Dating Human Origins

Discovery pushes back the origin of our genus, Homo, by half a million years.

What do we really know about the origin of our species? Did we actually evolve into such high intellectual beings or was it something else? Where is the missing link leading to our evolution? How old is humanity?

Lost Civilizations : Part II : Atlantis!

Everybody's heard of Atlantis! Yes, that's what this post is about.
As mythical as it sounds, as ridiculous as it's descriptions might be, try to keep up with me here.
Have you really wondered about Atlantis ever?

 Written Sources

                             According to Wikipedia, Atlantis was first mentioned by Plato in 360 BC. Yeah it is of fictional source but when you think of it, where did he get this idea from? He might actually really heard about a land and so wrote about it. Thankfully, we have reference to some of his works. Here's a mention about Atlantis in Timaeus : 
                                 For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. For the ocean there was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which you Greeks call, as you say, 'the pillars of Heracles,' there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was possible for the travelers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. For all that we have here, lying within the mouth of which we speak, is evidently a haven having a narrow entrance; but that yonder is a real ocean, and the land surrounding it may most rightly be called, in the fullest and truest sense, a continent. Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent.

Another passage from Proclus' commentary on the Timaeus gives a description of Atlantis' geography :

That an island of such nature and size once existed is evident from what is said by certain authors who investigated the things around the outer sea. For according to them, there were seven islands in that sea in their time, sacred to Persephone, and also three others of enormous size, one of which was sacred to Hades, another to Ammon, and another one between them to Poseidon, the extent of which was a thousand stadia [200 km]; and the inhabitants of it—they add—preserved the remembrance from their ancestors of the immeasurably large island of Atlantis which had really existed there and which for many ages had reigned over all islands in the Atlantic sea and which itself had like-wise been sacred to Poseidon. Now these things Marcellus has written in his Aethiopica".

Several writers have speculated that Antarctica is the site of Atlantis, while others have proposed Caribbean locations such the alleged Cuban sunken city off the Guanahacabibes peninsula in Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Bermuda Triangle. Areas in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have also been proposed including Indonesia (i.e. Sundaland). Likewise some have speculated that the continent of South America bears striking similarities to the description of Atlantis by Plato, particularly the Altiplano region of the Andes. The stories of a lost continent off the coast of India, named "Kumari Kandam," have inspired some to draw parallels to Atlantis.

Plato said Atlantis existed about 9,000 years before his own time, and that its story had been passed down by poets, priests, and others. But Plato's writings about Atlantis are the only known records of its existence.

Atlantis was an advanced civilization, rich and prosperous with everything in abundance—a paradise, according to Plato. The inhabitants were a great power who opposed even Europe and Asia, and were able to navigate the sea.
The City of Atlantis is believed to have had an amazing geography. The Central City itself was at the very centre of Atlantis. It was surrounded by concentric island forms which were rich in flora and fauna. Here's what Atlantis is believed to have looked like :






If what Plato mentions is true, then do we have ‘gods’ in flesh and blood, creating the continent of Atlantis, populating it and helping it to become an advanced civilization? Gods also destroyed Atlantis once it became ‘corrupted’ and its inhabitants began misusing their powers, defying the gods and their rules. It cannot be clearer that once again we have references to supreme beings, or gods, with unique powers, wisdom and technology—the same beings that later on become mythology and, in one way or another, abandon humanity…or did they? 

 In Search of The Lost Land

The most common theory of location of Atlantis is the Atlantic Ocean itself. And so the modern day landmasses around Atlantic Ocean become 'prime suspects'.
Here's a map of the lost land by Athanasius Kircher : 




A map showing the supposed extent of the Atlantean Empire. From Ignatius L. Donnelly's Atlantis: the Antediluvian World, 1882.




Ireland could possibly have been a part of the Legendary Atlantis, owing to the history of Ireland. It has been claimed that Ireland's oldest rock is about 1.7 billion years ago, and this opens the door that it could have been part of another great landmass. You can read more on the geography and formation of Ireland here.

What is more intriguing is the remains of the megalithic structures found around the United Kingdom. Of these, the Stonehenge and the Knowth Passage.
The artifacts found at Knowth seem to astonish minds. The kerbstones at Knowth have carvings. The most popular kerbstone being : 




Now, this is believed to be a lunar cycle or a cycle of some sort. This means that the civilization was advanced as to calculate the lunar positions and cycle of the Moon. It could also represent a sundial.   The Basin Stone : 















In fact, the whole Knowth Passage itself
 is designed in a rather complex manner:

Lost Civilizations : Part I : Introduction

What if everything you've been taught about the origins of civilization is wrong? Be it that certain pieces of our history have been intentionally hidden, or that we have yet to discover and realize the true story of our past?

You must first understand that all the information provided might not necessarily be 'true'. In the end, it is you who is the judge. You can believe in anything you want and nobody can force you into believing anything.
All the information has been collected through various sites and my personal opinions.

So, let's begin.

Normally any creationist would think that Earth is about 6,000 years old but believe me, it's billions of years older than that! Science dates Earth formed about 4.5 Billion years. The Bible dates that the 'Young Earth' formed about 6,000 years ago.(You can read more on YoungEarth here : Source )
So that opens up a chance that there might have been an 'older earth', doesn't it?

How did humans evolve from apes? Did evolution really turn apes in to Homo Sapiens or was there another force at work? Where is the proof for the missing link of evolution? To let you in on a personal opinion, Gods might actually be aliens!
I know, I know, this reminds you of this guy :
But you have to consider the fact. To justify this statement of mine, let me give you an example.

In religions all over the globe, you will find one thing common about our Gods. Most and all of them 'descended' from the heavens or more importantly the 'skies'.
See? There are many justifications I can give, but that's a story for another day.


Information has been manipulated by some 'societies' or important 'people' so that the truth doesn't come out. We may be misled by some scriptures that might have been intended to destroy the 'truth' and these 'truths' in turn grow in to modern day legends and myths. So this control system can be a powerful tool in shaping humanity as whole. This tool has been, and will be used in history. Time holds a factor here. In time these stories surface up to truth and in time there will be another version of it.