Guanches is the name given to the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands. The Guanches are the most famous of the ancient people said to have a link to Atlantis, Pyramid building, mummification, and myths and religion of the Guanches were similar to that of the ancient Egyptians of the Pre-Dynastic and early Old Kingdom periods. The Guanches were remnants of a pre-cataclysmic oceanic population in the Atlantic based in the Canaries which became water-logged through natural geological upheaval and eventual devastation of their ancient homeland of Atlantis.
