"For centuries, the Aegean figure in the world of mythology." "Through the myths, we recall old memories and our origins." "We imagine cities destroyed thousand years before we were born." "Anchored in Dhia, an arid island north of Crete ..." "Calypso II will make a great journey through time." "It started with an aerial photograph." "I had already found the Atlantis legend elsewhere." "My son, Philippe, traveled to the Azores, Coco Islands, Bimini ... and other places to investigate whether one of them was the site of Atlantis." "But when I examined photos and saw the form of finger ... which was revealed in the St. George bay waters ..." "I could not imagine where it would lead me." "I did not suspect that it would embark on a new challenge ... following a myth clueless or star help." "I would go out in search of the civilization of Atlantis ... which many believe to have been swallowed by the sea." "The ODYSSEY OF JACQUES COUSTEAU" "Aimed at those who are fighting to preserve life on our planet." "CALYPSO PROCURA POR ATLANTIS PARTE I" "As the Earth's history, human history is full of mysteries." "A rock sculpted in an uninhabited area ... a town whose life was preserved in volcanic ash forever ... a ruin or a ship swallowed by the sea." "We insist on answers, whether true or fanciful." "In the clear waters of the Bahamas, next to Florida ..." "Cousteau and his crew find the two types of response." "Under the wings of the plane ... the small round island looks like a stain on the ocean." "Here, the sandbanks are always changing so ... changed by tides and currents." "Here we see a coral reef range." "By the side of the plane, Philippe notices a strange image." "It is a geometric pattern similar to old drawings ... that some believe were signs into space." "But the dotted lines are just holes explosions ... made during oil explorations." "A blue hole, which is sometimes described as unattainable ... but that does not pass 100-120 meters deep ..." "It was shot by Dr. David Zink, historian and explorer." "Now they approach the place you came to know ... the waters around Bimini Island." "The strange inverted "J" is called Bimini Road." "Although we think that most of the structure and its surroundings ... should be hidden in the sand background ... more than 500 meters, the equivalent of five football fields ..." "It is clearly defined." "It is a puzzle unanswered." "Turning into the wind ..." "Philippe makes the reconnaissance aircraft of World War II ... land directly above the inverted "J"." "At sea, the versatile seaplane becomes the headquarters ... aquatic exploration." "With co-driver Michael Sullivan and other members of the group ..." "Philippe exchange the aviator outfit for diving equipment." "Now, they descend straight from the seaplane." "Led by Dr. Zink, swimming the warm, shallow waters ... de 4,5 m de profundidade... and arrive at the Bimini Road." "Some believe it is a fragment of Atlantis ... with which the Egyptians and the pre-Columbian cultures ... learned to build pyramids." "Who believe that the road is a megalithic construction ... the history of the beginning states that only a developed culture ..." "I could carve the sides of rocks 15 tons ... to form a floor ... which has no natural relation to the bedrock." "But the road sample analysis and bedrock ..." "It shows that they are composed of the same type of sinter." "Even if not Atlantis, the structure is guarded by ... poisonous fish camouflaged among the rocks." "Later, the wing of the plane, Philippe and Dr. Zink ... discuss possible explanations for the structure." "What do you think that is?" " A megalithic construction." " What is this?" "It comes from "big stones" in Greek." "There megalithic sites in Europe, as ... o Karnak, o Brittany e o Stonehenge, na Inglaterra." "It was a people who had ..." "I still have no proof ... but I suspect that these people had astronomical knowledge." "It was a people who could move 15 tons of rocks ... and they were organized enough to carry this project out." "Many people lived in this region, but this pattern is not related ... to any of those cultures." "We had many problems with compasses underwater." "I think that some energy is affecting the magnetic field." "I do not know what it is, but ..." "Are you absolutely sure ... this is not a natural formation?" "It's the only thing I'm sure of." " Sim." " Sim." "My point is morphological, deals with the structure and standards." "In nature, it is very rare that joins ending abruptly." "It would be logical if it were a natural formation ... beach rock, there was ... a more substantial connection with the bedrock." "And as you can see, it does not." "There are small stones support, leaving a space between the rocks." "Horseshoe, of course ..." "It is facing the northeast." "You saw the extent that transforms it into horseshoe." "It changes the shape of inverted "J" for a horseshoe ... or a hair clip facing the northeast." "This is where there is a fracture ... and here there is a transition ..." "Large rocks to small." "Yes, five on each side." "There are 14 stones here-five here." "But here there are six stones." "And after six." "Do you think it possible that Plato has invented all this?" "Everything is possible." "But ..." "In times of trouble ... in times when we are concerned with the present and the future ... it's nice to imagine a golden age." "It's nice, psychologically." "It's a rationalization." "That's one interpretation." "But there are other." "What would be the impact if it was found?" "The impact would be ..." "Who is interested in Atlantis ..." "It is attracted by the impact that it would cause." "The impact would be, I assume ..." ""Be careful, you can also sink." "Even an advanced civilization may fail. "" "Although there are many versions, the legend comes from Plato ... who spoke of a prosperous land, beyond the Pillars of Hercules." "The capital was crossed by canals and its people was noble and wise." "And everything was destroyed and engulfed by the sea in one day." "Modern analyzes of maps not found indications ... but Cousteau says he has looked for Atlantis in several places." "Easter Island to the south, and the Coco Islands, north ..." "They may be fragments of a continent called Mu ... another variant of the Atlantis legend." "Bimini in western Atlantic ... and the Canary Islands, Africa." "The Azores ... and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco." "Heligoland, near Germany, in the North Sea." "The island of Crete in the Mediterranean." "All of them have been considered as the paradise described by Plato." "But the legends sometimes originate on real events." "Myths are meant to strengthen us against adversity." "On the north coast of Crete, every January 6 ... the inhabitants of Heraklion follow the priests in procession ... and participate in an annual ritual." "Near the Calypso and stone pier ... the procession is approaching from the beach." "There, they shoot the holy cross in the water and then recover ... celebrating the communion of the people with the sea, prior to Christianity." "A few kilometers away, the modern port ... the ruins of the Great Palace of Knossos are silent." "But this was once the center of a famous civilization." "Aqui, a partir de 3.000 A. C... the Minoans kings ruled for 1,500 years the eastern Mediterranean." "The strange thing is that there was no safe haven ... along the coast punished by the Meltemi, the wind northeast." "As a sailor, Cousteau finds this incredible paradox." "It needs a safe haven to conquer the ocean." "But where?" "On the island 10 kilometers away?" "Visited only by fishermen ... or the priest who celebrates Mass once a year ..." "Dhia is silent and uninhabited." "Cousteau notes the bays south and opposite the wind ... and thinks boats would have found refuge there since antiquity." "As soon as the Calypso anchors, divers are preparing ... for the first exploratory dive." "They hope that history has left marks on the seabed." "Albert Falco, chief diver, is enthusiastic." "On a dive near the island a few years ago ... he saw a copper plate near an ancient submerged gallery." "Another observer awaiting the outcome with Cousteau." "It is Dr. Kritsas, archaeologist and representative of the Greek government." "Almost immediately, 30 meters deep ... the lights begin to reveal an underwater world of artifacts." "There are a variety of ceramic objects and other debris ... accumulated in centuries of trade, war and wrecks." "Lonely and elegant, a coffee pot shines in the light." "Everywhere, vases and amphorae dating to the Roman era ..." "They are half buried in the ocean floor sediment." "On the surface, the divers return to Calypso." "Even from a distance, the boat deck ... they do not seem to bring bad news." "When the boat is approaching ..." "Falco logo confirms suspicions Cousteau ... on the use of Dhia as a refuge for boats." "Falco did not find the gallery who wanted to ... but he speaks of found treasures." "Numerous amphoras and other ceramic objects, many intact." "Immediately, Cousteau joins the search." "Accompanied by Falco, it descends into soucoupe ... the diving bell ... to increase the range of the first recognition." "At 36 meters deep, we saw the background ... the coagulated charge of a Roman shipwreck ..." "Dating 1 DC" "Nearby, there is a more recent relic." "A rusty anchor, perhaps lost during the siege of Crete." "In each bay, ceramic reefs mark the location of other shipwrecks." "Indeed, for a period of at least two thousand years ..." "Dhia was the maritime crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean." "As aerial views sometimes reveal old ways ... or not visible structures floor ... an electric camera is attached to the base of the helicopter ... to film a sequence of vertical images of the island." "Seen from above, the Rocky Mountains and cliffs of Dhia ..." "They seem to have little connection to the myth of Atlantis." "In this inhospitable region, the remains of ancient walls and structures ... now just keep the void." "Among the rocks grows a thin vegetation." "Almost is not enough to feed the kri-kri ... an endangered species of wild goats ... brought to the island in an attempt to retrieve it." "Now, for the first time in St. George's Bay ..." "Cousteau see the vague and milky contours of the ocean floor ... that emerges from the peninsula." "With Falco and Carcopino camera in the recreation area of ​​the ship ..." "Cousteau can join photos helicopter ... and forming a similar image with a mosaic of the island." "But while joining the parts of the landscape ... appearing in photographs ..." "Cousteau can not forget the enigmatic image ... below the St. George's Bay." "What is this?" "A natural phenomenon?" "The contours are very regular." "Increasingly, Cousteau is convinced that the structure ..." "It was built by human hands." "Again, I enter this familiar and strange world." "It's a world of sensory distortions." "Here, it is easy to believe in myths." "After passing through an area full of algae ... we are sure that this is not a natural formation." "But what could be the function of a submerged mountain ... measuring up to 20 meters tall at its far end?" "I think the wall was above sea level, in the past." "According to modern calculations, the level of the Mediterranean ..." "It was three to four meters lower than now." "The lot was built with rocks and stones common." "Everywhere, we see cut stone blocks ... that have no function ... and whose presence so far from the coast seems inexplicable." "Bernard and I swim through the side wall ... and stopped briefly in a depression that interrupts the slope." "Finally, we went up to the flat top of the hill ... just three meters from the surface." "Suddenly, it all becomes clear." "We are in the middle of a large pier round." "At his side and in nearby waters ... the harbor was full of large merchant ships ... and galleys of dozens of nations." "On these stones, men of Egypt, Syria, Macedonia and Sicily ..." "They worked, traded, played and talked." "Even should share a vocabulary of a few words." "This warehouse, whose wall measure ..." "It was filled with cotton fiber bales ... and rows of amphorae filled with oil, wine, dried meat and spices." "This was surely one of the ancient crossroads." "Here, atariam a boat for the crew consertasse its hull." "He would be brought by this ramp-shaped V ... a groove in which the boats were removed from the water for repair." "Such a port belong to a big city." "There would be a wall against the pirates who infested the seas." "I'm imagining or is it true?" "Does desire to build a myth?" "Return to the surface." "Based on Mosaic, Cousteau prepared a map ... showing the port and the fortified wall that hardly see anymore." "Does the port was destroyed by the eruption of Thera legendary ... which some believe have caused the fall of Minoan Crete?" "Maybe." "But there is no evidence that existed at Knossos Dhia time." "To speed the search, a new boat is added ... the fleet auxiliary Calypso." "The diving platform, Ulysse ... baptized by Ms. Cousteau in an appropriate ceremony." "Later, with the flag, the boat departs on her maiden voyage ... to the location of his first mission." "In one of the most systematic ... underwater excavations ever made ..." "Cousteau and Kritsas selected an area of ​​10 square meters ... near the sunken harbor pier." "Guided by Bernard Delemotte, divers prepare the area." "They put stakes at the corners to mark the boundaries with ropes." "To mark more accurately the location of artifacts found ... the enclosure will be divided into 25 smaller pieces ... each with two square meters." "The area is ready to be scooped ... and a large structure with two triangular supports ..." "It is placed in position on the seabed." "The cameras will slip through the bars and take stereoscopic photographs ... each stage of the excavation." "Aboard the Ulysse, divers prepare." "This time, rather than individual air tanks ... they will use a hookah, a system of hoses ... which divers receive air from a common source ... fed by a compressor." "Soon, they forget the complaints and the suction pipe down." "The group prepares to dive on the desktop." "Divers exchange's feet-duck for a lower pair." "It will thus be easier to walk through the area of ​​the excavation." "To combat the tendency to float ... and jump while riding ... each man uses a 10 kilos of weight to keep it in the background." "After giving the signal to the surface, suceuse is connected." "Carefully remove the divers ... the top layer of sediment with suction pipe." "Nothing can be removed or disturbed ... without the prior permission of the representative of the Greek government." "To recover all the little artifacts ..." "The pellet and water pass through a filter in the diving platform." "For each 30-cm layer of 28 cubic meters sand is sieved." "The days pass and the first layer is removed slowly." "Impatient, Cousteau goes to the excavation know ... because the process is not going faster." "In fact, it knows that the answer is obvious." "In the middle of the presence of strangers, small schools come and go." "A little further, the maritime balance be like a flower in the wind." "Slowly, objects emerge from oblivion for centuries." "They are labeled, cataloged, photographed and drawn." "Meanwhile, the fish overcame fear ... and examine marine organisms brought by suceuse." "They are making a feast." "After the layer 30 is removed cm ... a new layer filled with objects appears." "The history speaks through the clay language." "The clay was molded for common use, without imagining that in 500 years ... or five thousand other men would play and reflect on it." "Would give the objects an importance that was not anticipated." "The cameras record a visual daily increasing." "The lines of the structure, photographed by stereoscopic cameras ... as the minutes and centuries in which we divide the time ... now framing the past." "Each piece brought to the surface, broken or whole ..." "It is measured, cataloged and photographed again ..." "Dr. Kritsas and his assistant." "Objects have curious monograms ... or insignia engraved on clay." "Kritsas copy the symbols for further analysis ... by himself and other experts." "Very close, his assistant prepares a drawing." "Accompanied by Bernard Delemotte, Cousteau visits the coast group." "It is a paradox that each discovery brings a new mystery." "Now showing brought artifacts from the excavation at bay ..." "Kritsas and Delemotte explain that everything was found ... on a gravel bed that covers the entire excavation ... e que serve para dividir as zonas entre as eras." "With rare exceptions, the objects recovered above the gravel ..." "They belong to the Byzantine period of the Christian era ... as jars with various filtering system." "But if there are objects of the oldest cultures ..." "They are buried in the sediment from the bottom." "During the excavation, a pile of debris and rock grows at his side." "Most of it has no special meaning." "Cousteau is impressed by the number of building rocks ..." "It is discovered." "He tries to imagine that natural disaster ..." "I could have taken them as far away from the coast." "As well as the famous Greek archaeologist Marinatos ..." "It found evidence of a tsunami on the coast of Crete ... he thinks that an earthquake is not an adequate explanation." "A growing number of amphorae, bowls and vases ..." "It is sent to the surface in baskets." "On board the dive boat, pots and shards are separated ... and then clean the fouling sponges and other organisms." "Examining recently recovered artifacts with Delemotte ..." "Kritsas explains that each layer excavated ... they are the oldest objects." "At first, most of the objects was Byzantine ... and now they are Egyptians or Romans." "To find one or two pieces of the Greek classical period ... do século 5 A.C." "It is obvious that the pots represent a transitional period of the culture." "But there was no sign of Minoan artifacts." "Hawks dominate the skies of Dhia." "This is the illusion of them." "In fact, the hawks are an endangered species." "As the goats kri-kri, they were introduced by man." "For being contradictory, man builds shrines to their victims." "But there is no sanctuaries to protect him from his own folly." "When I see this arid landscape that was once green ..." "I can not believe that man is responsible for such desolation." "I think of the legend of the sudden destruction of Athens ... and the belief of some experts that the Minoan civilization in Crete ..." "It was perhaps the model, 900 years before Plato ... to Atlantis he described." "For now, the excavation revealed nothing ... establishing that the port of Dhia at the time of the Minoans." "In the St. George Bay background, the excavation is ending." "After weeks of work ... and to dig three meters of old layers ... divers are reaching a solid bedrock." "It is here, in the deepest part ... the first evidence of the ancient origins of Dhia are found." "Through a glass belonging to the Minoan era." "It is the most important artifact found in the area." "Later, after the suceuse back ... and Dr. Kritsas authenticated the period ..." "Minoan several pieces were found." "Not many, because at that time ... men threw away less waste than later civilizations ... who created the concept of "planned obsolescence."" "At a time when the world was dominated by the masters of the sea ... the Minoan Crete controlled the Mediterranean ... from Sicily to the Middle East." "A simple glass confirmed that even in the time of the Minoans ... o porto de Dhía era crucial para Creta." "On dry land ..." "Cousteau and Kritsas are shards of objects from various eras ... and obsidian, valuable material for ancient peoples ... in the making of tools and weapons." "But if Dhia was a port and military outpost ... for the Minoans kings at Knossos and Crete ... will the stone blocks in the St. George Bay background ..." "They indicate that a natural disaster left Crete vulnerable ... and caused their sudden decline?" "Does Atlantis was the Minoan Crete?" "Maybe." "But there is a problem." "Unlike Atlantis, Crete was not swallowed up by the sea." "We are on top of a desert island, you know?" "It's amazing to find so much among the ruins." "Who could have built here?" "Many of these stones would be higher in the past." "I think that big, flat rock formidable." " You think it's not natural?" " I think it's unnatural." "I think it was positioned and cut." "Looking at this desert, I can not help ... to be amazed." "I'm impressed." "Near Crete we found evidence of civilization, but no vegetation." "You think it was always like this?" "Do not." " I do not think." " No." "I would like to have seen her in antiquity." "Even in the model ... the palace of Knossos has an impressive grandeur." "For 1500 years, the Minoans lived in a sophisticated culture ... long before the birth of Greece." "In these porches and terraces, these courtyards and staircases ..." "He walked the aristocracy of a rich and talented civilization ... but it would be forgotten for two thousand years." "Here they were born the legends of the bulls worshipers ... the Theseus victory on the Minotaur ... and his escape through the maze of the palace ... guided by Ariadne's thread." "Perhaps it was here that the Atlantis legend was born ... as there are many similarities with Crete." "Knossos was a silent ruin, unknown ... until the British archaeologist, Evans ..." "He began excavating the palace at the beginning of the last century." "But what might have precipitated their destruction?" "All civilizations, like humans, get sick and die." "Either by diseases of old age, by his own arrogance ... or, as in the legend of Atlantis, by a natural calamity." "Today we have clear evidence." "Volcanic ash on the seafloor, structures taken away ... even the biblical tales of plagues and disasters." "The eastern Mediterranean was swept by a huge cataclysm ... no século 15 A.C." "To unravel the mystery, the Calypso travel farther through the Aegean ... to the island which was destroyed ... the largest explosion ever happened on earth." "How large rocks scattered by the sea ... the Greek islands still remind us of the changes in Western myths." "Here, Theseus killed the Minotaur and Icarus flew too close to the sun." "Here, Ulysses won storms to return to Ithaca ... fighting against the will of God of the oceans, Poseidon." "Today, a gentler God rules the seas." "Over the cliffs and headlands of deserted islands ... men placed symbols of a new protective deity." "Near the church, we see the traces of the past." "In the landscape, rock piles show the difficult beginning of the story." "They are destroyed stage dramas that we can hardly imagine." "Under the sea, we find mysterious ways ... and loads of shipwrecks." "Beneath the surface, there are sarcophagi ... that were never occupied." "Here, the columns of a temple that was never built." "And Atlantis?" "It will is also in the Aegean fund?" "It is a city sought since Plato described." "Is it just fiction?" "Or is the blurred memory of a remote event ... modified by human imagination?" "The ODYSSEY OF JACQUES COUSTEU" "Dedicated to all who iutam to preserve life is not planet." "With the Calypso anchored in Psira Island, north of Crete ..." "Cousteau looking for evidence to prove or disprove ... academic theories that Atlantis was part of the Minoan Civilization." "View of the helicopter, Psira is a barren wasteland." "It is hard to imagine ever had green forests ... and that these Minoan ruins ..." "It may have been part of Atlantis that Plato described." "For 1500 years, the Minoan art and commerce dominated the Mediterranean." "In the 15th century A. C, the Minoan Empire went into a rapid decline." "Because?" "What weakened Crete ... for it to be dominated by the Greeks from the mainland?" "Psira being one of the few shelters for ships ... na north coast of Crete ..." "Cousteau hopes that the waters around it provide some clues." "Diver Patrick Delemotte helps you get dressed." "Cousteau calls it his favorite butler." "Cousteau and his companions, Raymond Coll and Ivan Giacoletto ..." "They are preparing to make the submarine recognition." "With a camera to record your findings ... they dive alongside the peninsula ... um ossudo finger seems not entering the sea." "The view from the helicopter looked interesting ... but we were not prepared for this stunning image." "Throughout platform downward, perpendicular to the coast ... there is a wall marked by irregular bays of shellfish ... measuring 91 meters long and 27 meters wide." "In fact, it is an immense deposit of ceramic articles ... formed by thousands of vases, bowls and cups." "Some are loose, but most are cemented ... in a large mass, by chemical action of sea water." "What could have heaped such quantities of pottery?" "Many are still intact and perfect, like this simple glass." "Only later, when I remembered the bays that left the wall ..." "I thought there may have been a row of old ships ... each carrying jars, where traders took ... oils, wines, spices and other valuable products at the time." "After sinking, the load kept the hull contours ... while the timber ship rotted and disappeared." "But why dozens of ships loaded ... sink next to each other, as if they were anchored?" "And what is the significance of scattered rocks we find?" "I was increasingly confused when I saw another creature." "A aplysia, or hare-fish ... a large shellfish shucked." "He soon came to play with this stranger ... but did not give me any answers." "Still thinking about the mysteries of the ceramic wall ..." "Cousteau returned to Calypso." "The chief diver Albert Falco ... he describes the incredible accumulation of artifacts ... found beneath the hull Calypso." "Some vessels can be removed easily ... but most jars and cups are molded to the rigid stack." "A piece of the conglomerate was brought to the boat for inspection." "Although the vivid colors of seaweed will fade ..." "Cousteau believes that the fragment will be an interesting part ... it reveals the conditions under which the artifacts were removed from the sea." "Lazaros farmer com ... archaeologist and representative of the Greek government ..." "Cousteau shows the position of the material ... and talk about the mystery of the wall." "Beautiful, but the rocks ..." "It's all mixed." "Turn it over, please." "They were well on the seabed." " It will be interesting in a museum." " Very interesting." "Stunned by the discovery of this immense deposit ..." "Colonus suggests that the vessels were thrown into the sea for years ... by the inhabitants of the peninsula." "But Cousteau disagrees because the vessels are offshore." "Had they been there, they would be there." "They were not there, but here." "With Colonus and John Mark Ulerus, a young interpreter ..." "Cousteau explores the site of the ancient port city ... that existed on this peninsula." "Increasingly, ... you agree Cousteau with the opinion of scholars like Frost, Luce ..." "Galanopoulos e Marinatos ... who say that the collapse of the Minoan empire ... and the evidence of widespread destruction ... throughout the eastern Mediterranean are related ... geological disasters." "By everywhere, next to Baia peninsula na ..." "There Minoan ruins of small houses." "About three meters." "Come here." "Two meters." "Why houses are so small and narrow?" "Colonus explains that both at home and in workplaces ... a group of small rooms have more stability." "It is typical of the time." "This huge wall is not very thick, but is long." "And sits high." "What is this?" "It's an entire building." "It is part of the upper part of town." "Around the palace, there were houses and warehouses." "The villas and commerce surrounded the palace." "But it's all fallen and ruined." "I think I can imagine what happened here ... and throughout the Mediterranean." "The biggest problem of Crete ..." "It is that the ocean is stirred by the northern winds." "The sea is angry on the north coast, where there are few shelters." "Small boats of antiquity sought refuge in Dhia ... or Psira here as the Calypso, for example." "I imagine there were dozens of ships ... anchored in this bay, one beside the other." "Suddenly, when he began the explosion in Santorini ... there was a tsunami ... and I imagine that Essa giant wave, 100 meters ... has swept all the inhabitants ... dragging their homes to the sea ... and sinking all the vessels at the same time." "I can imagine this catastrophe." "All Minoans boats, all the old ships ..." "They sank in the Mediterranean on this tsunami." "If the Minoan Civilization was even Plato's Atlantis ..." "Puzzle solving your spoiled ... perhaps 121 kilometers north of Crete ... on the island, sometimes called Santorini ... but better known as Thera." "Again, the helicopter takes off to recognize the area." "From the air, Thera looks like the pieces of a glass spread over 16 km." "Only remaining fragments of the island that emerged around 1450 BC .." "in what was perhaps the loudest explosion of the Earth." "Around the boiler, where there was a mountain ... the interior of the cliffs reveal layers of tephra ... volcanic pumice and ash were deposited ... when more than 208 cubic km of this material took to the air ... and it was spread throughout the eastern portion of the Mediterranean basin." "From the coast, a long way cemented ... skirts the cliff for almost two kilometers ... to the small village of Thera, at the top." "Without water and dependent on the accumulated precipitation in tanks ... the inhabitants of Thera not have large plantations ... and depend on the sediment ... left by eruptions and earthquakes that still plague the island." "Lot of this material was carried by ships ... in 1860, for the construction of the Suez Canal." "Since ancient times, the cliffs served as shelter ... for people to build housing and warehouses ... carving caves on the surface of the pumice." "In the center of the boiler, the Kameni islands ..." "They are the two cones of a new volcano ... which appeared after an old and powerful eruption." "The first, Palea Kameni, in the 2nd century BC .." "and the other, Nea Kameni, less than 400 years." "Again, the geological cycle is moving ... creating a new volcano will explode in another cataclysm ... maybe in 10,000 years." "Full of small craters, with puddles of sulfúrio or gases ... is an alien landscape to man." "Calypso, the gray coast of Nea Kameni ..." "It seems bleak and inhospitable." "With Falco and Frédéric Dumas, a former collaborator ..." "Cousteau outlines a plan for underwater research ... to a depth of 18 to 36 meters in the north of the island." "The goal is to look for caves, cracks ... or evidence of volcanic activity ... as well as possible human artifacts signals." "The team of divers do not get to the bottom ... but the face of a cliff, which descends ... before disappearing in the murky depths." "This steep wall, divers find no evidence ... ruins of Atlantis or any other civilization." "Only an austere and extraordinary environment ... that makes no concessions to human needs." "Here, a series of bubbles is a silent warning ... that in the depths of this enormous maritime cavity ..." "There geological forces on the move." "Throughout the boiler, depth, even close to the shoreline ... varies from 180 to 365 meters." "Many areas of the volcanic basin are beyond the diving range." "To explore this environment before impenetrable ..." "Cousteau soucoupe prepares for the trip." "Equipped with lights and cameras, as well as its own special atmosphere ... it's a small world for two men ... in which Cousteau and Falco will descend 305 meters." "The crane hook was removed." "We are free." "We started to decline in the vacuum occupied by the magma chamber ... that sprayed a mountain by 518,000 km² ..." "He obliterated crops and changed the course of history." "But life returns." "As we descended deeper there is darkness around us." "Even our powerful lights only show a dark void." "For a long time, it seems that, like Dante ..." "I'm traveling to hell." "Gradually, climb the rocks knot." "I wonder how many times we look at the sky ... but we see the closest constellations." "Worlds associated with numerous life forms ... each testing the limits of their existence." "A slug or seagull." "A crab or a whale." "The small girelle with your internal metronome." "Only man has the dream ... crossing the boundaries of their environment ... as we did with the soucoupe to conquer nature." "The boiler was all calm." "The violence of the greatest explosion of the earth seems far away ... impossible, a trick of our memory." "Now the soucoupe emerges from calm to storm ... and rough seas threatens to toss it against the hull of the Calypso." "The cable is attached to the boat to avoid a collision." "Finally, it was rescued from the sea and taken to Calypso." "The two sailors go out and feel the wind." "Cousteau tells his aides about a breakthrough." "At 150 meters, well beyond the point where they were divers ... and after the area where the boiler is life ... they found a line width of 1.5 meters ... forming an almost continuous strip ... around the sides of Nea Kameni." "Unlike rocks, Cousteau and Falco report that the line is made up of debris." "Small broken stones, which were darkened ... by the intense heat." "Based on your observation and opinion of geologists ..." "Cousteau believes that the rock was burned recently ... and that this is evidence of ongoing volcanic activity ... the magma chamber below the Earth's crust." "Although it seems asleep, the giant still murmurs asleep." "Even in relatively recent times ... in 1925, 1938 and even in 1956 ... eruptions and tremors caused damage still visible Thera." "None of them come close ... the effects of the disastrous climax original ... and earthquakes that destroyed crops and trees." "Or the tsunami that sank ships ... and swept communities across the Aegean." "Haroun Tazieff, um vulcanólogo famoso..." "It describes what happened." "Dr. Tazieff prepared a model of Santorini ... as it should have been four thousand years before the explosion." " More inclined." " More inclined." "Increased four times." "What do you think happened?" "My ideas are based on what the experts ..." "They studied carefully for many years." "According to geological evidence ... it is almost certain that the volcano ... was apparently extinct." "He has been inactive for several centuries ... until about 3500 years ago ... when he returned to activity." "But the first eruption, after resting centuries ..." "It was very violent and probably ... the survivors had to evacuate the island." "There are clear geological evidence of this phase." "After the first eruption ... that may have lasted days, weeks or a few months ... the volcano again ..." "He went back to sleep for 10 or 20 years." "After this pause, there was another eruption ... that in a few days, increased in intensity ... to reach its apex." "In Santorini, the eruption of the Thera volcano increased in intensity." "In the last hours of paroxysmal activity ... huge amounts of energy and rocky material ..." "They were thrown into the air." "Once the material is released ... a large cave was formed under the volcano." "And when everything was expelled ... the top of the volcano collapsed into the cave ... forming a huge boiler." "It was filled with water, pulled into ... and giant waves formed." "Using a model of the basin, a Hollywood studio tried ... recreate the huge tsunami force, or tidal wave." "If left some trace of Atlantis in the boiler ... they are not visible." "The artifacts were buried under a layer of volcanic ash." "To date, small tephra disturbances in the submarine slope ... causam avalanches." "Out of the sea, the instability of tephra has its advantages." "Believing Thera and Crete are part of the legend of Atlantis ... archaeologists came to Thera in 1967 ... and began excavations, now supervised by Dr. Doumas." "This is the entire city of Akrotiri?" "Not only a part." "We do not know what portion of the city area is revealed ... because we do not know the city limits." " They found their limits?" " No." "What house is this?" "This is the north façade of the Casa Delta ... and this is the staircase leading to the first floor." "What is this?" "A square?" "Because of its shape, this square is called the Triangle Square." "There is a large window in front of this building." "This is an interesting underpass ... that connects the two sides of the street." " I'm seeing." " In the street." "They passed by here?" " It is a public passage." " That." "A public passage." "Do you think they had time to evacuate the city?" "Certainly." "First, we found skeletons ... not seen sign of victims so far." "We did not find valuables ... such as jewelery or precious metal vessels." "It is almost certain that they had time to evacuate the city." "An area of ​​over 3600 m² is protected by a roof." "It is huge." "What a sight." "It's incredible." "Under the roof, a network of streets ... still exists, covered by volcanic ash." "As well as amphoras and cemented household artifacts ... waiting to be collected." "Across the centuries, this vibrant community ... begins to emerge slowly." " What is this room?" " It is the room of lilies." "The three walls were covered with paintings." " In this room so small?" " Yup." "In front of us was a large painting ... with some seagulls." " The seagulls were here?" " Yup." "They are beautiful." "On the other wall, closer there was another gull ... approaching a flower." "On the other wall, seagulls kissed." "I'm seeing." "What it was for this room?" "I do not know, but was full of ceramic articles." "250 vases found here ... and also a bed, which was taken to the museum." "It must have been a small bedroom." "Most likely." "We feel that the past is near." "It seems that the sound of my footsteps echo four thousand years ago." "It is easy to believe that this is an enchanted square and that time has stopped." "Soon, the children go out to play." "It was in this house that we find the paintings of the fleet ..." " Fishermen's ..." " In this house?" "Yes, in this house." "The long panel found in the "House of the Almirante" ... shows a deer chased by lions, which do not exist in Europe." "It is a painting in the style of frescoes of Knossos in Crete." "The stylish boats of the fleet ... show a clear influence of Egyptian design." "Although some believe that it shows a naval battle ... there is no fighting image." "It seems more likely to be a record of an official visit ... a North African country to Crete or Thera." "It can also be a simplistic representation ... the old legend of the early settlers of Crete ... who came here guided by dolphins." "Where are we?" "We are not deposit large jars." "These jars were found various types of grain." "Some are huge." "There were traces of plants and seeds." "And as you see, some could contain ... hundreds of kilograms." "Why are there so many?" "We think the reason is that this room ..." "It was used as a warehouse by the community and not for a family." "As you see, there is a large window at street level." "But usually there are no windows at street level, right?" "There but not as big." " Yeah." " Small windows." "We have evidence that paid workers and slaves ... with olives, figs and flour." "Probably someone sat here doing the math." " And there was a line out there?" " There was queue ..." " They said their names and ..." " Yes." "If that's what happened, this room was a kind of bank." "A type of bank." "How interesting." " And these vases ... - are in place." "You can see how are decorated ... and are still full of ashes." "They have not been emptied." " It's beautiful." " IT IS." "So there were no animals here?" "We have not found evidence of animals within the city houses." " It was a densely populated area." " Yup." "I think there were paintings on every house in the city?" "So far, not dig any home without fresh." " Oh really?" " Oh really." "This is weird?" "It is strange and therefore, we believe ... a thriving community that lived here ... and suggest that people ... exercised their activities financed by some wealth." "And it can only be something like trade and navigation." "It was probably a type of ... prosperous bourgeois society." " The owners of boats." " The owners of boats." "How much will it take to dig the whole area?" "I can not estimate the entire area." "Only the part protected by the roof." " It will take fifty years." " Fifty years?" "Fifty." "Not much, in terms of centuries." "I thought it might be faster." "It's hard to go faster, because as you know ... an excavation is like a book ... whose pages after read, they are lost." "We have to act carefully ... and read very carefully to record everything before proceeding." " Before destroying aquela page." " Before destroy page." "This is a typical example of the procedures ... used in the restoration of frescoes." "Here we see a corridor whose walls ..." "They are covered with paintings." "We protect the surface with volcanic ash ... until the experts arrive." "The parties that have been revealed are covered in gauze ... that snuck over as paintings." "Here, we find these fragments ... showing images of lilies." "Beneath the gauze there are paintings." "Yes, there are paintings." " It's like a buried treasure." " Exactly." "It is a treasure." "Here in the lab, thousands of fragments like this ... covered by gauze, stored in drawers." "Each drawer contains fragments from a different place." "Are all... cataloged and classified." "There are several layers on each drawer." "Yes, there are several layers in each drawer, as is seeing." "We worked for several years in this lab." "This is the table where you join the fragments." " It is an amazing puzzle." " Certainly." "We have many fragments, after removed the gauze." "Here we have a very rare piece of excavation ... all decorated ... and in these frames, we see a kind of sunflower or rosette." "When do you think this huge work will be done?" "Months and months of work." "Perhaps a year to ..." "Before sending it to the National Museum of Athens?" "Sim." "The shares recovered the paintings will be taken ... the laboratory of museums in Athens." "So, as a puzzle in which pieces are missing ... the paintings are carefully assembled by artists and technicians." "But the history of man and his illusions is less precise ... and full of uncertainties." "Although there are reasons to suggest that Crete and its rich satellite, Thera ... were models for civilization destroyed by the cataclysm." "The myth of Atlantis the puzzle remains incomplete." "But perhaps Thera has left us something more." "The eruption that ended the supremacy of the Minoan culture ... preserved in volcanic dust examples of this culture." "A bright landscape of Western civilization, a source." "In his paintings, the Minoans artists ..." "They portrayed an attractive world filled with animals and flowers ... children playing and enamored birds." "But also revealed an inner landscape less visible." "The serene beauty of a great era in the art ... and a great gift for the senses." "The innocence of a civilization that thought was eternal." "Today, in the boiler background ..." "Sponge fishermen are a hard way to survive." "In good and bad years ... sell sponges for the market in Aegina, near Athens." "They got rid of the old helmets ... and now use air hoses ... connected to a source on the surface." "Each group improvised their own decompression system." "But the danger remains." "Most of them get crippled before age 40." "Part of the cost of fishing sponges." "Around Thera, artists do not paint freshest ... mas a vida continua." "Every day reminds us that man has always lived near ... from extinction by earthquakes or plagues." "By starvation or their own follies." "Here, everyone knows what it takes to take care of their land ... save water... maintain peace between the neighbors and pray to the gods ... and their wings are made of wax ... not fly too close to the sun."