Raising Atlantis

The Facts Behind Raising Atlantis

A thought-provoking blend of mythology and religion, archaeology and science,Raising Atlantis is a work of fiction-but many of its revelations are based upon facts. The National Science Foundation has acknowledged that several plot points of the book are indeed true. These include:

* A commonly shared legend of an advanced civilization destroyed by water-as evidenced in the myth of Atlantis and the Great Flood of Genesis.

* The discovery of a mysterious “anomaly” in Antarctica.

* The use of American military personnel to construct a secret base near Lake Vostok in East Antarctica. * The existence of at least one volcano that some believe could melt the ice cap and wreak a global cataclysm.

There’s more to the story of Atlantis than a lost continent-there’s also a centuries-old global conspiracy. Author Thomas Greanias believes that it was the volcanic destruction of Thira - modern-day Santorini that inspired the ancient Greek philosopher Plato to pen the original story of Atlantis nine hundred years later. However, Plato’s fourth century B.C. account claimed that Atlantis sunk nine thousand years earlier. Taken literally-and combined with recent revelations-Plato’s ancient clues suggest that Antarctica may, in fact, prove to be the site of the legendary Atlantis.