15. But let's move on to Atlantis theory. Based on your research, are you convinced that Atlantis existed? Is there evidence - archaeological finds for this?

Mayan-Aztec myths speak of their god Quatzakuatl, that he came from a strange land of the rising sun. Myths in Greece mention the island of Makari, located in the West, in the Ocean. All these references to myths converge on a geographical area and the existence of a country. Archaeological finds have now been discovered which are the most important that have been found, have been discovered by the Americans in the Bahamas and the Russians in the Azores, sunken ancient ruins, cyclopean walls, stairwells, etc.
It was found with sonar, a geological construction in the shape of a pyramid, at a depth of 300 meters near the Bermuda Triangle. Special equipment has pulled a 15,000-year-old rocky islet from a land volcano 2800 meters deep into the Atlantic. Another great find is the famous maps of Piri Reyes, Plato's references to Timaeus and Critias. Also important is the place names that exist, which are ancient place names Contain the synthetic "atl", "otl" that exist in Morocco, Guatemala, Mexico, those that exist on both sides of the Atlantic

16. Give us an example of this ..

The areas in Guatemala, Mexico, Tenocitlan eg, the Atlas Mountains on the Moroccan side. I have made a map, which I do not have at the moment, to show you, in which there are equal to 100 place names, in Guatemala, the coasts of Mexico, South America and the coasts of Africa that all contain the synthetic "atl". I should also mention the references of the ancient Greeks to Atlantis, such as Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Aeschylus, Plutarch, Crates, Aristarchus, Apollodorus... It is wrong what some say, that only Plato mentions Atlantis, or that before Plato Atlantis was not mentioned by any ancient writer. There were reports of Atlantis. What else can we say? Other finds: The bottom of the Atlantic is volcanic, lava was pulled from there, mined from the bottom from a depth of 3,000 meters and found to be glassy basalt, which geologists confirm is a lava element of land and not a submarine one. Of course, all these are indications and not proofs.

17. Are you convinced that Atlantis was indeed in the Atlantic Ocean and not e.g. in Santorini as claimed by Professor Sp. Marinatos, or somewhere else? I am asking you because there are currently a number of paradoxical theories about the true location of Atlantis and its inhabitants. Many even talk about the extraterrestrial origin of the Atlanteans!

I believe that Atlantis existed and from the elements I mentioned I defined the space, that is, in the Atlantic Ocean. Now, on the issue of Santorini, Marinatos did investigate the matter, but he could not prove himself based on the findings of the excavations in Thera that Atlantis was in the Aegean, on the part of the island that sank. Of course, he mentions this in his writings, he even says that Atlantis is still an enigma and that there is the problem of Atlantis. In other words, he was not sure. In Santorini in general, a lot of research has been done that continues to this day, remarkable findings have been found but they do not prove anything about Atlantis. Santorini has been explored for a century now, but it has not been proven that Atlantis was there. That is why I believe that the paraphilology about the existence of Atlantis in the area of ​​Santorini should stop or the other paraphilology that says that the eruption of the Santorini volcano created the flood that sank Atlantis. This is refuted by a simple fact, that the flood of Atlantis was global, had an effect on the whole Earth and for this reason refers in the same way to the mythologies of almost all civilized peoples. On the contrary, the eruption of the volcano of Thira created a tsunami that had devastating effects on the shores of the Aegean and in only one part of Crete, as has been proven so far by research. From the findings found in Santorini, a number of remarkable conclusions emerge: First, the exact date of the eruption of the Santorini volcano was determined, which according to the announcement made in 2006 was between 1627 and 1613 BC. Most of the finds were of Cretan-Minoan origin and it turned out that there were indeed clear trade relations between the inhabitants of Prehistoric Thira, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt and the Aegean islands, both before and after the volcano eruption.
I would also like to mention some other theories, not just with aliens, that have recently grown and placed Atlantis in incredible geographical locations, almost where archeological finds have been found, underwater or above ground. In fact, these theories try to match the geological and geometric elements of this space with the references to Plato, or misinterpret and distort these references to fit them into the existing space. I answer to all of them that the research has now focused on the Atlantic Ocean, starting from places where Cyclopean Walls and Pyramids have been found. The project is very difficult and expensive, but research must be funded, with the aim of modern submarines going down the rocks, excavating, cleaning them, stripping them of algae and mud, and studying them for inscriptions. wedged coins etc, an inscription for example in a strange language that mentions the word Atlantis or a coin with representations and symbols is proof of Atlantis. So far, however, nothing has been found and we remain in the indications. However, if something is found, the history of the world, the educational books and the relevant perceptions must change, the whole edifice on which our modern culture is based.

Some exhibits of the Atlantis Museum in Athens

18. Over the years you will have heard various theories about the lost continent. What's the weirdest theory you've ever heard and how do you respond to it?

The strangest theory I have heard is the extraterrestrial origin of the Atlantean civilization, according to others the extraterrestrial origin of the Greeks and the Atlanteans, others say that life itself has an extraterrestrial origin. Nor have they decided exactly what they support and want to say. These theories were started on a massive scale by Dainiken in the 1970s and 1980s. I can not imagine the aliens running with vaccines in their hands to change the barbaric people of Earth. The answer to Dainiken was given at that time by Vassilis Paschos, in a letter that was sent personally and which is published in the introduction of his first book "The Atlanteans, Mr. Dainiken and not the Gods". Dainiken responded to my father's letter and wrote "Give me time to study the issues you mention and I will answer you", but officially, no answer ever came. In the last decade, these theories have become even more numerous than in the time of Dainiken. Letters have been sent about interplanetary alien travels to Earth, about conflicts between aliens, and even median, supposedly gifted humans have appeared who can come into spiritual contact with extraterrestrial beings from the Constellation of Andromeda or from Sirius.
I consider all these fairy tales of Halima. I answer to all of them that civilization on Earth was self-sown (native), the primitive communities that emerged in many parts of the Earth evolved little by little, after many millennia, and each created its own level of civilization. From these, the Atlanteans stood out and developed their own culture because of their better geographical location and better climate they had.