"Donnellan, an independent archaeologist, told the Daily Mail that descriptions in Plato's writings, which perfectly match their findings of ruins, prehistoric settlements and ancient mines in the region of Gades, are the strongest evidence for an Atlantic civilization. These discoveries, including underwater structures and sediment-covered sites indicating sudden destruction, align with Plato's accounts of climate, societal structures, and ancient mythologies, providing a comprehensive context for their claims."
"'All those details align perfectly with the region we're studying, as our investigations reflect Plato's texts with extraordinary precision, truly to a perfect degree,' Donnellan said. Donnellan found the submerged ruins along the coast around Cádiz, a city in Andalusia. 'When you read Plato's texts, the Timaeus and Critias, he's got all these incredible details of what the place was like, where it was, that you could plant all year long, that it was in the region of Gades in the Atlantic,' he said."
Plato described an advanced civilization with grand temples and massive harbor walls that was swallowed by the sea over 11,000 years ago. Underwater surveys off the coast of Cádiz in Andalusia have revealed massive linear features, concentric circular walls, submerged ruins, prehistoric settlements, and ancient mines in the region of Gades. Sonar and LiDAR investigations over eight years produced sediment-covered sites and evidence of sudden destruction consistent with rapid inundation. The spatial patterns and material remains reportedly align with details in the Timaeus and Critias. A documentary titled Atlantica presents the sonar and LiDAR imagery supporting these claims.
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