what if Antarctica use to be Atlantis before it froze?

Originally Posted by Eyeland

Hm, "middle" Earth...maybe you have a point here, i believe a lot in Tolkien work is metaphors, parables.
Perhaps he attempted to convey truths to people he couldn't openly talk about, Atlantis hid many secrets of technology and spirituality kept hidden from the public as it would certainly give great power to the keepers of those secrets...don't you just love a good conspiracy theory lol

Tolkien loved mythology but hated allegory. It says as much in his introduction to The Lord of the Rings. He did not believe myth to be true in any way. Nor did he believe in any 'keepers of secrets'.
He included the story of Numenor (very similar to atlantis) because he liked it. He changed it somewhat (making the fallen Maiar Sauron responsible for man's fall) to make it more palatable to his own religious beliefs.
Tolkien was a fully believing Roman Catholic. Read his letters. He hated the 60s counter culture and the way it was attracted to his works.

[Eyeland]

Originally Posted by Olorin

Tolkien loved mythology but hated allegory. It says as much in his introduction to The Lord of the Rings. He did not believe myth to be true in any way. Nor did he believe in any 'keepers of secrets'.
He included the story of Numenor (very similar to atlantis) because he liked it. He changed it somewhat (making the fallen Maiar Sauron responsible for man's fall) to make it more palatable to his own religious beliefs.
Tolkien was a fully believing Roman Catholic. Read his letters. He hated the 60s counter culture and the way it was attracted to his works.

Oh i didn't know this about Tolkien...sucks haha but thanks for letting me know :)

[Howla Dark]

I believe Antarctica holds a lot of interesting secrets.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by bluelove23

I had a strange thought and wanted opinions, while reading this
article about antartica beloved to have palm trees in the past, maybe that's Atlantis?

Opinions?

Many have beat you to that thought...Graham Hancock and a slew of others...but, hey, that
means you are in excellent company!!!

[desert rat]

They found a map of the south pole with out the ice .People may of live there a long time ago . It drifted to where it is over time . Edgar Cayse thought Atlantis was Bimini , witch is in the caraben .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini

Originally Posted by desert rat

They found a map of the south pole with out the ice.

Can we see it please?
When was it drawn?
Do we have a carbon dating of it?
If it's really old (continental drift would require tens of millions of years) how has it been preserved?
This must be the scientific find of all time! It'll change our whole concept of history!

[desert rat]

On the old map , it was on a t.v. story . I think its in a museum in Europ some where , but I am not sure .
p.s. I think this is that map , made by Orontus Finaus .
http://www.ancientdestructions.com/o...rctica-fineus/
http://www.timstouse.com/EarthHistor...eusfinaeus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oronce_Fin%C3%A9

[GemDragon09]

"Atlantis" was supposed to be an island. I don't think it would have migrated South and frozen over. Or North. It wouldn't have moved that much between our time and Plato's accounts. (Or older accounts)

IF there was an island, there are a few possibilities. Depending on the plates that it was sitting on, it could have went up, down, or moved over, or gotten bigger and they changed the name.
Consider continental drift, and that it takes thousands of years for something to move over. And even more to actually be noticeable.

Consider, the maps the Greeks and Romans made weren't perfect. (Their maps were kind of wrong.)
Plato, the Egyptians, and others could have seen an island that was closer to home, nowhere near where we thought/think it was, and later it was recorded under a different name.
Or it went under.
Or it got bigger.
Or was conquered and changed.
Or utterly destroyed due to natural causes.
Or it wasn't an island at all.
Or it never existed, and the majority of scientists were right that Plato used it within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, where it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state

And recently they found "orichalcum". A type of metal that Plato said "Atlanian's" used. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/25...-shipwreck.htm

[DaiBach]

The Timewatch documentary by the historian Bettany Hughes gives an excellent account of the evidence for Plato's

I do like some the theories on this thread though, especially the one about the North Pole having lots of mists and rain because it's dark "24/7". Magic.

[IamPoltergeist]

Atlantis still exists. As does lemuria, i dont know why everyone is so convinced they are destroyed.