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Atlantis Rising

James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici go on an adventure to find the lost city of Atlantis by using Greek philosopher Plato as a virtual treasure map.

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Simcha Jacobovici

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documentary, adventure, mystery

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National Geographic

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http://www.nationalgeographic.es/video/tv/el-resurgir-de-la-atlantida

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SIMCHA: So a few days
later, and with the help
of a few seasickness pills, - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: So a few days later, and with the help of a few seas...

3-500-years-ago-this-island-looked-much-different-than-today - Atlantis Rising

3-500-years-ago-this-island-looked-much-different-than-today

It had a round
shape with an opening
leading into the sea, - Atlantis Rising

It had a round shape with an opening leading into the sea,

At that time, Santorini
was inhabited by the
great Minoan civilization, - Atlantis Rising

At that time, Santorini was inhabited by the great Minoan ci...

But everything changed in 1550
BC when the volcano in the
center of the island erupted - Atlantis Rising

But everything changed in 1550 BC when the volcano in the ce...

So is Plato describing
Santorini, when
he writes of Atlantis? - Atlantis Rising

So is Plato describing Santorini, when he writes of Atlantis...

To answer this, I meet with
author, Charles Pellegrino. - Atlantis Rising

To answer this, I meet with author, Charles Pellegrino.

SIMCHA: Using drones,
Pellegrino's conducting a
survey of ash layers in the - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: Using drones, Pellegrino's conducting a survey ...

SIMCHA: Recreating the
events that led to the
volcano's collapse. - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: Recreating the events that led to the volcano's...

-Behind, is one of
the largest volcanic
calderas in the world. - Atlantis Rising

-Behind, is one of the largest volcanic calderas in the worl...

What existed on this island
before the eruption was a
mountain that was up to about - Atlantis Rising

What existed on this island before the eruption was a mounta...

In the experience of human
history, this would have
been the largest volcanic - Atlantis Rising

In the experience of human history, this would have been the...

A mass of rock, almost
equivalent to Mount Everest,
was blown into the atmosphere. - Atlantis Rising

A mass of rock, almost equivalent to Mount Everest, was blow...

The sky was darkened for
days and vast areas of the
planet experienced winter, - Atlantis Rising

The sky was darkened for days and vast areas of the planet e...

The eruption and the
earthquakes that accompanied
it created a mega tsunami, - Atlantis Rising

The eruption and the earthquakes that accompanied it created...

At the north coast of Crete,
the tsunami destroyed Minoan
coastal towns and obliterated - Atlantis Rising

At the north coast of Crete, the tsunami destroyed Minoan co...

The cloud of ash that spread
from the explosion was so hot
that people who stood on the - Atlantis Rising

The cloud of ash that spread from the explosion was so hot t...

Egyptian writings from that
time describe a huge shockwave
that destroyed houses, - Atlantis Rising

Egyptian writings from that time describe a huge shockwave t...

-This event was so huge that
there is no way that the
civilizations of the time, - Atlantis Rising

-This event was so huge that there is no way that the civili...

SIMCHA: So was the eruption
of Santorini the cataclysmic
event in Plato's story? - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: So was the eruption of Santorini the cataclysmic eve...

Are the Minoans the
long lost Atlanteans? - Atlantis Rising

Are the Minoans the long lost Atlanteans?

I travel with Charlie to
the only Minoan archaeological
site still standing - Atlantis Rising

I travel with Charlie to the only Minoan archaeological site...

It seems to match Plato's
description of a very advanced
Bronze Age civilization. - Atlantis Rising

It seems to match Plato's description of a very advance...

I'm amazed that we're
walking next to buildings
that are three-story high. - Atlantis Rising

I'm amazed that we're walking next to buildings th...

-The streets
are not that narrow, you've
got openness, open windows. - Atlantis Rising

-The streets are not that narrow, you've got openness, ...

I can see people's
homes, they're more
or less the same so, - Atlantis Rising

I can see people's homes, they're more or less the...

-These buildings are
built with a certain degree of
earthquake resistance in mind. - Atlantis Rising

-These buildings are built with a certain degree of earthqua...

You're saying that these
people are building earthquake
resistant buildings? - Atlantis Rising

You're saying that these people are building earthquake...

-Very similar to some of
the designs that we're
developing in Japan - Atlantis Rising

-Very similar to some of the designs that we're develop...

-As amazing as these
multi-story buildings are,
it's what's underneath them. - Atlantis Rising

-As amazing as these multi-story buildings are, it's wh...

-Toilets, the plumbing that
runs through these buildings
is of a sort that we didn't - Atlantis Rising

-Toilets, the plumbing that runs through these buildings is ...

If, for example,
at the time of the American
Revolution in Philadelphia, - Atlantis Rising

If, for example, at the time of the American Revolution in P...

-And here, 3,600 years
ago, these people have amazing
architecture, high technology, - Atlantis Rising

-And here, 3,600 years ago, these people have amazing archit...

We have aqueducts, hygiene,
open society, egalitarian, and
it's all destroyed overnight. - Atlantis Rising

We have aqueducts, hygiene, open society, egalitarian, and i...

-I would say to
a 99% probability
that this is a part of - Atlantis Rising

-I would say to a 99% probability that this is a part of

SIMCHA: So the Minoans were
a highly advanced civilization
that vanished due to a natural - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: So the Minoans were a highly advanced civilization t...

I'm not sure so I
check in with the boss. - Atlantis Rising

I'm not sure so I check in with the boss.

Uh, I did spent some time with
Charlie on Santorini, and I
wanted to report back because, - Atlantis Rising

Uh, I did spent some time with Charlie on Santorini, and I w...

It was destroyed pretty much
overnight, but Plato says they
came from the West and they - Atlantis Rising

It was destroyed pretty much overnight, but Plato says they ...

It's more like he's describing
tsunamis, and earthquake,
and sinking, and mud. - Atlantis Rising

It's more like he's describing tsunamis, and earth...

JAMES (through computer):
This gets to the kind of
the fundamental question of - Atlantis Rising

JAMES (through computer): This gets to the kind of the funda...

I, I feel that it's a
parable, it's a moral
and ethical parable, - Atlantis Rising

I, I feel that it's a parable, it's a moral and et...

I don't question that
Plato wanted to use
it for some purpose, - Atlantis Rising

I don't question that Plato wanted to use it for some p...

He talks about
a civilization, and there
must be a point of origin. - Atlantis Rising

He talks about a civilization, and there must be a point of ...

-There's Malta out there.
There's Sardinia.
I want to keep going West. - Atlantis Rising

-There's Malta out there. There's Sardinia. I want...

SIMCHA: I now sail West from
Santorini to the next prime
candidate for Atlantis, - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: I now sail West from Santorini to the next prime can...

Like many others, Peter, our
Maltese boat captain, believes
that his homeland is Atlantis. - Atlantis Rising

Like many others, Peter, our Maltese boat captain, believes ...

Now that's only possible
if Malta was a lot bigger. - Atlantis Rising

Now that's only possible if Malta was a lot bigger.

PETER: Well, Malta was
definitely much larger in
the not so distant past. - Atlantis Rising

PETER: Well, Malta was definitely much larger in the not so ...

If we take this table
as an example, if we took
Malta and put Malta there, - Atlantis Rising

If we take this table as an example, if we took Malta and pu...

-If you look around the
Maltese Islands, there are
areas where you can actually - Atlantis Rising

-If you look around the Maltese Islands, there are areas whe...

You've got a ridge here
across which is really
shallow with depths of as - Atlantis Rising

You've got a ridge here across which is really shallow ...

-In your mind there's
no question that this shallow
area was once above water? - Atlantis Rising

-In your mind there's no question that this shallow are...

-Definitely, something
cataclysmic must have
happened in the past. - Atlantis Rising

-Definitely, something cataclysmic must have happened in the...

SIMCHA: Suddenly, incredible. - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: Suddenly, incredible.

Oh this is magical. - Atlantis Rising

Oh this is magical.

We dock in Gozo, one
of the five islands
that make up Malta. - Atlantis Rising

We dock in Gozo, one of the five islands that make up Malta.

Right away, Peter
takes me to the cliffs. - Atlantis Rising

Right away, Peter takes me to the cliffs.

He wants to show me more
evidence that Malta was
once a much bigger island. - Atlantis Rising

He wants to show me more evidence that Malta was once a much...

He starts with mysterious
tracks called cart ruts that
criss-cross the entire island. - Atlantis Rising

He starts with mysterious tracks called cart ruts that criss...

-Well, as you can see
these are clearly man-made
ruts, which were hewed - Atlantis Rising

-Well, as you can see these are clearly man-made ruts, which...

They put large stones,
round stones, very good
stones in the ruts. - Atlantis Rising

They put large stones, round stones, very good stones in the...

Then, they would put the
large boulders on top
of the spheres and push, - Atlantis Rising

Then, they would put the large boulders on top of the sphere...

When I heard about ruts,
I thought we're dealing with
some scratches in the stone, - Atlantis Rising

When I heard about ruts, I thought we're dealing with s...

-It's probable that, uh, there
was a large civilization
that lived on a - Atlantis Rising

-It's probable that, uh, there was a large civilization...

SIMCHA: 6,000 years ago, the
cart ruts seem to have been - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: 6,000 years ago, the cart ruts seem to have been

DAPHNE: The oldest
part of this building
dates to 2600 BC, - Atlantis Rising

DAPHNE: The oldest part of this building dates to 2600 BC,

We think that the
main function of these
sites was sacred. - Atlantis Rising

We think that the main function of these sites was sacred.

SIMCHA: The advanced
architecture on an island that
has been partially submerged, - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: The advanced architecture on an island that has been...

I now go to what seems to be
an even older structure to
learn about the people who - Atlantis Rising

I now go to what seems to be an even older structure to lear...

It's amazing to me that
they built all this, without
the wheel, without any, uh, - Atlantis Rising

It's amazing to me that they built all this, without th...

-We do have remains here
and there of rounded stones,
which could have been used to - Atlantis Rising

-We do have remains here and there of rounded stones, which ...

-We know that the
culture stopped suddenly
in around 2500 BC. - Atlantis Rising

-We know that the culture stopped suddenly in around 2500 BC...

-No, there is no indication
of any weapons at all and
there is really no - Atlantis Rising

-No, there is no indication of any weapons at all and there ...

SIMCHA: The high technology
and the sudden disappearance
fits the story of Atlantis but - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: The high technology and the sudden disappearance fit...

So, I decide to
keep heading West. - Atlantis Rising

So, I decide to keep heading West.

According to Plato, Atlantis
is buried beneath water and
mud at the western end of the - Atlantis Rising

According to Plato, Atlantis is buried beneath water and mud...

-This is the absolute
most sophisticated
search for Atlantis. - Atlantis Rising

-This is the absolute most sophisticated search for Atlantis...

SIMCHA: As I sail west from
Malta, Professor Richard Freund
is exploring an area just past - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: As I sail west from Malta, Professor Richard Freund ...

-There's three rules to
archaeology: location,
location, location. - Atlantis Rising

-There's three rules to archaeology: location, location...

If you're looking for a place
that has specific coordinates,
either in literature or in - Atlantis Rising

If you're looking for a place that has specific coordin...

SIMCHA: After years
of research, he believes that
the search for Atlantis begins - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: After years of research, he believes that the search...

SIMCHA: To find the lost city,
he's gathered some of the
best divers and marine - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: To find the lost city, he's gathered some of th...

BILL: I have no doubt
that there are vast areas that
were once inhabited by people - Atlantis Rising

BILL: I have no doubt that there are vast areas that were on...

-The evidence is really what
people want to hear about. - Atlantis Rising

-The evidence is really what people want to hear about.

They don't want to hear about
the theories, they don't want
to hear about just geophysics, - Atlantis Rising

They don't want to hear about the theories, they don�...

Plato is writing in a very
specific time period, so when
he says that Atlantis was - Atlantis Rising

Plato is writing in a very specific time period, so when he ...

We're right in front of
the Strait of Gibraltar,
the Pillars of Hercules. - Atlantis Rising

We're right in front of the Strait of Gibraltar, the Pi...

SIMCHA: In order to identify
promising locations, Freund and
his team deploy a special - Atlantis Rising

SIMCHA: In order to identify promising locations, Freund and...

From my view, the smoking
gun, would be, ancient, - Atlantis Rising

From my view, the smoking gun, would be, ancient,

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James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici go on an adventure to find the lost city of Atlantis by using Greek philosopher Plato as a virtual treasure map.

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Director: Simcha Jacobovici

Writer: Simcha Jacobovici, Georgeos Díaz-Montexano

Production: National Geographic

Genre: documentary, adventure, mystery

Year: 2017

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 29 Jan 2017

Awards: N/A

Homepage: http://www.nationalgeographic.es/video/tv/el-resurgir-de-la-atlantida