Is it possible that the founders of the 'atlantis' indonesian civilization were really time-travellers from 100-200 years in our future?
They could have taken back with them and used all sorts of futuristic technology and settled in sundaland, knowing that their existance would be covered up by the coming flood, so they could get away with whatever they wanted (hence the lack of morals of the pre-flood civilization found in many myths). Also, they would have thought of themselves as gods compared to the local species of 'humans', or at least the primitive natives would have thought of the founders of that civilation as godlike.
Originally posted by eleveninches
Is it possible that the founders of the 'atlantis' indonesian civilization were really time-travellers from 100-200 years in our future?
They could have taken back with them and used all sorts of futuristic technology and settled in sundaland, knowing that their existance would be covered up by the coming flood, so they could get away with whatever they wanted (hence the lack of morals of the pre-flood civilization found in many myths). Also, they would have thought of themselves as gods compared to the local species of 'humans', or at least the primitive natives would have thought of the founders of that civilation as godlike.
Why not? Anything is plausible. I've been theorising the same thing.
The legend is based on the Minoan civilization. Plato's numbers are exaggerated by a factor of ten and the pillars of Heracles referred to in his time aren't the ones we think of now. Recent excavations have found evidence to back this up, like animals that weren't native to the area but the "Atlanteans" were said to have (can't remember which ones).
Its incredible how such a legend has been built-up over time, especially all the crazy stuff like advanced technology and magic.....
When plato referred to the atlantic ocean, you must understand that at the time, the greeks thought that the medditerranian was the hwole world, and that what they called the 'atlantic ocean' was ANY water outside of the medditteranian, as they believed that it was surrounded entirely by a world ocean, which they referred to as the 'atlantic'. They didnt define it in the same way that we do.
Also, plato said that 'atlantis' had elephants, and there have been discoveries recently that have found that a race of mini-elephants lived in indonesia.
I am 100% certain that there WAS a civilization based in sundaland/indonesia/south china sea that was submerged at the end of the last ice age, and that while it was no paradise, it was one of the greatest civilizations of its time and was advanced for its time (not necesserally advanced by todays standards)
I don't know. I think that ancient civilisations were advanced even by today's standards. They might not have had cell phones or wireless or satellite connections but their knowledge of science and astronomy and other things were definitely right up there. The Minoans themselves were quite advanced as were the Egyptians and the Incas. That aside, your bit on Indonesia correlates with what I've read. I've posted it earlier somewhere.
The other day upon returning home from uni I switched on the TV, and Macgyver was on,😄 they still run that show here too , at daytime that is....
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Quite silly and has nothing to do with this argument, but....well nothing about the atlantis myth is more silly than any of the other.......and dont worry about it not being a part of the argument