Hysteria 51
The Richat Structure: The Eye of Africa or The Heart of Atlantis? | 214
Episode Summary
There isn't much we know about Atlantis (including whether it actually existed or not). And the few things we think we DO know are steeped in Greek lore. But what if Atlantis DID exist and wasn't anywhere near Greece? What if it were on an entirely different continent? This week Adam Poston of The Twisted Ten joins the fellas and makes the case that a geologic structure in modern day Mauritania is actually the ancient ruins of Atlantis. Plus, Conspiracy Bot starts reading the encyclopedia (we didn't know he could read either). Brent tells us why Atlanta holds a special place in his heart (hint: it's not the weather). And John makes inane jokes about Ancient Greek philosophers (we wish we were joking). All of that and more on the podcast that isn’t sure where Atlantis actually was...we didn’t have an altimeter when we visited - Hysteria 51.
Episode Notes
There isn't much we know about Atlantis (including whether it actually existed or not). And the few things we think we DO know are steeped in Greek lore. But what if Atlantis DID exist and wasn't anywhere near Greece? What if it were on an entirely different continent? This week Adam Poston of The Twisted Ten joins the fellas and makes the case that a geologic structure in modern day Mauritania is actually the ancient ruins of Atlantis. Plus, Conspiracy Bot starts reading the encyclopedia (we didn't know he could read either). Brent tells us why Atlanta holds a special place in his heart (hint: it's not the weather). And John makes inane jokes about Ancient Greek philosophers (we wish we were joking). All of that and more on the podcast that isn’t sure where Atlantis actually was...we didn’t have an altimeter when we visited - Hysteria 51.
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
Research Assistant - Raymond Walden IV
Videos
The Lost City of Atlantis - Hidden in Plain Sight? Lost Ancient Human Civilizations - https://youtu.be/oDoM4BmoDQM
Websites
Richat Structure - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richat_Structure
USGS - https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/richat-structure
Lower Paleolithis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Paleolithic
Acheulean - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheulean
Gaia - https://www.gaia.com/article/has-the-city-of-atlantis-been-discovered-in-the-eye-of-the-sahara
NewsHub - https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/09/is-this-atlantis-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-the-sahara.html|
Neurologica - https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/no-atlantis-has-not-been-discovered-in-north-africa/
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Episode Transcription
Top 10 Reasons Atlantis Has Been Found by Adam Poston
10 - Elephants Have the Best Memory, Let's Ask Them?
- "There were a great number of elephants on the island" - Plato
- Many skeletal remains of elephants as well as ancient rock art depicting elephants have been found in the surrounding area of Richat
- This is not uncommon for lush parts of Africa, but certainly not in the Sahara. This is one of the easiest signs of the lush region that once was here.
9 - Those Mountains Though!!
- "The mountains of the island of Atlantis was celebrated for their number and size and beauty" - Plato
- "The surrounding mountains of the city flowed with rivers" - Plato
- Large range of mountains to Richat's North that show massive erosion from massive Rivers spilling over them
8 - I'm emOCEANal
- "This part of the island looked toward the south and was sheltered from the north" - Plato
- There is an opening along the south/SSW of the Richat that shows typical striations where water flowed
7 - Surrounding Geography
- "The country immediately surrounding the city of Atlantis was a level plane, itself surrounded by mountains which descended toward the sea" - Plato
- Richat's surrounding planes match Plato's description of level planes with mountains descending to the east toward the Atlantic ocean.
6 - Not Your Typical Vinyl Siding
- "The stone which they quarried was white another black and a third, red".."The main city was constructed with red, black and white rocks" - Plato
- The areas of the Richat structure have the sediment rocks that match the construction referenced by Plato
5 - Well, Well… Well???
- "The God Poseidon found no difficulty in making special arrangements for the center island, bringing up two springs of water from beneath the earth, one of warm water, the other of cold".."A well near the central acropolis provided the city with fresh water" - Plato
- The Center Island of Richat has fresh spring water that flows still today. Despite that all the surrounding ground water outside the center island is all salt water. Currently 250 Miles from the Ocean, further evidence that this area was all under the ocean in it's distant past
4 - There Be Gold in Them Thar Hills
- "There was an abundance of metals, copper and gold" - Plato
- Discovery of tools and gold jewelry have been found in and around the Richat suggesting a civilization once inhabited the area
- Mauritania's primary exports today are copper and gold
3 - It's The End of The World As We Plato It
- "There occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea." - Plato
- "Atlantis, when sunk by the earthquake, became an impassible barrier of mud to voyagers sailing from hence to any part of the ocean" - Plato
- Atlantis' destruction coincides with the "Younger Dryas impact hypothesis"
- Solon's records from 9k years before Plato, added with Plato's writings at 2.4k years ago, 11.5k years, coincides to the "Younger Dryas impact hypothesis" or "Clovis comet hypothesis"
- The irony of the timing of scientific evidence that has been dated to this same time period as Atlantis' cataclysm and baffling.
2 - The Rings!!!
- "The main city of Atlantis consists of the centric circles of water and land"- Plato
- "There were alternate zones of sea and land, larger and smaller, encircling one another, there were two of land, and three of water, which were turned as if with a lathe each having its circumference equidistant every way from the center" - Plato
- Richat has matching concentric circles of different elevations that would match Plato's depiction perfectly.
- 3 Circles of Water and 2 of Land if water were flowing into it
- The diameters of the land masses match the measurements almost perfectly.
- The diameter of the outer circle is 23.5km or 14.5 miles
- Plato's measurements are as follows
- 1 "Stadia" is approx 607ft
- His exterior Atlantis measurement reference is 127 Stadia, when converted equals 77,089 ft / 23.49km
1 - The Smoke'n Gun
- The "Father of History", Herodotus, was an ancient historian who is respected by today's scholars for his accuracy in documentation and cartography. He illustrated a map of the region of NW Africa, the Mediterranean and surrounding countries and coastlines. Within his 2500 year old map is a depiction of the location of "Atlantes" exactly where the current day Richat structure is located.