BBC World Service, London
Did Atlantis ever exist? The answer to that is emphatically yes, if you ask Robert Sarmast.


The Sunday Telegraph, London
It may be the answer generations of experts on the ancient world have been looking for.


The Guardian, London
Soon at hand could be one of the greatest discoveries mankind has ever made


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(Sarmast) goes one step further than other Atlantologists... claiming to have vindicated Plato's narrative as not just a philosopher's allegory.


Radio National, Australia
Robert Sarmast is a modern day 'Indiana Jones'.


Book Description
IS ATLANTIS OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF CYPRUS? Find Out in this Revolutionary Analysis
of Plato's Celebrated Story. Plato provided nearly 50 physical clues in his famous dialogue Critias--the original account of the story of Atlantis. In this book, author Robert Sarmast cracks the Atlantis mystery wide open by demonstrating how simple facts about the eastern Mediterranean region and the island of Cyprus provide a near-perfect match with Plato's detailed narrative.


About the Author
This is the first in a series of books on Atlantis by Robert Sarmast, an independent writer and mythologist who is based in Los Angeles. Sarmast has spent over a decade researching Atlantology and related mysteries of the ancient world. In recent years, a more literal reading of Plato led him to undertake a detailed search for clues in the eastern Mediterranean. His work now includes geophysical data and sophisticated computer modeling of the region. Sarmast's research has culminated with his conclusion that Plato's Atlantis is located in the proximity of the island of Cyprus.


Excerpted from Discovery of Atlantis: Startling New Evidence and the Case for Cyprus by Robert Sarmast. Copyright © 2003. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Discovery of Atlantis Chapter 1 Excerpt Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.) was a revered Athenian philosopher when he took up the subject of Atlantis toward the end of his career. In two parts of an unfinished trilogy—in the famous dialogues named the Timaeus and the Critias—Plato gave the world its first glimpse into the remarkable mystery of Atlantis. For some unknown reason he left the project incomplete and moved on to write Laws, another great work that was also left unfinished at his death. Nevertheless, Plato’s crucial writings about Atlantis—which appear chiefly in the Critias—have managed to inspire almost every generation since his time, and in fact remain vital 25 centuries later. This is perhaps not surprising, considering that his references to Atlantis appear prominently in the body of work of what many consider to be the most influential Western thinker of all time. Coming as he did from a prominent family, Plato was fortunate enough to have made acquaintance with the leading thinkers and teachers of his time (or any time) including, of course, Socrates and Aristotle. After the trial and tragic execution of Socrates that he describes in his Phaedo, Plato declined to follow a political career and instead turned for consolation to philosophy in the hope of finding the truest model of an ideal society. No doubt, this philosophical fascination with exemplary social systems eventually led him to elevate the example of Atlantis and its "golden age" civilization in two of his most profound dialogues, the Timaeus and the Critias. In these dialogues Plato reveals that another renowned Greek figure named Solon (c. 638-559 B.C.), known to history as one of the "Seven Wise Men" of ancient Greece, imported the story of Atlantis from Egypt. Solon was a truly unique figure, a man of altruistic and poetic temperament, and yet a powerful Athenian political leader and lawmaker. Historians credit him with ending aristocratic control of the government of Athens, and for the first time introducing a new and more humane code of laws to the city. Solon is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of the democratic ideal and of the Western concept of the rule of law. To commemorate that fact, a marble relief portrait of Solon stands over the gallery doors of the House of Representatives Chamber in the Capitol complex at Washington D.C.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Plato provided 53 physical clues in his famous dialogue Critias the original account of the story of Atlantis that is the sole basis of all Atlantis research. Discovery of Atlantis proves that the island of Cyprus and the underwater landscape just south of Cyprus is a perfect match with 51 of these clues. Exclusive 3D bathymetric maps based on new scientific data show for the first time a stretch of sunken land off of Cyprus. The general layout of the landscape of Atlantis as described by Plato is easily discernible on this underwater landmass, as well as the precise location of its capital Atlantis City.

This robust empirical data is joined with other original findings based on mythological analysis and historical research, making the case for Cyprus increasingly obvious. With this compelling new interpretation of Plato, author Robert Sarmast brings the legendary island of Atlantis alive for the first time.