The Last Battle of Atlantis: Second Chronicle The Story of Atlandreous
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| ISBN-13: | 9781477293485 |
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| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication date: | 12/29/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 240 |
| File size: | 282 KB |
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The Last Battle of Atlantis
Second Chronicle The Story of AtlandreousBy Thomas D. Turner
AuthorHouse
Copyright © 2012 Thomas D. TurnerAll right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4772-9346-1
Chapter One
The Ultimate Discovery {Present Day}
"Yes! Where do we go now?" Duncan says in his sleep as he twists and turns.
Kyle, who is Duncan's assistant, goes into his tent and says, "Wake up Duncan. Wake up. You're having one of your dreams again. You told me to wake you up so you could remember what you were dreaming about."
Duncan comes back to a conscious state and says, "I'm having dreams again of the ancient city we've found. When I was in a coma last year, I dreamed and saw what this civilization went through. I am still living these ancient people's lives in my dreams. I can't believe I'm having these thoughts. Before the discovery of this ancient society, I never was in this frame of mind. The visions in my sleep must be my subconscious telling my conscious mind what I want to see."
Kyle sits on a chair and replies, "What you saw in your coma is what we are discovering right now. Your unconscious visions are correlating with our new discoveries. It can't be by chance that you are having these supernatural dreams. There has to be a reason. There are some things that just can't be explained, but, I believe you."
Duncan gets up from his cot and says, "I can't believe what is going on. I must be going mad. No one else is having these visions except me. I don't even want these dreams. I feel I have no privacy in my own mind. It is not a good feeling. Every time I close my eyes to sleep, I feel as if someone or something is hovering over my soul and putting things in my mind."
Kyle looks confused and asks, "What did you see this time?"
Duncan replies, "I saw an ancient city far from this land going through changes. There is something lost or forgotten every time I see this civilization. I feel as if a puzzle piece is missing. In our discovered ancient city here, we are going to have to decipher these ancient writings to fully understand this antediluvian society. It's destroying me. At this point, we are not even sure if this is a part of the Atlantean Empire or some other ancient civilization that no man knows about."
That same morning, the archeologists go to the ancient city inside the mountains of Spain. The teams of excavators have uncovered unbelievable treasures. The archeological find is breathtaking. It seemed a large empire placed all their treasures inside this mountain. The size of the city could not come up with this kind of wealth on its own. With the city being close to twelve thousand years old, the archeologists did not think gold and silver was worth anything to people during that particular time period.
Rachael is looking over some ancient writing inside the city and is still trying to decipher the text on the walls. She has fifty binders which she is using to relate back and forth. The excavators have been trying to understand the ancient writing for over a year. For Rachael, it has become an obsession. She does not want to let Duncan or herself down.
In one part of the city, there is a carving of a man standing with four cities surrounding him on a wall. To the archeologists, it seems to be a person which brought the civilization together. It is the only thing that makes sense to them. In the background of the picture, they find a bull's head. It seems to be the coat of arms of their civilization. A year ago, they found a silver plated breastplate with the same coat of arms. Time has almost erased all of the carved writing on the walls. To Duncan, this is something Plato wrote about in the Atlantean story. But a bull is a strong figure, and any society might have used it for their insignia.
As Kyle kneels down at the text writing, he points at an almost erased inscription.
Kyle says, "What if there are other cities like this one all around Europe."
Duncan replies, "If that's true, the undiscovered cities can explain what happened to this society. These texts may lead us to it. This methodical inscription and drawing can be a map. What about the writings in the religion hall? There is the same man there with a similar picture, but at a different point of the drawing. The picture could be the Straits of Gibraltar. If we can find the third point and use the point of this city, we may find another city which has not been discovered yet."
Kyle says, "In the main ancient library of this city, there is a picture of six mountains. There also seems to be a drawing of a large lake in the same illustration. It can be connected to what we might be looking for."
Duncan, Kyle, and Rachael go to the ancient library and look right at the picture on the wall. They see the image of six mountains and a large body of water near what seems to be a mountain range. In the picture, three mountains are together as brothers in the clouds. In the background, they can barely detect of a man's face. Right in the middle, there is a little dot which can be erosion or something the ancient people put there on the mountain. It is unclear to the archeologists.
They go up to Duncan's tent to use the internet to look up the sixth largest mountain in the world. The archeologists search all of Europe, but know it is not what they are looking for.
Duncan looks at the computer and says, "Rachael, look up the sixth largest mountain in Africa and see if there is a lake near it."
Rachael punches in the keys and a picture comes up. All of the archeologists get very excited. But at the same time, they know it may not be what they are looking for. It is still a long shot.
Kyle looks at the computer and says, "Look at Mount Stanley. The largest lake is Lake Victoria. This can't be right. Why there? I don't understand. This is where we should go next. It is something we should look into."
Duncan replies, "It is a very rich area. I am going to ask Callaway to see if he has any connections in Uganda."
The next couple of days, Duncan and his team look at the pictures on the ancient walls. They all come to the same conclusion that it is something to investigate. They know they have no choice but to go to Uganda. They have found the discovery of the century with the ancient city inside the mountain. In their little collective group, they call their ancient city in Spain, Naissance. With what they have found, it may lead them to another new site and discovery.
Mr. Callaway calls Duncan and tells him he knows the president of Uganda. He tells the archeologist they can go to the mountains of Rwenzori to find whatever they can. In the year two thousand ten,
Mr. Callaway helped in the relief fund which exceeded a half billion dollars from the United States to Uganda. The president of Uganda cannot say no. With all the publicity from Naissance, Duncan has become a very well respected archeologist, and the president of the African country is elated he is coming.
In the years past in Uganda, it was not safe for anyone to explore the region. Now, the nation is becoming a little more stable. The United States has given a great deal of aid to the country. Now, Westerners are able to enter the nation.
Two days later the archeologists are on a jet to an airport near the Rwenzori Mountains. When they arrived, they were welcomed by the Ugandan President. Duncan, Rachael, and Kyle get off the jet and shake the Ugandan President's hand. The archeologists are known as heroes of the world.
The Ugandan President says, "Thank you for coming to our country. I hope you find what you're looking for. I could have had my own people look for your discovery, but, I don't know where to start. If you find treasure, you will receive ten percent of the find. I hope we can put Uganda on the map and in good standings with the Western World."
Duncan replies, "This is just a hunch. I will do what I can. I will need guides and men for this expedition."
The Ugandan President says, "You will get whatever you need. Take your time. I will also send an armed escort with you to protect you. They will be at your disposal. Even though they are a part of our military, they will do as you say. The Democratic Republic of Congo is on the border where you are looking, but they are not as stable of a nation. It can be dangerous for you and your coworkers."
The next couple of days, the archeologists receive the supplies they need for a two month journey. Callaway is backing this expedition as well. The tycoon has sent some of his own men to help. It is summer in Africa, but at high altitude it still gets cold at night. The archeologists will not be carrying light on this expedition.
The Rwenzori Mountains are large and Duncan's teams are not accustomed to the harsh environment. The mountains are at high altitude and very cold.
After traveling as far as they can by jeep, they start to hike up the trails through the Rwenzori Mountains. After a couple of days, the altitude is affecting the explorers and it is becomes harder to breathe. The archeologists have to take more breaks during their journey.
After they reach their destination, they start to explore the rocky area. Because the air is thin, the teams cannot work for long periods of time. If something is here, there is a one in a million chance of finding anything. Duncan wonders if this is a wild gooses chase or if there is something underneath the snow which can never be found without decades of searching. It is a shot in the dark, but, the explorers are hoping to find something. The only good news about the region is that no one has looked in this area like this before. The only advantage for the explorers is that the earth is warming up and the snow and ice are subsiding. Yes, people have climbed the mountain region, but no one has gone on an archeological exploration to find anything from the past.
Duncan has over two hundred people to help him explore the mountains. Everyone goes in teams of five. They comb the mountain range searching for something unnatural. The teams have no earthly idea where to start. There is great deal of area to cover for two hundred people.
On the third day of the excavation, it is looking grim. The teams find only rocks. Because of this, it is easy to overlook something that can be important. On the fourth day, Duncan looks at Kyle as they look at the mountain peaks around their location. On this day, it is sunny, but cold at the same time. It is a beautiful landscape.
Duncan says, "If this is what heaven looks like, I will love the afterlife. We haven't found anything. It is a stunning view, but we are getting nowhere."
Kyle replies, "There is something here; I know it. The mountain range is spectacular. Over the last twelve thousand years, someone had to put something here for us to find."
Duncan says, "I am still having dreams of the civilization we found back in Spain. Arriving here, the dreams became more real and unusual. The ancient civilization to me seems as a school boy's dream with its opulence in culture. Imagine pure discipline, architecture, and striving to make mankind better as its main goals in life. It is not what we see today. Compared with today's society, mankind is totally selfish in its own gratification. In my dream culture, the society I see is totally superior to ours. The visions in my sleep are becoming more vivid. If Naissance is the beginning of the end, there has to be a true beginning. I feel we are near a real discovery, even more so than in what we found in the Mountains of Spain."
Days go by and nothing is uncovered. Nature is the enemy to the archeologists. Rachael goes to a base of a cliff on the mountain and looks at every stone formation. There is still nothing. The archeologists feel as if they have lost valuable time. Looking back at Naissance, they still have not broken the code of the ancient writing. They feel as if they should not have left Spain.
Two weeks into the expedition Kyle looks at the mountains around Stanley. His team sees Stanley and Speke and marvel of what nature has done. Over the fog, they know the Bujuku Valley is right below, full of life and vegetation.
From two different parts of the mountain side, Duncan looks at Kyle over the valley and talks on a walkie-talkie and says, "The snow from these mountains feeds into the Nile River. This is the beginning of life for the Egyptians. The civilization of the ancient Egyptians would have never happened if these mountains were not here. It is incredible what these mountains have done for mankind. Maybe they can give something else to man. It can show what there was before our written history."
Kyle pushes speak on the walkie-talkie and replies, "A city can't be inside these mountains. We are looking for something else other than a city."
Duncan is climbing a slope and pushes talk. "We may be looking for something these people wanted to keep from the rest of the world."
Rachael, talking on her walkie-talkie, says, "Duncan, you need to come over here quickly!"
Remembering where she is located, Duncan starts to climb the mountain side of Mount Stanley. It is not really steep, but yet is getting harder to climb. She is only about half a mile away, but it will take almost an hour to get to her position. There are jagged rocks, and she is on a steeper slope.
Kyle says to his team, "Here we go again. I know that certain tone of her voice. She found what we are looking for."
Kyle runs and climbs where Rachael is excavating. Kyle really hates his climb in the cold, but it is a discovery that he knows he cannot miss. He has to be there to see what she sees. In all, she has the gift of finding what most people overlook. Duncan can see Kyle from a distance, and they race each other to Rachael's location.
When they get there, only about ten people can safely stay on the edge of the mountain without falling off the cliff where Rachael is exploring. It is a ledge which has been carved out by man. It looks as if nature built it, but level. At the same time, there are clues man made an effort to chip away the mountain for construction of something, and it leads to a large rock formation. The carved stone is about six feet long and four feet wide. The stone has been there so long that dirt and dust has filled its cracks. A stone door totally fits the curvature of the mountain. Even from ten feet away, it is almost impossible to see it is man-made. The archeologists know they are going to have a difficult time removing the structure from the mountain. They do not know how far the stone goes into the man-made structure.
Duncan looks at the doorway and says, "Whoever did this took a great deal of effort to hide something. This is a remote area. With hundreds of men, it would have taken years of construction. Rachael, you've done it again. You have the gift that most of us don't have. I don't have this talent. There are no carvings on the rock. It is here to hide whatever is inside from the rest of the world. Even though I think this is linked to city of Naissance, the society made this very carefully to hide something. There is nothing here to show man even ventured into this area. If it was after the Ice Age, the people who built this here made sure it looked natural. It is something man thought impossible for the time period. There are details here which are not what we would have expected from any society twelve thousand years ago."
For the next couple of hours, the strongest people get on the ledge to try to force open the doorway. Duncan removes the dirt around the edges. It looks only two inches thick. Because the doorway is so perfectly made, the archeologists do not want to destroy it. They use ropes and pulleys to pry the door. After three hours, Duncan's teams are able to remove the structure to the right. They move the stone so only one person can go in one at a time. Moving the door anymore would make it go over the edge of the cliff.
Duncan looks at the doorway and says, "Rachael you have found what we couldn't. You should be the first to go in."
Rachael replies, "It is your expedition. I would not be here right now if it wasn't for you. You have taken me under your wing, and I can't do that because of the respect I have for you. It is yours to take."
Kyle looks at Rachael and says, "I agree with Duncan. Go in."
Rachael goes in the opening of the mountain. She is totally swept away with emotion. The hallway is completely carved in straight lines. Rachael cannot detect any chisel marks as she shines her flashlight. The hallway is seven feet high and eight feet wide. At the end there is another doorway twelve feet from the entrance, Duncan's teams go in one by one, and they take their equipment with them. The archeologists shine their flashlights on the second door and take their lanterns inside. On the stone walls inside, there are pictures of what is similar in Naissance. To the archeologists, the two sites are totally connected to one another.
The second door has been cracked by age, and is barely stable. Duncan gives the okay to pull it down. The doorway is three feet wide and six feet high. The archeologists can tell the door is only an inch and a half thick. They take their crowbars and shove it into the cracked door which is four and half feet from the ground. In one motion, the top of the door falls to the ground without injury to the excavators. Duncan shines his light into the cavity.
(Continues...)
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Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword/Author's Note....................ixChapter I The Ultimate Discovery....................1
Chapter II The Derivation....................15
Chapter III The Next Step....................22
Chapter IV The Vibrant City of Alnitak....................32
Chapter V Finding New Discoveries....................40
Chapter VI Committed to Responsibilities....................46
Chapter VII The Power of Adventure....................58
Chapter VIII Finding God....................66
Chapter IX For Your Kingdom....................72
Chapter X The Constellation of Antiquity....................85
Chapter XI Natures Intervention into Humanity....................98
Chapter XII The Empire of Tarentum....................111
Chapter XIII Planting the Seed to Destruction....................120
Chapter XIV Alnitak's Political Suicide....................125
Chapter XV The Stage that Changed the World....................136
Chapter XVI Finding the Truth....................143
Chapter XVII Fighting for Your Brothers in War....................148
Chapter XVIII It all Comes down to Numbers....................162
Chapter XIX Nobility of a King....................175
Chapter XX Coming Together as Warriors....................188
Chapter XXI The War that Ends all Wars....................196
Chapter XXII Finding Ones True Self....................215
Chapter XXIII Finding Who You Are....................225