Did Allantis really exist?

[Saint Nick]

From it appearance In 1876  in London subtitled From a Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century, it was published by Trubner and Co., one of the most respectable names in publishing. And the fact that the original text in Frisian (the language of Friesland, a part of northern Holland) was published opposite the English translation offered scholars the opportunity to check for themselves.

Yet if the claims of the Oera Linda Book were true, then the history of the ancient world had to be completely rewritten. It suggested that in the third millennium BC, at about the time the Great Pyramid and the original Stonehenge were built, there was a great island continent in northern Europe that was inhabited by a highly civilised race. In 2193 BC this island was destroyed, like the legendary Atlantis, by some immense catastrophe. But enough of its inhabitants escaped to carry their civilisation elsewhere - including ancient Egypt and Crete. In fact, the Oera Linda Book suggested that the legendary King Minos of Crete (creator of the Labyrinth) was a Frisian and that the same ancient civilisation gave democracy to Athens. Hmmmm....sounds very Graham Hancock to me :-)

Scrutton also mentions a description in the Finnish epic the Kalevala of a time when the sun vanished from the sky and the world became frozen and barren, and quotes a modern introduction that places this at a period when the Magyars (Hungarians) and the Finns were still united - at least three thousand years ago.

Even if the Oera Linda Book proved to be a forgery, the evidence of the maps would be unaffected. But at the present time, there is no evidence that it is a forgery. In this case, it deserves to be reprinted in a modern edition and carefully studied by historians - as well as read by the general public for its fascinating tales of murder and battle. If it proves to be genuine, the Oera Linda Book could revolutionise our view of world history.

St. Nick

[bikeboy773]

They have found traces of undersea ruins. I doubt they were from Atlantis, though. By the way, the city of Venice, Italy (the place with the canals) is slowly sinking.