From:	Aris "Deathspirit" Stremmenos aris@***************.de
Subject:	Atlantis
Date:	Mon, 12 Jun 2000 02:06:10 +0300

> 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)

Thera the island is written with a h (eta) and not with a u (upsilon) like
gate. But to be honest I don't know if the name of the island is derived
from the word gate (thyra).

> 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).

Highly unlikely...Atlantis wasn't a big island, according to legend. Also
the minoan civilization didn't have the same traits (technology etc.) as the
Atlantean civilization.

> 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!
>
>

Hmmmmmm, after finishing out all the Yakuza bastards, why don't you make a
campaign in Atlantis, for our party? It would be quite interesting... :)



> the wiz
>

Deathspirit