"It's clear that Plato made up Atlantis as a plot device for his stories ... Sign up Plato wrote about the lost island, with a great capital city, in his works Timaeus and Critias around the ...

However, as it turns out, the lost city of Atlantis may have been found - or, at the very least, the inspiration for the ...

Strait of Gibraltar map. (Image Credit: Peter Hermes Furian/Shutterstock) The quest for the lost Atlantis has fascinated people for thousands of years. So much so that provided it was a real island, ...

There are many purported “lost cities” throughout time ... Other theories have connected the story of Atlantis to the island of Santorini, but according to author Christos A.

The northern portion of this island was entirely comprised of mountains ... In his yet to be published work, Mr. Djonis also explains that Atlantis was lost due to the sudden rise of the seas ...

A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis ... Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis 2,600 years ago, describing it as "an island situated in front of ...

A DOOMED group of sunken islands found far below the ocean's surface has been linked to the legendary "lost" Atlantis – though it's unlikely it really inspired the fabled sea empire. The newly ...

The former islands would have been close to the ... Is this the first look at a lost civilisation linked to Atlantis? Archaeologists in Spain uncover 2,500-year-old statues that may resemble ...

These islands, they believe, are the lost kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod. The map that could lead to Atlantis is the Gough Map, and it’s thought to date back to the 13th or 14th century.