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"alternative mythology", which is reflected in the events that unfold during
the series. In remote times, the world had already reached and indeed surpassed
our current level of technology; furthermore, science had already discovered
the nature and the mechanisms of what we now call "magic", and certain energies
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| us today were utilized quite routinely at that time. The
nations that populated the Earth were groups into two blocs, Atlantis (with many
characteristics of the present-day West) and Mu (which had many characteristics of
the present-day East); the opposition between these two blocs generated constant
outbreaks of wars, which were fought making use of an arsenal of weapons that now
strike us as belonging to science fiction. Twelve thousand years ago, the conflict
became global: following the use of powerful nuclear devices, the superpowers
triggered a terrifying catastrophe that affected the entire planet, and traces of
this ancient catastrophe are found in Plato's legend of Atlantis. As the centuries
went by the survivors began to reorganize,
gradually giving rise to our current civilization.
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Mystère has more than once
encountered pieces of evidence proving the existence of Atlantis and Mu, but
each time his discoveries have been systematically destroyed by the Men in Black,
who fear that dissemination of these remote events might lead to a radical change
in the present-day mankind's established way of thinking.
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MY NAME IS MARTIN
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Are you looking for an archaeologist, an anthropologist,
a Detective of the Impossible? Summon MM! |
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