One of the problems of searching for Atlantis is the public expectation. If you are looking for a lost civilization, you clearly must be looking for Atlantis. And if you want to get a network to cover part of the expedition tab, you need to be looking Atlantis as well. Most people will agree that Atlantis is the Holy Grail of archaeology discoveries – except for the Holy Grail itself. It sort of eclipses all other discoveries which is sort of sad.
The Pressure is On
As much as I would love to see Atlantis found, there are times that I wish that Plato had never planted the idea in our collective conscious. Archaeological discoveries could be made without the pressure of meeting the expectations of countless generations.
Let’s assume there was no original story to taint the pure search for discovery. How would we react to circular cities in Bolivia, Mexico, Spain, Africa, and North America? Wouldn’t people start to wonder if there was a connection? or maybe that there might be more that still needed finding? I really should get back to work!
