From:	Manolis Skoulikas great_worm@*****.com
Subject:	Atlantis
Date:	Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:55:16 +0300

Simon and Fiona wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Smith <phil_urbanhell@*******.com>
> To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
> Date: Saturday, June 10, 2000 9:38 PM
> Subject: Atlantis
>
> >Stupid question; have they actually discovered Atlantis or is that what the
> >Atlantian Foundation is there for?
> >
> >That is all
> >
> >Phil
>
> Unless you count those sunken cities off Egypt, no. I think they are
> actually looking for the sunken island of Thera (Stab music, cross cut/fade
> to the Earthdawn logo).
> If they have found it, they aren't talking, anyway.

The sunken island of Thera has been rediscovered some 20.000 years ago
by the first inhabitants of Greece! :)
It still remains very much discovered and teeming with tourists every
summer!
It is also known as Santorini (paraphrase of Santa Irene, named by the
Venetian conquerors in the middle ages). (btw Thera in ancient Greek
means Gate, doorway)
The volcano has erupted ca 1500 BC and the tidal wave submerged the
whole northern part of the (fairly big) island of Crete to the south and
spelled the end of the Minoan civilisation (said by some to be the
original Atlantean civilisation). Any way, more than half of the island
sunk and the volcanic ash fallout made all of Crete unsuitable for
planting, therefore causing a mass exodus and diaspora of the Minoan
Cretans, leaving only ruins of their civilisation.

Jacques Yves Cousteau spend two years looking for Atlantis in the sea
between Thera and Crete but came out with nothing.



And to answer your question, Phil, :No, they have not found Atlantis
yet, but the Antlantean Foundation's purpose is just that! They all
would give a right arm to find Atlantis.

and since the ED story about therans is pretty much the same with the
rumored Atlanteans, I guess that some pretty nifty secrets (no few of
them related to horrors-tzimizine demons) would be found if they were to
find a place where to dig.


Btw has any one here been interested in finding Atlantis or has been
involved in a shadowrun that made use of the mythos? I'd love to hear
all about it!


the wiz