City Of Atlantis

According to Merrian-Webster, a utopia is a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions. The Lost City of Atlantis was a real city that sank into the ocean in 9600 B.C. Plato’s records of the city, other scientists’ research, and the discovery of an underwater city a mile under the ocean all prove that this utopian society existed centuries ago. Plato describes the Lost City of Atlantis as a utopia, one that had a perfect republic and held the key to world peace. Atlantis was an extremely advanced city, with its amazing architecture and incredibly fertile land that fed the entire community. This lost city sank deep into the ocean right off the Coast of Cuba and on the edge of the Bermuda Triangle due to natural
disasters. Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias were the first written records of Atlantis. He states that his grandfather is the one who told him the story of Atlantis. He describes the city as a powerful, advanced kingdom. Although this island was ahead of its time it stood no match to the earthquakes and floods that would end up sinking it. For nearly 2,400 years, scientist and historians have been studying and researching this fascinating kingdom and with extensive, diligent work, they were able to find the lost city Plato had described. Plato the ancient philosopher was the first account of this lost city.
He describes it in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias. He explains that he heard of this fascinating city from his grandfather. “Plato’s Critias says he heard the story of Atlantis from his grandfather, who had heard it from the Athenian statesman Solon (300 years before Plato’s time), who had learned it from an Egyptian priest, who said it had happened 9,000 years before that.” (History.com Staff, 2010) Although Plato was the first written record of Atlantis, there were people even before him that can recall the lost city. He was not the only believer; in 1627 English philosopher and scientist, Francis Bacon also published works that mention the utopia. He describes Atlantis in his novel The New Atlantis as a politically and scientifically advanced society. The two philosophers were not alone in believing and publishing works about Atlantis; former US congressional representative Ignatious L. Donnelly published Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. Donnelly’s book contained theories that were popularized and incorporated into modern
beliefs. Plato and many other scientists and historians have described the city of Atlantis as extremely advanced and ahead of its time.
Atlantis was exceedingly fertile and the citizens grew their own food and reared their own animals. The island was not only the size of a city but was an entire continent all its own. “Most of us probably think of a lush green island surrounded by deep blue ocean waters when we picture Atlantis. While the story focuses on the island, most of us probably assumed that Atlantis was no more than this. But Plato tells us that Atlantis was actually an empire ruled from this island.” (Roh, 2017) Atlantis was also home to the most beautiful buildings and other architectural structures one would not believe. Although the city was so developed and cutting edge, it stood no match to Mother Nature. Atlantis sank deep into the ocean due to natural disasters ranging from earthquakes, to tsunamis, to floods. “Ballard says, the legend of Atlantis is a "logical" one since cataclysmic floods and volcanic explosions have happened throughout history, including one event that had some similarities to the story of the destruction of Atlantis. About 3,600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption devastated the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea near Greece. At the time, a highly advanced society of Minoans lived on Santorini. The Minoan civilization disappeared suddenly at about the same time as the volcanic eruption.” (Drye, n.d.) Believing that a city that once
prospered above water sank into the depths of the ocean because of natural disasters is not absurd and there have been many similar occurrences throughout history. Scientists and historians for centuries have been hard at work constantly studying and searching for the lost city. Scientist Paulina A. Zelitsky’s team accidentally stumbled across the city’s remains while mapping the ocean floor. The city’s architecture is extremely intricate and still intact even after all this time. Zelitsky located the lost city off the coast of Cuba and the boarder of the Bermuda Triangle. “We might well have here the evidence of a prehistoric culture that would probably go back tens of thousands of years and that’s very exciting indeed.” (History.com Staff, 2010) Using sonar technology Zelitsky’s team found the lost city over a mile under water. People may think the lost city of Atlantis is a myth but it is actually real. People might argue Atlantis’ existence because there were no survivors, after the city sank, who could account for its existence, and the first account was Plato’s from centuries ago. However, scientists and historians have continued to study it, which eventually led them to discover the lost city off the coast of the Bermuda Triangle and Cuba. This is proof the exceptionally advanced city existed with the intricate structures scientists discovered under water. Atlantis was a Utopian society that thrived up until it sank miles under water because of earthquakes and flooding. With the help of Plato’s and other author’s written records of the city, modern scientist’s research, and the discovery of an underwater city a mile under water, Atlantis was proven real and even found.