searching for lemuria and
atlantis
Over thirty of the islands in the Pacific, which once provided shelter- to Lemurians and their descendants, continue to turn the clock back as they display evidence of the people of ancient advanced civilizations who lived on them. Remains of megalithic buildings of the past lie on the Maldives, Vinapu, the Marquesas, the Carolines, the New Hebrides, the Mariana group, Yap, Truk, Rarotonga, Lele, Kiribti, New Caledonia, and many other islands. In Hawaii petroglyphs enhance stones in Kauai, Oahu, and Kau-nolu Lanai. Giant platforms in Molokai, Tahiti, Huahine Island, Tonga, and Easter Island stir one’s curiosity about the lives of the ancient people who constructed them so long ago. The pyramids of Rapa Iti Island, the Marquesas, Huahine Island and Guam, Rota, and Saipan in the Marianas remind us of their builders’ impressive knowledge. In a manner similar to the coast of the Yucatan, mysterious roads on Pacific Islands lead down into the sea. Archaeologists will eventually reconsider the myths of native people who claim their distant ancestors lived in the Motherland of Mu.
The innumerable megalithic ruins in the Pacific present concrete evidence of the skilled people who once lived there, but Plato’s description of the great capitol city of Atlantis is what inspires many explorers today. The search for tangible evidence of Atlantis occupies the time and thoughts of numerous people, just as it has since 350 b.c. when Plato wrote about the extraordinary civilization on land outside the Straits of Gibraltar. Although Plato describes buildings of stone whose chances of survival are much greater than our concrete structures with their metal framework, it is extremely difficult to find ruins on the Atlantic Ridge where layers of lava that has erupted in the last 12,000 years often cover the ocean floor.
In many places the seabed is over a mile below the surface, so submarines, such as deepdiving Alvin from Woods Hole, have been the only means of careful investigation. Alvin is a small vehicle which holds three or four people who sit in a cramped position and look through a circular window only three and a half inches in diameter. The view opens outward, but it is very limited. During their short time inside the small submarine, the occupants are restricted to a camera, notebook, tape recorder, lunch, musical tapes, and warm clothes. In the Mediterranean, where it was considerably easier to search than on the Atlantic Ridge, Alvin was helpful in locating a lost hydrogen bomb but, although it has two external robot arms to grasp and break off rock samples for later analysis, it has made little progress on the Atlantic Ridge.
In spite of the difficulties, like persistent dandelions whose bright yellow flowers appear overnight, detailed glowing accounts of remains near the Atlantic Ridge continue to circulate on the Internet. A site 250 miles southwest of the Azores in 2,800 feet of water is said to contain structures, circular canals, and bridges. Nearby mountains rise within 300 feet of the surface. Reports describe military ships flying a United States flag which seem to be guarding the area, so inspection of these intriguing formations is not possible.314
I grew up in Poland and we learned about Atlantis in school there.
—anonymous
In eastern Europe scholars and scientists who focus on Atlantis research are highly respected by their colleagues, and for many years the Russians have actively searched for the lost country. In 1974 Russian investigators photographed some ruins in the Atlantic Ocean which they claim are on the Amphere Seamount near Madeira. These include five steps and a platform with blocks that are about five feet square. In the photos the ruins are quite visible, but dense masses of seaweed and sea fans are growing on them. In 1978 the pictures finally appeared in a Russian magazine which is similar to our Life magazine. The photographers, who were on a Soviet research ship, the S.S. Petrovsky, included a scientist from the Russian Institute of Oceanography and another who was a specialist in underwater photography. The ship was equipped with elaborate lighting equipment and a special camera.
Egerton Sykes was intrigued by the photographs and carefully analyzed them. In his opinion, the S.S. Petrovsky was a Russian spy ship and the pictures were taken near the Azores between Santa Maria and Sao Jorge, where the Russians should not have been. Sykes believed the Russians released only a small number of their photographs, and there are 100 or more additional steps which lead downwards from those in the pictures. He concluded that the platform and steps were part of a structure similar to a Mayan pyramid.315 Russian geologist Viatcheslav Koudriavtsev believes remains of Atlantis lie in relatively shallow regions on the Celtic Shelf west of the southwestern tip of Great Britain. He points out that the ley line which runs for hundreds of miles in southern England, through Avebury to Land’s End in Cornwall, leads directly to this area.316 Legends say the land of Lyonnaise, with its beautiful cities, fertile lands, and a noble race of people, was once located in this submerged area. In 1998 a Russian expedition spent time on the Celtic Shelf searching for Atlantis without spectacular results.
Plato’s circular city, with its canals and tremendous palaces and temples, may never be found, but Edgar Cayce says records of the Atlantean civilization and information about the construction of the crystal are in three locations. One is in a temple beneath the sea near Bimini, another is in Central America under a temple, and the third is in a Hall of Records near the Sphinx in Egypt.317 Deep memories of ancient times, and hopes of recapturing them, have led numerous searchers to the three locations.
Lava does not cover the ocean floor in the Caribbean as it does the Atlantic Ridge, but ever-shifting sands produce a substantial problem. Portions of objects tantalizingly appear and almost immediately disappear when blankets of sand cover them during the next storm. In spite of this, stone buildings and walls Atlanteans constructed in Poseidia when the thousands of square miles of the Bahama Bank were dry land are slowly revealing themselves. If the water level around Bimini were to drop, many secrets would be uncovered.
In 1933 Edgar Cayce foresaw that in 1968 or 1969 a portion of an Atlantean temple would rise in the vicinity of Bimini. When that time came, airplane pilot Bob Brush reported sighting what appeared to be cut stone blocks and columns under the surface north of Andros Island, about fifty miles to the west of Nassau in the Bahamas and 150 miles east of Bimini.
It has been said that the tongue of the ocean lies at Andros, the largest island in the Bahamas. As a former citizen of the Bahamas who once lived in Andros, I know for a fact that there are several “black holes,” inexplicable ponds or “spring puddles,” and caves on that island, and that the ocean surrounding Andros is very deep with mysterious occurrences that the locals simply dismiss as pure folklore. As a child growing up in the islands, I am personally aware of what has become known as UFO sightings, but back then they were dismissed by American military personnel and media as something to do with meteorites.
—anonymous
Andros Island is the site of the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), and although this top-secret base occupies only one square mile of land on the island, it also includes over 1,000 square miles of the surrounding Caribbean. AUTEC tests underwater weapons systems, but many believe that in this area the United States government is conducting secret research on UFOs. This would help to account for the numerous sightings of unidentified flying objects around Andros Island.
The ocean waters near Andros are known for their strange “blue holes.” Blue holes are small openings of fresh water, apparently formed from within. The unusual energy they exhibit leads to the belief that they are related to microwormholes. It is suggested that blue holes are “star gates” and offer the opportunity to access another dimension, although star gates usually do not move and blue holes tend to fluctuate in and out of existence. Perhaps they are a remnant of the powerful energy Atlantean scientists once manipulated in this area.
Dr. J. Manson Valentine, one of the first archaeologists to search for prior civilizations in the Bahamas, was often accompanied by his friend Bob Brush, who was an amateur photographer. The pictures Bob Brush took have proven very valuable to those who are exploring anamolies off the coasts of Andros Island today. Valentine also reported the flooded caves with stalactites that he found on an underwater plateau southwest of Andros Island. More recently, Jacques Cousteau partially explored these caverns, as described in chapter 4. Hopefully, scuba divers will investigate the concealed caverns near Andros Island, for Egerton Sykes believed the crystal skull was not the only Atlantean treasure in the Bimini area and that other precious objects are hidden in nearby caves, some of which are now under the sea.
In April of 2003 husband-wife research team Drs. Greg and Lora Little announced they had discovered a gigantic stone platform off the north coast of Andros Island in twelve feet of water.318 The three-tiered structure is composed of large, thick, rectangular blocks placed on top of other blocks, side by side in rows. The Littles’ extensive research did not reveal any similarities to beach rock or any type of reef, and they assume that the structure is manmade. At Andros the Littles also inspected what appear to be ancient remains of a stone temple on a high overlook. Continued investigations in the vicinity of Andros will verify that thousands of years ago, during the Ice Age, an advanced civilization lived on the Bahama Bank.
Edgar Cayce’s suggestion that if geologists and archaeologists explore under the sea water near Bimini they will discover Atlantean ruins319 has inspired interested investigators to focus in that area. In 1968, a group of divers led by Dr. Valentine discovered an unusual formation of massive stone rocks near the west coast of Bimini. The site, at a depth of fifteen to twenty feet, is easily accessible to scuba divers. Large stones, some of them eight feet square or rectangular or irregular in shape, lie in adjoining rows on the ocean floor in the shape of an immense reversed J.
Many of the sizable rocks with square corners appear to have been shaped by man. Some of the blocks lie on top of others. There is a Bimini story that these were once layers of rocks, but a man from Miami carried them off and they were used to build jetties on the southeast coast. The blocks of stone, which are often referred to as the “Bimini Road,” resemble the remains of a prehistoric passageway or wall which does not run parallel to the sea coast.
Recent satellite mapping of the shallow waters of the Bahama Bank to the east of Bimini reveals large (over 200 feet wide) geometric patterns of turtle grass in the shapes of pentagons and rectangles with perfectly square corners. It is believed that whatever is causing these turtle grass configurations is twelve to fifteen feet beneath the sand-covered ocean floor. Excavations of the sand to that depth would be difficult and have not yet been attempted. Further analysis of them is costly and difficult because these apparent ruins are only visible from the air, but researchers are using submersibles and global positioning devices to locate a variety of sites, including some Manson Valentine identified many years ago. Side-scan sonar would be helpful in some situations, but it costs many thousands of dollars to lease for one day, and in many instances the water is too shallow to tow the sonar device.
Edgar Cayce also advised those who were searching for remains of Atlantis in the Bahamas to look in the vicinity of the nearby Gulf Stream.320 Investigators from the GAEA Project who are working in that area hired professional technical divers, and they photographed what appear to be streets, pillars, and terraces. The objects are covered with sea fans and almost impenetrable coral, and are in 180 to 300 feet of water. If the pictures are verified, they will lend support to the proposition that intelligent persons once lived here.321 GAEA stands for Global Approach to Earth Antiquities and is the ancient Greek name for the Earth Mother Goddess. “Gaia” is the Roman spelling for the same goddess.
the bimini islands
Vestiges of a former civilization in the mangrove swamps of East Bimini include the apparent remains of a rectangular temple, a large mound in the shape of a cat or perhaps a sperm whale or a lemon shark. The shallow water in the vicinity of these ruins makes it necessary to travel in a small boat, so entrance and exit to the area must be timed with the tides. Swarms of hungry mosquitoes make one’s presence extremely unpleasant. To add to the difficulties, ground-penetrating radar, which costs $2,000 to $3,000 a day, is relatively ineffective because of the high water table. In spite of the problems, members of the GAEA Project consider Bimini to be the most promising archaeological undertaking of this century and that they will find, as Edgar Cayce said, evidence that Atlanteans and their descendants lived and thrived here for thousands of years.
Archaeologists from Brigham Young University have spent time uncovering ruins in a remote area in northern Guatemala, where they hope to find indications of Jewish families from remnants of the Lost Tribes, whom they believe reached Central America around 3,000 b.c. A variety of clues led these fearless searchers to fight their way through dangerous rapids and travel up the Usamacinta River to where the deserted ruins of the Mayan city of Piedras Negras lie amidst deadly snakes, ticks, scorpions, and dense jungle growth. An interpretation of Edgar Cayce’s readings suggests the possibility that Piedras Negras may be one of the sites where Atlanteans carefully concealed their records.322
Atlanteans undoubtedly hid records and treasures in the numerous dark caves that honeycomb Central America, but entering many of them is difficult because pyramids and temples are constructed over their secret entrances. Robbing caves has proved to be a lucrative business, for illegal sales of ancient artifacts contribute much-needed financial support to local people. However, some caverns with unusual energy, such as Actun Tunichil Muknal in Belize, have not been touched for many, many centuries. The Maya, sensing their spiritual nature and considering them to be sacred, respect them and do not disturb them. Predecessors of the Maya also left them alone, for they regarded caves as foul, gloomy places that were sacred entrances to the underworld. Only secret rituals were permitted inside the hidden underground rooms.
Intrepid investigators from Earthwatch Institute are attempting to explore the vast cave network of Central America, but searching is not pleasant. Assassin beetles, botflies, and spiders of all sorts, including tarantulas and barking spiders, consider the caverns to be their homes and do not welcome intruders. Che Chem or poisonwood, which is worse than poison ivy, often guards entrances to the enticing underground world, hoping to assault the unwary intruder. Inside the caves, tortuous passages, very steep stepwork, and sudden dropoffs in darkness that were meant to cause confusion add to the difficulties of exploration.
When North American glaciers rapidly melted and sent torrents of water racing down the Mississippi River, the level of the Gulf of Mexico quickly rose. Before long, seawater covered thousands of square miles of dry land. When the dreadful waters threatened, in a futile effort to keep out the floods that endangered their precious homes, desperate descendants of Atlanteans employed their engineering skills to build Cyclopean walls. Extensive fortifications, some with huge blocks of stone, are visible underwater near Mexico, northern Cuba, and Florida. Adjacent to Venezuela, another substantial wall, thirty feet high, reaches for miles into the sea.
For fifty years, airplane pilots and scuba divers have reported artifacts and stonework in the shallow waters near the coasts of Cuba, but until recently no one has had access to the modern technology of underwater archaeology that is capable of providing the means to examine and verify the ruins. Off the western end of Cuba, scientists from Canada’s Advanced Digital Communications Company, known as ADC, have the assistance of a satellite-integrated ocean bottom positioning system, two-person submersibles, remote operated video recorders, and side-scan sonar. Side-scan sonar, which is called a “fish,” looks like a torpedo. As the “fish” is dragged behind a boat, highpitched sounds from either side of it hit rocks and sand below and reflect them back as an image. A video imaging camera is necessary to distinguish metal from stone, and since it is very dark one-half mile under the surface, strong lighting equipment must accompany cameras.
Paulina Zelitsky of ADC reports seeing from above what appears to be a submerged megalithic city not far from Cuba with “shapes that resemble pyramids, roads, and buildings.”323 At a depth of 2,100 feet, the area covers about 7.7 square miles. Many thousands of years ago, when the land was above the surface, the underwater structures in this area were erected with huge stones as large as six feet square and sixteen feet high. Using sonar and underwater robots, U. S. and Cuban scientists have obtained additional information. An anthropologist with the Cuban Academy of Sciences, whom the ADC consulted, pointed out that some of the images contain signs and inscriptions.324 Those who have seen photographs of the inscriptions report that they are hieroglyphic signs, similar to some found on Central and South American structures and in caves in the Canary Islands and the Loltun Caverns, which no one has successfully deciphered.
Cayce often describes the work of the Atlanteans who heeded the warnings of the prophets, anticipated the destruction of their country, and went to Egypt to preserve information about their sciences, the arts, their ceremonies, the construction of the firestone, and all other aspects of their civilization. His specific description of the location of this secret storage place of Atlantean information on the Giza Plateau in Egypt has encouraged scientists from all over the world to focus on the area.
My father’s cousin is a leading Egyptologist and I believe they now know of the “Hall of Records” existence and are refusing to allow any access to actually doing the archaeological dig on it. I have tried to contact him through my father and he takes the attitude that all Egyptologists seem to have, that my beliefs of Egyptian-Atlantean connections are ridiculous! Well, I guess Troy, the crystal skull, the ancient computer remnants discovered in the Aegean Sea, and space travel are all figments of my imagination! I think he is ridiculous for not even taking the time to talk about the possibilities of this “Hall.” Fox did a cheesy TV show on Egypt’s pyramids, etc., and they actually showed access tunnels under the Sphinx and suggested they led to the Hall of Records, yet the leading Egyptologist doing the show discounted its importance despite the overwhelming evidence that points to even a shred of possibility.
—anonymous
Cayce said the Atlanteans’ information is in a Hall of Records that can be accessed through an entrance under the right forepaw of the Sphinx. The Egyptians have been reluctant to allow an extensive investigation because they believe the advanced civilization of ancient Egypt was not the product of a superior race who came there from elsewhere: it originated and grew in their country. However, the international search continues. Until now, ground-penetrating radar, pneumatic cameras, and sonic devices have disclosed only coffins and debris in the numerous tunnels that interlace the Giza Plateau, but hope of discovering the well-hidden information never dies.
314. www.ancientamerican.com/issue41.html.
315. Hope, Atlantis: Myth or Reality?, pp. 84–89.
316. www.geocities.com
317. Cayce, Readings 2012–1.
318. The Littles are associated with the Association for Research & Enlightenment, the international headquarters for the work of Edgar Cayce.
319. Cayce, Readings 587–4 and 440–5.
320. Cayce, Readings 364–3.
321. www.gaeaproject.com.
322. For more information on the explorations in Piedras Negras, see The Lost Hall of Records by John Van Auken and Lora Little.
323. Paulina Zelitsky, interview with Reuters of London, May 14, 2001.
324. El Nuevo Herald, “Sunken City Resurrects Atlantis Myth,” December 16, 2001.