Two Articles From The Archives. Ancient Stone Wonders Cemeteries are relatively recent, or are they? If you thought this was true then you would be wrong. The Vestini tribe were an ancient Sabine tribe. They lived on the eastern and northern bank of the Atemus in central Italy. The Sabines lived in Latium, Italy before Rome was founded. But these ancient people had something in common with modern man, they used a cemetery to bury their dead. Stonehenge seems to go back into the dawn of time. What I mean is wooden post holes have been found near the circle and these date back to somewhere around 8000 to 7000 BC, but Stonehenge is not the only stone circle in Europe, not by a long shot. Another example of a stone circle is Swinside. Also located in England, in Cumbria, it has 55 stones. What I really like about it is the fact it is very circular. Another name for the site is Sunkenkirk. In Megalithic times there were monuments called Dolmens. They seem to appear all over. Some are very simple, just a capstone on two other stones, but others are far more complicated. They are prehistoric tombs. What drove these early people to feel that they had to erect a complex marker for a dead body? Again, these structures sometimes required huge stones to be lifted and moved. Most of these Dolmens date from 3500 BC to 2000 BC. Man has erected some strange stones that stand as markers, but markers to what or for what? If these strange stones could talk, boy what a tale they would tell. England seems to be full of ancient stone monuments and circles. In Dartmoor, England, stands a stone sentry that is forever staring out over the countryside. It is the guardian of a stone circle along with other stones and a burial chamber. Could this stone mark the area as holy?What was ancient man thinking when he built all these stone monuments? Why did he pick stone as the material of choice? Could it have been because he felt stone would last forever? I guess we will never get the answers to these questions, but it is interesting to ponder the meaning of these stones. Next, when it was claimed Atlantis was discovered. There are many theories as to where Atlantis existed. Lately, the South Pole or Antarctica has been suggested. In the past so many different places have been chosen, if we were to make a list of them, they would cover many different areas of the Earth. A few years ago, ruins were found off the coast of Japan and many suggest this was the location of Atlantis. The same is true with the Bahamas. The famous Bimini Road is said to be a relic of Atlantis. Another area which is said to be where Atlantis was situated is South America. After all there are many mysterious cities that have been abandoned there which were built in such a way as to defy the construction methods of even today. In some of these places the stones are so close together that even a sheet of paper can't fit between them, yet no mortar was used. In other of these cities, huge stones were hauled to the tops of mountains to be used in city construction, a feat we can't even equal today. There are other places where Atlantis was suspected of existing, and some of these are in the middle of the ocean. Some people say Atlantis sank, and this is why we can't find its location. Oh, there are so many different stories about Atlantis. So, why exactly do people believe they know where Atlantis was, or in fact, it even existed? Homer, the famous Greek story teller and author, lived around the 8th century BC. Originally, it was believed by modern day people that Homer was a great writer of fiction, but then things began to happen suggesting maybe his works weren't fiction after all. The City of Troy was unearthed. Homer had written the Iliad, the story of the battle between the Greeks and the city of Troy that lasted ten years. All of a sudden, a work which was thought to be fiction, may have been based on fact. People began to look at the Odyssey, another of Homer's famous works. If the Iliad were true than could the Odyssey be true also? This is important, because many think the Phoenician island of Scheria might have been Atlantis and Homer mentions this island in his work. Plato was another ancient Greek as we know. This ancient philosopher lived about 400 BC. There are two books written by Plato that have passages referring to Atlantis. These books are the Timeaus and the Criteas. They seem to indicate Atlantis was located in the Atlantic Ocean and was the home of an advanced race who went to war against Athens and lost. It was said Atlantis was located before the Pillars of Hercules. It goes on to say they, the Atlantans, had defeated many European countries, and the Athenians were able to drive them back out of Europe. The story goes on to say records of this feat were lost due to a great flood that wiped out part of Athens and all of Atlantis. In Criteas Plato gives a very detailed account of Atlantis. Now we know why people believe that Atlantis did exist, so lets get back to Mr. Sarmast. Why Cyprus and not somewhere else? “It’s definitely Atlantis,”Mr. Sarmast said, referring to Cyprus. Sarmast states the clues were there in Plato's descriptions. He said he received data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that fits perfectly. He went on to say this data was gathered in 1987 when a scientific survey of the Mediterranean was taken. Then to further back up his claim, he stated he had used sonar to find unnatural formations found at the center of the ancient city of Atlantis. A remote viewer was called in by Psychognosia, an organization who had challenged the finding. The *remote viewer formerly used his talents while in the US military. When he was asked to tell what he saw both now and 10,000 years ago he stated, going back in time he could see a predominant city with buildings but now it was only ruins that were buried Could Cyprus be Atlantis? Why not, I guess it has just as good of a chance as anywhere else. Maybe Mr. Sarmast has hit upon something. I guess only time will tell. *During the cold war, the US Government conducted experiments using individuals to 'see' targets anywhere in the world from the room they were in. The experiments were said to have met with some success. The same people were said to be able to look into the past. The Soviet Union also employed these same types of people, they were called Remote Viewers. Addendum: UPDATE: Nothing more was heard about this discovery and some have called it a hoax.
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