- 1 How the bad times came. All summer long the sun was hidden behind the clouds, as if she did not want to see Irtha. There was a perpetual calm, and a damp mist hung like a wet sail over the houses and the marshes. The air became heavy and dusky and in men’s hearts there was neither joy nor cheerfulness.
- 2 In the midst of this silence Irtha began to tremble, as if she was dying: Mountains split open spewing fire and lava. The high lying lands sunk into her womb, and in low lying fields she raised mountains.
- 3 Aldland, called by the seafaring people, Atland, disappeared, and the wild waves rose so high over hills and dales that everything was buried in the sea. Our fellow men were swallowed up by the earth, and others who had escaped the fire perished in the floods.
- 4 Not only in Finda’s land did the earth vomited fire, but also in Twiskland. Whole forests were burned one after the other, and when the wind blew from that quarter our land was covered with ashes. Rivers changed their course, and at their mouths new islands were formed of sand and drift.
- 5 Irtha suffered for three years, when she recovered one could see her scars. Many countries were submerged, and new lands rose from the sea, and over half of Twiskland forests were destroyed.
- 6 Troops of Finda’s people came and settled in the now empty places. Our dispersed people were exterminated or made slaves. Then watchfulness was doubly impressed upon us, and time taught us that union is our greatest defense.
Aldland means old land. The location of Aldland is between Britain, Norway, and the Netherlands. It is known as Doggerland today (Ref 1). Doggerland is believed to have submerged completely around 6000 years ago. One hypothesis believe the melted ice capes sunk the island in a slow process. The writings of our Ancestors says, this happened rapidly in the course of three years and it happened around 4200 years ago.
In chapter two it discusses the vastness of the lands and how their land had 12 rivers and many small ones that only our ancestors could navigate. The dry riverbeds of Britain have been documented by Robert John Langdon and base on his findings he has filled the dry riverbeds on maps today to show us piece of what Aldland looked like (Ref 2). We also know that the 4.2ka bp event happened around this time (Ref 3). Plato almost 2 thousand years later describes the location of Aldland as being pass the straits of Gibraltar. In his tale of ancient history he says an island existed just outside the straits. after 2000 years some of the details would have been lost. Especially if those details were relied upon oral tradition. If you think about how the sailors would travel for trade to get to Lyda’s land from Doggerland you would find they would have to go through the straits of Gibraltar. Over time the entry way into the straits could have been mistaken for the location of Aldland.
“This power came forth out of the Atlantic Ocean, for in those days the Atlantic was navigable; and there was an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Heracles;” Plato’s Timaeus
What triggered the event that destroyed Aldland?
Evidence exist that the earth was hit with a series of meteors at that time (Ref 4-7). These meteor strikes happened across the globe all at once. These strikes caused massive earthquakes that lasted for a period of 3 years. In Aldland it seems that they were spared any meteor strikes or they would have wrote about it. They do mention how the sun was hidden behind the clouds. This could have been debris that was kicked up from the strikes. The earthquakes soon started after that. In chapter two it mentions that the sun rose and set closer to the north and south. Changing of the Earth’s orientation to the sun has been shown to be caused by Earthquakes. According to NASA, “The March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day and shifted its axis” (Ref 8). This was one huge earthquake think about what a series of huge earthquakes which caused volcanic eruptions would do to the Earth.
References:
- Doggerland – The Europe That Was
- Prehistoric Map Series of Wiltshire
- 4.2 kiloyear event
- Meteor clue to end of Middle East civilisations
- Massive Meteorite Pulled From Argentina Hole
- Meteorite craters in Australia
- AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT METEORITES OF CAMPO DEL CIELO
- Japan Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days, Moved Axis
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