Atlantis: Truth Or Legendary Myth?

Atlantis: Truth or Legendary Myth? Ancient Greek philosopher Plato tells the tale of a series of islands around 355 B.C. in the Mediterranean that contained rare and exotic animals, God like citizens and an abundance of valuable gems and diamonds. This area was known as Atlantis, a land that was quickly progressing in architecture and engineering to be one of the most advanced societies in this time period. Atlantis suddenly began experiencing a series of severe natural disasters including a large earthquake and an enormous tsunami. This demolished the city and all of its people as Atlantis sunk into the sea. Historians believe that Atlantis was merely a myth made up by Plato for simply entertainment and told as a tale, not meant to be taken literally. Although, thriving societies that have been destroyed due to natural disasters is not an impossible event. This happened other times in society as well, such as when Pompeii was destroyed from a large volcanic eruption that wiped out that whole city. Atlantis was in fact a utopian society in the B.C. time period before a series of cataclysmic events destroyed the city.
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He claims that the story was written as “genuine history”. An American politician in the late eighteenth century by the name of Ignatius Donnelly published a book writing about the timeless mystery. Donnelly believes that Plato’s story was true indeed, but was located in the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. He based his opinion on his studies in zoology and geology and that it was possible that civilization could occur and that it had a major influence on ancient Egypt who were eventually deemed as one of the most advanced societies back in ancient times.