Ancient Discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico

Plato wrote of the lost city of Atlantis and gives us his account of where the city is located, although this account is vague to say the least. Many have tried to decode where Plato's accounts of Atlantis took place, and yet nobody has ever come to a sound conclusion, although there is a very probable theory that suggest that Atlantis was located in or near the Gulf of Mexico near the Yucatan Peninsula. We have not only Plato's accounts if this is true, but also the accounts of the natives of South America, the Mayan's Incas and Aztecs.

We have detailed accounts from the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs of white men of Caucasian appearance moving through South America long before the Spanish settlers ever set foot in the region. The Mayans worship a god who was said to have come from the Sea and taught them the ways of government, farming, and so on. He was tall with silver hair, and blue eyes, could this have been a survivor of Atlantis?

If Atlantis was destroyed and the survivors ventured into South America it would explain the strange carvings and statues the natives left behind depicting what appears to be European men, but were created centuries before European conquistadors even attempted to cross the Atlantic. Also this would explain the advanced knowledge of the stars, government, agriculture, and architecture that the civilizations of Mesoamerica had.

So if Atlantis was located in or around the Gulf of Mexico, what happened to it? Well the most plausible suggestion is the city was wiped out by a huge hurricane, one that would have dwarfed Katrina in strength, size, and devastation. Hurricanes have been know to reduce the size of islands, or even wipe them out so if Atlantis was built in the wrong place at the wrong time so to speak, it is entirely possible that a massive hurricane was the cause of the ancient cities destruction, and the only survivors, if there were any would have headed to the closest source of land, South America.

All this sounds great, but the question arises, how was Plato able to see any of this first hand? And if he never visited Atlantis, then who would have had the technology to make such a trip, from anywhere in Europe to the Gulf of Mexico? This distance is a long way to go by even today's standards, and was a perilous journey to say the least for the Spanish conquistadors centuries after Plato lived, so how could this feat have been made and succeeded? Also the Geography of the area, if the island existed just off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, is a bit off to say the least, although environmental changes could account for this.

This is just a theory. But the facts are there and sound right, although there is little evidence outside of speculation to support these theories. However after the 2005 hurricane season when both Rita and Katrina moved through the Gulf there were some interesting formations found on the sea floor off the coast of Florida stirred up by the force of the storms. Only a very few research teams were able to investigate before other storms moved through the area less then a year later and scattered and covered the findings. Currently there are plans to investigate the findings further, but ubntil then the speculation continues.