A Focus on the Geologic Sciences Related to Atlantis-Bakhu
Written By G J Wells
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This unique comprehensive study explores the legend of Plato’s lost city of Atlantis and uses compelling physical evidence to support the hypothetical possibility of its existence at a specific site in Northwest Africa. It entertains a series of difficult geomythological questions to show how it is possible that Atlantis did not sink, but rather, only appeared to have sunk and actually rose instead in a process similar to epeirogenesis. Although counter intuitive, this paradigm shift- -from an apparently sunken island to one uplifted- – surprisingly exhibits the ability to still fully comply with Plato’s thoroughly detailed descriptions. An elementary geophysics model is provided to explain the rare tectonic forces that could have been the source of the extreme seismic action associated with the “violent earthquakes” purported to last “a single day and night”. Several geologic anomalies that have been under investigation for decades are also discussed which demonstrably support this theory of continental uplift. In addition, Plato’s dating for the catastrophe is shown to have an important direct correlation with the end of the Younger-Dryas, a geologic period in time marked by sudden Earth impacting cataclysmic events capable of severe climatological change.
In this hypothesis, Plato’s 10 specific macroscopic geographic and dimensional attributes for his Atlantic Island and its environs are shown to definitively match the geography of the Atlas Mountain Range of Northwest Africa at the end of the Pleistocene prior to the proposed tectonic tilting and continental uplift. Indeed, in this argument, the capitol city of Atlantis is shown to be located on the western edge of the Great Occidental Erg of the Sahara Desert directly adjacent the peak of a large hypsographic hill named Garet el Djeder in El Bayadh province of modern Algeria situated at approximately 31.84° North Latitude and 1.03° East Longitude, at an elevation of nearly 1,500 feet above current sea level. Click here to view the Google Maps of the precise area.
This region is also shown to match Plato’s 10 special features including the distinct flora that was prolific at the time and the diverse fauna such as elephants, bulls and catfish evidenced by fossil remains and cave art found in the area. Additionally, satellite imagery is used to reveal the existence of three visible natural geologic formations- -apparently composed of a series of un-catalogued presumably complex meteorite craters- -that appear to be the Rings of Atlantis at the precise location Plato indicated relative to the dimensions and geographic descriptions of his overall island. This work also illustrates how the meteorite impacts that formed the crater rings prior to occupation of the site could have been the natural productive source for some of the other special attributes described by Plato, such as: the rare metallic alloy orichalcum; the hydrothermal and artesian springs; and the exposure of the red, black and white stone quarried by the Atlanteans.
Moreover, unequivocal evidence is presented using satellite images, topographies and common road maps, which clearly shows the existence of massive canals across the plains of the entire Saharan-Atlas steppe region. There are over thirty approximately 100 mile long “canals” ~11.5 miles apart exactly as Plato described. This investigation concludes that these canals are actually naturally occurring extinct or ephemeral watercourse beds that were possibly created by a powerful L-wave earthquake prior to the Atlantean occupation of the site. From the ground, these would have appeared as gigantic straight canals.
Furthermore, this research details a rich correlation between Atlantis and the early pre-dynastic Egyptian city known as Bakhu. Several natural formations visible on satellite images are shown to closely match iconographic symbols shared by both of these ancient cultures. The significance of this connection is reviewed in detail.
By conscientiously following Plato’s virtual map, this research provides convincing evidence for the location of the lost Atlantic Island and its capitol seaport Atlantis-Bakhu. It adopts a paradigm shift of an island uplifted and identifies a strong physical correlation between Plato’s 10 specific macroscopic geographic measurements and the Atlas Mountain Chain of Northwest Africa. And, even the most demanding of Plato’s 10 special features are also satisfied by this comprehensive hypothesis. No other proposed location has ever exhibited the ability to match Plato’s descriptions with such exactitude–none.
Abstract Written By: G J Wells, the founder and Chief Investigator of Wells Research Laboratory (WRL). WRL is a history and science think tank established to focus concentrated thought on the numerous anomalies that pervade the foundation, infrastructure matrices, and ultimately, the institutional architecture, of human understanding. Wells’ analytical, deductive, and problem solving abilities has led to his thesis and solution for Plato’s paradoxical puzzle regarding the mystical city now known as Atlantis-Bakhu.
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