Atlantis was probably Ireland.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-08-06 06:55pm

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... tlantis_dc

Makes perfect sense to me.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-08-06 06:58pm

So in theory I'm an Olde Atlantean then...

W00tah

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-08-06 06:58pm

Well, that throws off Stargate's theory about it moving to the Pegasus Galaxy.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-08-06 08:29pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:So in theory I'm an Olde Atlantean then...

W00tah

That makes two of us. Excuse me for a second for while I go put on a red business suit, black hood with a white-stone mask, declare myself the Lord Gargoyle, and then enslave the human race..

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-08-06 08:31pm

It'd explain my Grandpa from my dad's side.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-08-06 08:37pm

Yay!! Now, I wonder if I can get new scholarships because I'm Atlantean now...

Setzer · Post by **Setzer** » 2004-08-06 08:40pm

Bitchin'! I'm Atlantean! But which kind. Is is the Escaflowne Atlantis, Tolkein's Atlantis, AKA Numenor, or the Atlantis from that crappy Disney movie.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-08-06 08:42pm

Setzer wrote:Bitchin'! I'm Atlantean! But which kind. Is is the Escaflowne Atlantis, Tolkein's Atlantis, AKA Numenor, or the Atlantis from that crappy Disney movie.

Don't forget the Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water Atlantis or SG-1 Atlantis.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-08-06 08:48pm

I'm a Scott's Altantian Cherokee Now?!?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-08-06 08:54pm

Atlantis supposedly had high technology.

It makes Family Guy's portrayal of Ireland all the more accurate. It's because of the booze that Atlantis fell.

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2004-08-06 08:55pm

There're just two big problems with this theory.

1. Ireland didn't sink; it's still there, and I'm not sure there's good geological evidence of a huge wave washing over the island at any time.

2. There's never been found even the tiniest shred of archaeological evidence that Ireland was ever home to a civilization more advanced than any other in Europe, at any period in its history.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-08-06 08:59pm

Perinquus wrote:There're just two big problems with this theory.

1. Ireland didn't sink; it's still there, and I'm not sure there's good geological evidence of a huge wave washing over the island at any time.

The article says that the guy's idea about that is that it was based off a shoal that did sink.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-08-06 09:22pm

Perinquus, I'm sure you're hoping for some fantastic mythological island and all, but did you even read the article?

Erlingsson believes the idea that Atlantis sank came from the fate of Dogger Bank, an isolated shoal in the North Sea, about 60 miles off the northeastern coast of England, which sank after being hit by a huge floodwave around 6,100 BC.

"I suspect that myth came from Ireland and it derives from Dogger Bank. I think the memory of Dogger Bank was probably preserved in Ireland for around 3,000 years and became mixed up with the story of Atlantis," he said

Makes complete sense.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-08-06 09:29pm

Plato made up Atlantis, in the Critas and Timaeus dialogues. There is not a shred of evidence it existed at all, other than it's appearance in those dialogues.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-08-06 09:31pm

Also, consider the local (as in British Isles) stuff like Stone henge

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2004-08-06 09:34pm

Obviously you soulless bastards haven't played Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2004-08-06 09:40pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:Plato made up Atlantis, in the Critas and Timaeus dialogues. There is not a shred of evidence it existed at all, other than it's appearance in those dialogues.

Though in fairness one Greek explorer probably reached Iceland and went further enough north than that to encounter the icepack--but IIRC he was after Plato's time, and his voyage was never particularly famous, either. (Just like the fact that the Phoenecians--though they almost certainly never reached America--quite possibly circumnavigated Africa.)

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2004-08-06 09:47pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:Plato made up Atlantis, in the Critas and Timaeus dialogues. There is not a shred of evidence it existed at all, other than it's appearance in those dialogues.

This coming from a guy who says Rei Ayanami likes pie...

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-08-06 09:49pm

Galvatron wrote:Obviously you soulless bastards haven't played Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

I have, actually. Altantis is on the bottom of the Mediterrean and requires a German U-Boat to reach or Nazis will gain the power of Orichalcum and take over the world for the Third Reich!

The Duchess of Zeon wrote: Though in fairness one Greek explorer probably reached Iceland and went further enough north than that to encounter the icepack--but IIRC he was after Plato's time, and his voyage was never particularly famous, either. (Just like the fact that the Phoenecians--though they almost certainly never reached America--quite possibly circumnavigated Africa.)

No doubts about this, but that doesn't equal Altantis. There is also evidence that Greeks may have established colonies on Britain and Ireland in the great disapora that proceded the Greek Dark Ages after the war with Troy, but I've heard no evidence for a Egypt stomping superpower that was beating by Athens despite having a 10 to 1 disadvantage in terms of chariots and hoplites (yes, hoplites).

GoldenFalcon · Post by **GoldenFalcon** » 2004-08-06 09:56pm

Don't some Celtic myths put many supposedly "advanced" races on Ireland way before we humans ever landed there? Hmm...

GoldenFalcon · Post by **GoldenFalcon** » 2004-08-06 09:57pm

GoldenFalcon wrote:Don't some Celtic myths put many supposedly "advanced" races on Ireland way before we humans ever landed there? Hmm...

Forgot to add, I don't actually believe in those legends, but maybe there is some relationship.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-07 12:57am

Cool, the descendants of Atlantis are alive and well all over the world.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-08-07 01:14am

Galvatron wrote:Obviously you soulless bastards haven't played Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

This soulless bastard has, but he can't find his disc to play it again.

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-08-07 01:41am

Off to SLAM this goes

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-08-07 02:32am

GoldenFalcon wrote:Don't some Celtic myths put many supposedly "advanced" races on Ireland way before we humans ever landed there? Hmm...

Is that you, Erich von Däniken?