Plato called it Atlantis nêsos, or the “island of Atlas,” and the philosopher didn’t intend it to represent the pinnacle of human achievement. Instead, the island civilization was designed ...

Is Atlantis a lost civilization or just a philosophical allegory? In this lively debate, father and daughter discuss the evidence for and against Atlantis, diving into Plato’s writings, geological ...

This article was originally published on July 21, 2020. Atlantis: the legendary island that sank beneath the waves in the distant past, taking down with it an advanced civilization. Is it possible ...

More than two thousand years ago, the Greek historian Plato wrote about Atlantis, the fabled civilization that was swallowed by the sea. But the origins of Plato’s story have never been identified.

According to Plato, Atlantis was a powerful and technologically advanced civilization that existed around 9,000 years before ...

Plato’s story of Atlantis is one of the most famous legends in the whole world. It was said to have been a powerful island civilization that began aggressively spreading out across the world ...

Theories of lost superior civilizations are not new, and other claims have suggested mythical lands such as Atlantis, Lemuria, or visitors from outer space, as the true source of human progress.

Carbon dating and a lack of tool marks suggest natural erosion is responsible, but some believe it’s from a sunken civilization. A 2008 analysis of 51 Platonic descriptors of Atlantis identified ...