Date: 19/8/04
Tourism Magazine of North Cyprus Sprint 2004 issue An American explorer has stated that Atlantis is located off the southern tip of Cyprus.
This presumption by Robert Sarmast, who introduces himself as a mythologist and antique age specialist, was outlined in his book Discovery of Atlantic published recently in the US. According to Sarmast, the located point exactly suits the descriptions of Atlantis made by the Greek philosopher Plato.
The basis of Sarmast’s theory is the belief that the Mediterranean basin experienced a ferocious flood with the collapse of the “Gibraltar” dyke separating the Mediterranean region from the Atlantic Ocean.
In the wake of this theory Cypriots say, “Of course we are the Atlantis; we are the oldest civilization in the world and descendants of King Atlas”.