Ancient Egyptian texts refer to a god called Thoth who came with others from a land to the west, across the ocean, which was destroyed in a great flood. Revered by the Greeks as Hermes Trismegistus, Thoth was the god of Knowledge. Supposedly before leaving Egypt he committed his treatises on Mathematics, Architecture and Astronomy to a series of volumes known as the 'Books of Thoth'. Casting a spell he concealed these texts from human sight and they have been sought through the ages ever since. A thorough account of the search and historical background is detailed in the book 'Secret Chamber' by Robert Bauval, who states that mention of this chamber and the texts is made in sources as widely varied as the Westcar Papyrus and the writings of the twentieth century mystic Rudolph Steiner.       In 1923, a gifted American seer called Edgar Cayce started a series of readings concerning the mythical land of Atlantis in the early 20th century. He said that the Atlanteans travelled to Egypt with the records of their knowledge. These were sealed in a secret chamber, the fabled 'Hall of Records', that lay between the Sphinx and the river Nile at Giza.    Consider this possibility - that Thoth was not a god but an Atlantean priest who travelled to Egypt before the destruction of Atlantis, taking with him the nation's precious teachings for safekeeping. The fabled 'Books of Thoth' and the archives of the Atlantean priests could be one and the same.      Whatever the truth of this conjecture, it still remains that should the ancient myths about a great flood and wipeout of an advanced civilisation be true, the implications for our self-knowledge as a race are immense. So far we only have theories based on the study of ancient monuments, tribal lore and the work of amateur scholars such as Ignatius Donnelly and Egerton Sykes. There is no definitive proof that Atlantis ever existed... yet. Cayce predicted that the Hall of Records would come to light in 1998, at the same time as massive climate changes would begin to take effect but despite years of searching the physical site at Giza, the chamber remains undiscovered.       Perhaps because they were looking in the wrong place.                    Next