The late author Arysio Santos was a highly regarded climatologist, geologist, and nuclear physicist. He was also a scholar of history, folklore, languages, and the occult. In this groundbreaking study of Atlantis, he draws on all these disciplines, as well as ancient maps, Plato&rsquo;s dialogues, and folkloric narratives, to provide the most compelling case yet of the disappearance of an entire civilization.<br><br>Professor Santos demonstrates that Plato&rsquo;s dating of Atlantis&rsquo;s disappearance in 11,600 BP (before present) precisely corresponds to the catastrophic end of the Pleistocene Ice Age, as well as a historic flood event of cataclysmic proportions. The rising of the sea level by nearly 500 feet, he argues, submerged continent-sized lands&mdash;including Atlantis, which he connects with the biblical Garden of Eden. Provocative chapters cover such topics as the continent&rsquo;s appearance in ancient maps, Indonesia as the true site of Eden, American interpretations of Atlantis, the four rivers of paradise, and more, giving a clear form to the ghostly outline of this fabled land.