Ancient Discoveries in the Mediterranean Linked to Atlantis

Plato's stories of Atlantis have intrigued us for centuries, but the lost city remains just that, a lost city., however next time you travel to Europe near Greece, or Spain, you may be surprised at the treasures lying just off the coast, and even towards the inland areas, because this is where some researches believe the ancient city of Atlants may have exsisted!

The Gulf of Corinth is a place that some scholars, researchers, and Atlantian enthusiast all agree could be a possible location for the ancient city, although the city they believe existed here and was destroyed was not Atlantis, but rather a city known as Heliki.

Heliki was a city that existed at exactly the same time as Plato and was advanced beyond the cities and civilizations around it. Heliki was a vast city that occupied the northern coast of the Gulf of Corinth and was only about 100 miles away from Plato's home town, so you can imagine that when the city was destroyed it really would have hit home.

Heliki was a very rich city and, like Atlantis was destroyed in a single day and night. The city was built in an area prone to frequent earthquakes and possibly volcanic activity. The area is actually so geologically active that a major earthquake takes place in the region approximately every 160 years or so. After researching these events and creating a timeline, geologists say that a major earthquake did occur only a few years before Plato finished and presented his writing of Atlantis to the public.

Heliki has never actually been found, or if it has no one knows that it is this ancient city, but we know about the cities destruction through first hand accounts that have been handed down through time. Records show that Heliki "sank into the sea" and was "burnt" both descriptions also pertain to the account that Plato tells of about Atlantis. The waters rising through the small layer of sand that Heliki sat upon turned the sand into mud and created a kind of "quick sand" that swallowed the city. This phenomenon was thought to be a myth until footage of an event such as this during Japanese earthquake surfaced some years ago. It was after this footage came to light that many people turned to Heliki as a possible location of Atlants.

Could Heliki be the inspiration for Atlantis? Is it possible that Plato was inspired by these events at Heliki and interpreted them into his own story, thus giving birth to the ancient tale that we all know of to this day? Well the Geography is correct, the proximity to Plato's home is close enough, and the events describing the destruction of Heliki are the same as those describing the destruction of Atlantis, this only leaves one question, what about the technology?

Heliki possessed advanced technology and skills that much is true, but Plato described a city that was advanced far beyond his world. Heliki was not advanced compared to Plato's civilization of Atlantis, and did not possess flying machines as described in the tales of Atlantis. Could Plato have just been embellishing on the civilization of Heliki, or could it be still that Atlantis lies undiscovered?