyramids may have been in place since before Atlantis was destroyed. It stands to reason then, that if the pyramids were already in place before the destruction of Atlantis, they would have been on the Giza Plateau when Atlantis was destroyed. If the pyramids were in place during the flood, they would have sustained flood damage, and we would be able to see evidence of that damage. If these observations are correct, then several of the structures on the Giza Plateau were damaged by flood waters.

  We can see the destruction clearly on the Great Sphinx and the three nearby larger pyramids: Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. The ground in the area is still littered with debris knocked loose from the pyramids by floating objects. Khufu and Menkaure were completely submerged by the flood. However, the top of Khafre, the tallest pyramid, was not destroyed during the flood. This left a cap on the Great Pyramid that now acts as the high-water mark for Noah’s Flood. The images can be seen online.

  The Great Pyramids:

  www.culturefocus.com/egypt_pyramids.htm

  Robert Ballard, one of the world’s best-known underwater archaeologists, has found evidence of the flood in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey, quoted below:

  “Evidence Noah’s Biblical Flood Happened, Says Robert Ballard”

  ‘By carbon dating shells found along the shoreline, Ballard said he believes they have established a timeline for that catastrophic event,’...

  http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/evidence-suggests-biblical-great-flood-noahs-time-happened/story?id=17884533

  According to the above article, the Black Sea was landlocked before the Great Flood happened. Sea level in the area was much lower than it was in the Mediterranean Sea. During the flood, water escaped and flowed from the Mediterranean Basin, filling the basin of the Black Sea.

  Note: Plato told of multiple floods in the area occurring before the greatest flood of all. If that is true, then we should be able to see damage caused by more than one flood. Take another closer look at the Great Sphinx. You can see that it has a high water mark at its chin showing damage from what might have been another flood.

  The Great Sphinx:

  www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza#!/items/JwmwoXtYOBY-ReP8TwkrFsw

  Next, take a look at this excerpt from Plato in which a priest in Egypt is speaking to Solon, a famous Athenian lawmaker.

  The priest: In the first place you remember a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones; in the next place, you do not know that there formerly dwelt in your land the fairest and noblest race of men which ever lived, and that you and your whole city are descended from a small seed or remnant of them which survived.

  And this was unknown to you, because, for many generations, the survivors of that destruction died, leaving no written word. For there was a time, Solon, before the great deluge of all, when the city which now is Athens was first in war and in every way the best governed of all cities,”

  Plato’s complete story of Atlantis is included as a reference later on in the text.

  Questions to be answered: How long did the flooding last? What areas were flooded? Where was Atlantis located? Where did the flood waters come from? What caused the flooding? How was Atlantis destroyed?

  2

  CATACLYSM DESTROYED ATLANTIS

  The destruction of Atlantis may have been the result of a natural disaster that dug a series of craters across North America, now called the Carolina Bays. These craters might be the key to solving the mystery of what destroyed Atlantis and caused the Great Flood. Evidence of the cataclysm is permanently etched into the land, telling us much about the history of the event. This particular destructive act of nature seems to have been caused by a shower of comet fragments falling from space. The comet probably broke up in space and the larger fragments followed each other to earth.

  The fragments broke up again as they entered Earth’s atmosphere and hit the ground as bullets of ice, water, and debris. The fragments created elliptical depressions when they slammed into the earth. These craters are concentrated along the Atlantic seaboard within the coastal states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, and even as far away as Nebraska. In Maryland, they are called Maryland Basins. They also landed in the Gulf of Mexico.

  Looking at the impact sites, it is easy to imagine the amount of damage the incoming fragments were capable of causing. Scientific research has also found that there are icy comets in outer space, further supporting this theory. The following link provides further information on this ancient disaster.

  “Carolina Bays, Stone-age Comet Destroys North America”

  cintos.org/SaginawManifold/Distal_Ejecta/CarolinaBays/index.html

  This massive block of ice broke up in outer space and hit the earth as 500,000 separate fragments, which bombarded North America for two days. The great impacts would have triggered earthquakes, floods, and forest fires throughout America and Mexico. There might also be other impact sites within the Americas that have not yet been identified as such. For instance, there are huge scars on the mountains a few miles southwest of Los Lunas, New Mexico. These scars may have also been made by comet fragments, which would explain the large fields of rocks and boulders that litter the landscape near Los Lunas.

  Los Lunas, New Mexico:

  www.google.com/maps/@34.756400
5,-106.9672765,57901m/data=!3m1!1e3

  Zoom out on the map for a better idea of the terrain.

  If the comet was mostly ice, as it seems to have been, it would have brought millions of gallons of water to the planet, resulting in flooding over most of the eastern part of the United States including the coastal areas. The water would have entered the rivers and streams and headed toward the ocean, sweeping tons of debris along with it and destroying everything in its path. Much of the water would have then gone through the canals and into the Florida Plain, clearing out the land and carrying much debris into the ocean.

  Explosions from the fragments would have also created funnel clouds that rose high into the sky, and the resulting dust and smoke would have blocked out sunlight for days. Soot and ash from the clouds would have landed everywhere. This would have caused dirt, water, and debris to rain down over much of the United States and the surrounding areas. As the debris fell, it would have covered the land many miles away from the impact sites. Then, the rains would have started from the water in the atmosphere, causing even more flooding.

  The water that flooded America would have carried millions of trees and other debris into the ocean, filling the Gulf of Mexico and making part of the Atlantic Ocean both impassable and impenetrable. The flood would have left shorelines, swamps, marshes, and plains swept clean, leaving thousands of miles of mudflats in its wake. In addition, the water from the comet and all of the debris from around the Atlantic Ocean would have permanently raised sea levels. People who were not hurt directly by the comet and flooding still may have suffered from the fallout.

  3

  WHERE WAS ATLANTIS LOCATED?

  There are many questions regarding Atlantis, but the most important one is, “Where was Atlantis?” To answer this question, let’s start with a set of grid coordinates that were published in ancient texts and well known by sailors of the time. They used the coordinates to travel to and from Atlantis long before Plato was born. Written in the Sanskrit and part of the Mahabharata, one of the oldest of the Hindu Puranas, there is a passage in The Vishnu Purana which locates Atlantis between the grid coordinates 24 to 28 degrees north latitude, which inevitably leads us to North America. The 24 degree coordinate leads to Miami and the 28 degree coordinate leads to Cape Canaveral, Florida. This puts the Florida Plain in between the coordinates. Other details on ancient sources describing Atlantis can be found at the address below:

  R. Cedric Leonard, AtlantisQuest.com:

  www.atlantisquest.com/Writings.html

  Florida is what Plato described as the Plain of Atlantis. He knew nothing firsthand about Florida, and yet he managed to describe it in great detail, providing information about its length, width, and even its height above sea level. Plato also wrote about other terrain features on the plain of Atlantis which match those found in Florida. He also referred to North America as the continent of Atlantis.

  When reading Plato’s story, you will find that you will be able to match his descriptions to other features. This gives us a place to start, but before we compare the actual terrain features on the plain to Plato’s descriptions, we will need more background information. This will give us an overall picture, which will help to explain many of the finer details regarding Atlantis and its location.

  Take the name Atlantis, for instance. Plato refers to Atlantis in several different ways: as a boundless continent, an island continent, an island, a country, and a city. After matching the terrain features on maps to the details in the literature, we can see that the boundless continent Plato was referring to was North America and South America together. The continent of Atlantis was North America by itself, while the country of Atlantis was the area that covers Mexico, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and the Appalachian Mountains.

  The city of Atlantis included two cities, one old and one new. These are now Tampa, Florida and Mexico City. Also, you will find that some of the references use the terms “island” and “continent” interchangeably in referring to Atlantis. For example, “island of Atlantis” refers to a small triangular island that held the first royal city, but Plato also refers to the North American Continent as the island of Atlantis. He also mentions other islands in the area as being part of Atlantis.

  Considering the descriptions given of Atlantis and looking at the present-day terrain, the other islands he referred to must have been Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. In his dialogue, Plato mentions the continent opposite of Atlantis, which is South America. After decoding the language used to describe the places, you will find that the different names can be used properly in different ways to refer to the different features we recognize on the map.

  As you can see below, Plato’s explanation about Atlantis’ location is both simple and straightforward:

  “This power came forth out of the Atlantic Ocean, for in those days the Atlantic was navigable; and there was an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Heracles; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent which surrounded the true ocean; for this sea which is within the Straits of Heracles is only a harbour, having a narrow entrance, but that other is a real sea, and the surrounding land may be most truly called a boundless continent.”

  Since Atlantis was part of the boundless continent, any ship leaving Europe would have been able to find it—all it had to do was continue to travel westward. On the other hand, after the destruction of Atlantis, it might have been difficult for sailors to navigate an ocean filled with debris without precise instructions on how to get to where they wanted to go. In that case, the grid coordinates may have been necessary in finding their way to Atlantis.

  The Kingdom of Atlantis:

  www.google.com/maps/@25.1470476,-81.1411902,4627827m/data=!3m1!1e3

  The Second Coordinate

  There exists another coordinate that was published on the walls of temples in Central America. Archaeologist William Smith found that the 26.4 degrees north latitude angle is the angle on the Earth that would center the sundial. It is also the holy latitude of the Egyptians, the angle of the sides of the holy stone in Newark, Ohio, the angle of the great hall in the great pyramid, and the base angle of the lodestone compass. Significantly, the coordinate runs through Florida, which, Plato describes as the Atlantis Plain. One specific voyage taken along that angle went between the Americas and Portugal.

  Mr. Smith also found that 38 other voyages had taken place, all related to the latitude 26.4 degrees north. When you plot them from their respective locations, you will see that they all have two points in common in the ocean, which is their home, or Atlantis. Those common points are Cape Coral and Port Isabel, two major seaport cities in Florida and Texas. This appears to have been a local trade route.

  Explore Cape Coral:

  www.google.com/maps/@26.5449108,-82.0119183,481m/data=!3m1!1e3

  Explore Port Isabel:

  www.google.com/maps/place/Port+Isabel,+TX/@26.0665384,-97.2011203,7709m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x866f986ad3fcc2c3:0xf466ccad52215a0f

  4

  TSUNAMIS HIT EUROPE AND AFRICA

  Some of the comet fragments coming down from the sky would have hit the Atlantic Ocean, creating huge tsunamis and thus destroying coastal cities, with resulting damage reaching as far as Western Europe and Africa. During the two days of bombardment, huge waves rolled across the open ocean, and all of the islands and other coastal communities within its wide range would have been flooded continuously by tsunami waves. The tsunamis would have been so great that the Canary Islands and Great Britain would have been completely submerged except for their mountains.

  Doggerland, northern Europe’s own lost land:

  www.cbsnews.com/news/doggerland-northern-europes-own-lost-city-of-atlantis-discovered-off-scotland

  The massive waves would have converged at the Strait of Gibraltar and then forced their way through the narrow passage and int
o the basin. High, nearly vertical, waves would have gone through the entrance of the strait where the mountains are over 2000 feet above sea level. The incoming water funneled through the pillars would then raise sea levels in the Mediterranean Basin higher and higher until it was full.

  The Strait of Gibraltar:

  www.google.com/maps/@35.1917986,-5.720466,570781m/data=!3m1!1e3

  All of the highly populated areas within the basin would have been under water, including Alexandria, Beirut, Cairo, Egypt, Italy, Jerusalem, and all of the Greek Islands. It is also possible that when the floodwater began to recede from deep inland, tons of trees, boats, ships, lumber, buildings, and bridges were carried back with it into the sea. It is reasonable to assume that floating debris would have then converged at the narrow neck of the strait. Because of its narrowness, the strait’s opening could have easily been clogged by all of the floating ships, boats and trees carried from all over, with wood from houses, dead bodies, grass, mud, and silt all serving to seal the dam and block the water’s path to the ocean.

  For a more modern example of a similar phenomenon, read about the recent earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan. Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes have all gathered with many other bits of debris and are now being carried to the west coast of the US. More than 200,000 buildings were washed out by the tsunami’s enormous waves.

  Path of debris after the Japan tsunami:

  www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1374520/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-debris-floating-US-West-Coast.html#ixzz319Rb53p5

  In terms of the ancient flood, it may have been several days or weeks before the water in the basin slowly seeped back into the Atlantic Ocean. The high watermark on the Great Pyramid is at 655 feet above sea level, proving that the water was indeed very high. The land elevation near the Great Pyramid is about 210 feet high. The pyramid is 481 feet high. This gives the pyramid a total elevation of 691 feet above sea level and is why the very top of the Great Pyramid appears to have not been damaged by floodwater.