Atlantis and the Silver City by Peter Daughtrey

Author:Peter Daughtrey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2013-08-26T19:35:34+00:00

(IMAGE 30) The probable Atlantis original homeland before flooding and submergence.

Masses of unusual, small, pyramid/conical-shaped mountains exist inland, immediately behind the existing Algarve coastal plain, particularly around Silves. The early morning and evening lights produce pronounced shadows that, eerily, make many of those mountains that have been terraced resemble earth-covered “step” pyramids.

As the mountains roll farther inland, they initially get larger. They are densely crammed together but punctuated by some fertile valleys, rivers, and lakes. In the west they are dominated by two sizeable mountains, with the town of Monchique between them. The tallest, Foia, is partnered by the slightly smaller Picota. They are unique in the whole mountain range in that they are formed of a type of granite: all the others are schist. Foia is almost three thousand feet high, just short of the height of the celebrated Mount Snowdon in Wales. It is possible to drive all the way to the top and gaze down at the awesome view over the foothills and the narrow coastal strip, imagining what Atlantis was once like, with the plain rolling out uninterrupted for mile after mile, where now there is sparkling sea. (SEE IMAGE 13 IN THE PHOTO INSERT.)

Imagine also the towns and ports dotting it, together with the roads and canals that linked them all up. The seabed charts show many areas marked as rocks, and perhaps some of these could have been the remains of Atlantean settlements. Apart from a few recent wrecks, nothing has been explored. The whole area is fairly flat and shallow, sloping gradually from the beaches to around 100 to 120 meters before the first submerged sea cliffs—all easily investigated using modern techniques. I know the approximate position of at least one unexplored, submerged settlement. Just think what archaeological riches await.

The existing mountains continue north for about 40 kilometers, providing the shelter that contributes immensely to the Algarve’s sublime climate. As Plato indicates, the mountains are not as grand as they once were—but, significantly and crucially, they survived the sinking. (SEE IMAGES 12A, 12B, 12C, AND 12D IN THE PHOTO INSERT.) The same chain continues across into Spain, angling slightly northward, all the way past Seville to Granada. Other mountains drop south to the coast at Gibraltar and to the east of Jerez. They are famous for the incredibly pretty “White Villages” that pepper them.

With the destruction of Atlantis, it is of little surprise that any survivors could see no future there and took off in all directions, some of them to surviving parts of the empire. But what, exactly, was that empire?

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