Speculation of Atlantis in the Archipelago / Spekulasi Keberadaan Atlantis di Nusantara (Bilingual)

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Indonesia

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Spekulasi Keberadaan Atlantis di Nusantara

Perburuan dan spekulasi keberadaan Atlantis terus dicari sepanjang zaman. Sejumlah karya lahir, dan menunjukkan daerah-daerah tertentu yang dianggap bagian dari "tenggelamnya kekayaan". Indonesia juga masuk dalam daftar spekulasi para periset dan peminat mitologi Atlantis. Misalnya, Profesor Arysio Santos dari Brasil. Dia seorang ahli geologi dan fisikawan nuklir. Lalu ada ahli genetika dari Oxford, Inggris, Profesor Stephen Oppenheimer. Keduanya mencurigai wilayah Indonesia menyimpan sisa-sisa "Surga yang hilang".

Santos menampilkan peta wilayah Indonesia dalam bukunya tahun 2005, "Atlantis The Lost Continent Finally Found". Santos percaya Benua yang hilang kemungkinan berada di wilayah Indonesia dan Laut Cina Selatan. Dalam penelitian tersebut, ia mengaku telah melakukan penelitian komparatif, seperti kondisi kawasan, cuaca, potensi sumber daya alam, gunung berapi, dan gaya hidup masyarakat setempat.

Wawancara video Santos di halaman YouTube menunjukkan kepadanya bahwa Atlantis benar-benar ada, dan bukan hanya mitos belaka. Santos menjelaskan mengapa para ilmuwan telah gagal menemukan Atlantis, dan meragukan keberadaan kota yang hilang. "Karena mereka mencarinya di tempat yang salah, mereka melihat Laut Atlantis," katanya dalam sebuah wawancara di YouTube, saat halaman Hubpages dimuat.

Asumsi Atlantis ada di Samudera Atlantik itu logis. Namun, itu bukan lokasi yang tepat. "Atlantis berada di sisi lain bumi yaitu di Samudra Hindia (Indonesia)," Laut Cina Selatan sebagai lokasi Atlantis hanyalah batasnya. "Lebih pasti di Indonesia," lanjut Santos.

Sebelum zaman es berakhir 30.000 sampai 11.000 tahun yang lalu, di Indonesia ada daratan besar. Saat itu permukaan laut 150 meter lebih rendah dari arus, di situlah peradaban. Sementara bagian lain bumi dari Asia Utara, Eropa, dan Amerika Utara masih tertutup es.

Pulau-pulau yang tersebar di Indonesia dianggap sebagai puncak gunung, dan dataran tinggi benua tenggelam karena naiknya permukaan air laut, dan dataran rendah ambles pada akhir Zaman Es Pleistosen. Itu terjadi sekitar 11.600 tahun yang lalu. "Ini adalah kerangka waktu yang sama dengan Plato dalam dialog penciptaannya saat datang ke Atlantis," tulis Santos dalam pengantar bukunya.

Warga daerah yang selamat dari naiknya permukaan air laut dan letusan gunung berapi tersebut akhirnya berserakan untuk mencari tempat. Mereka "pindah ke tempat yang sekarang India, Asia Tenggara, Cina, Polinesia, Amerika dan Timur Dekat," tulis Santos.

Penjelasan serupa dibuat oleh penulis Inggris Stephen Oppenheimer dalam buku "Eden in The East: Benua Tenggelam di Asia Tenggara" (1998). Dia menulis sebuah benua tenggelam oleh banjir bandang, dan naiknya permukaan air laut sekitar 7.000 sampai 14.000 tahun yang lalu.

Wilayah yang tenggelam berada di Asia Tenggara sekarang. Oppenheimer menyebut benua itu tenggelam sebagai Sundaland. Korban selamat kemudian menyebar ke berbagai tempat ke Eropa, membawa budaya dan gaya hidup mereka. Itulah sebabnya Oppenheimer menganggap asal-usul ras Euroasia di Eropa untuk dilacak di Asia.

Oppenheimer percaya bahwa warga Sundaland telah mengembangkan peradaban dari daerah lain. "Mereka telah mengembangkan pola bertahan hidup, mulai dari memburu hewan hingga pertanian, berkebun, memancing, dan bahkan melakukan perdagangan di seberang lautan, semua sebelum 5.000 tahun yang lalu," kata sebuah fragmen asumsi dari Oppenheimer.

Sejarah selama ini catatan master peradaban manusia modern berasal dari Mesir, Mediterania dan Mesopotamia. Tapi, menurut dia, nenek moyang ibu peradaban manusia modern berasal dari tanah Melayu yang sering disebut Sundaland, atau Indonesia.

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Speculation of Atlantis in the Archipelago

The hunt and speculation of the existence of Atlantis continues to be sought throughout the ages. A number of works are born, and show certain areas that are considered part of the "sinking of wealth". Indonesia is also included in the list of speculations of researchers and enthusiasts of Atlantis mythology. For example, Professor Arysio Santos from Brazil. He's a geologist and a nuclear physicist. Then there is the geneticist from Oxford, England, Professor Stephen Oppenheimer. Both suspect the territory of Indonesia keeps the remains of "The lost paradise".

Santos displays a map of the Indonesian territory in his 2005 book, "Atlantis The Lost Continent Finally Found". Santos believes the lost continent is likely to be in the territory of Indonesia and the South China Sea. In the study, he claimed to have done comparative research, such as the condition of the area, the weather, the potential of natural resources, volcanoes, and lifestyles of local communities.

Santos's video interview on the YouTube page shows him that Atlantis really exists, and not just a myth. Santos explains why scientists have failed to find Atlantis, and doubt the existence of a lost city. "Because they are looking for it in the wrong place, they see the Atlantis Sea," he said in an interview on YouTube, when the Hubpages page loaded.

The Atlantis assumption in the Atlantic Ocean is logical. However, that is not the right location. "Atlantis is on the other side of the earth in the Indian Ocean (Indonesia)," The South China Sea as the location of Atlantis is just the limit. "More definitely in Indonesia," Santos continued.

Before the ice age ended 30,000 to 11,000 years ago, in Indonesia there is a large landmass. At that time the sea level 150 meters lower than the current, that's where civilization. While other parts of the earth from North Asia, Europe, and North America are still covered in ice.

The islands are scattered in Indonesia regarded as mountain peaks, and the continental highlands are drowned due to rising sea levels, and lowland ambles at the end of the Pleistocene Ice Age. That happened about 11,600 years ago. "This is the same time frame as Plato in his creation dialogue when it comes to Atlantis," Santos wrote in the introduction to his book.

Residents of the area who survived the rising sea levels and the eruption of the volcano is finally scattered to find a place. They "moved to what is now India, Southeast Asia, China, Polynesia, America and the Near East," Santos wrote.

A similar explanation was made by the English writer Stephen Oppenheimer in the book "Eden in The East: The Drowning Continent in Southeast Asia" (1998). He wrote a continent drowned by banjir bandang, and rising sea levels of about 7,000 to 14,000 years ago.

The drowning region is in Southeast Asia now. Oppenheimer called the continent sunk as Sundaland. Survivors then spread to various places to Europe, bringing their culture and lifestyle. That is why Oppenheimer considers the origin of the Euroasia race in Europe to be traced in Asia.

Oppenheimer believes that Sundaland residents have developed civilization from other regions. "They have developed a pattern of survival, ranging from hunting animals to agriculture, gardening, fishing, and even trading across the ocean, all before 5,000 years ago," says an assumption fragment from Oppenheimer.

History during this record of master of modern human civilization comes from Egypt, Mediterranean and Mesopotamia. But, according to him, the ancestors of modern human civilization mother comes from Malay soil which is often called Sundaland, or Indonesia.

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