the possible location of Atlantis
From ancient times, scholars have written books about Atlantika, the mysterious island that according to Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias was submerged in the span ‘of a single day and night’. During the last century, scientists and researchers tried hard to discover the exact location of Atlantika or Atlantis and many theories were created and shaped by their findings. These theories pinpoint different sites as the possible location of Atlantis. Most of them identify Atlantis with Central and South American countries such as Bolivia and Peru due to the ruins of some ancient temples, which to a certain extent bear undeniable resemblance to that of Atlantis. In Plato’s, Timaeus and Critias we find a clear description of what remained of Atlantika, “In comparison of what then was, there are remaining in small islands only the bones of the wasted body ... the mere skeleton of the country being left.” When Plato, together with Krantor, visited the temple of Neith at Sais in Egypt and saw the story of Atlantika engraved on the temple columns, he located these remains in the western ocean – what is now referred to as the Mediterranean Sea. His visit to Egypt re-affirmed that Solon’s (Athenian statesman and lawgiver) manuscript Atlantikos written some 200 years before was historical fact and not myth. It is proven that the Greeks were not a seafaring people. If there was any sort of conflict between the Athenians (East forces) and Atlanteans (West forces), which ultimately according to the Egyptian High priest Psonchis in Solon manuscript Atlantikos resulted in a military encounter between them on Atlantika soil and was eventually followed by a catastrophic disaster which submerged this island into the sea, then one can conclude that the island of Atlantis was not distant from Greece as presumed by many theories which identify it with the South American Continent. In 1854, a Maltese architect once claimed that the Maltese Islands are the remnants of Atlantide. The theory that the Maltese Islands in ancient times formed part of a larger island known as Atlantide is gaining acceptance. There is a possible link between Malta and the Island of Atlantis, which submerged during the floods thousands of years ago. One can find evidence of factual remains which show that the Maltese Islands are actually the part of the mere skeleton of the country being left floating in the central Mediterranean to bear witness of Atlantis.
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