The document discusses evidence and theories about the legendary lost city of Atlantis. It summarizes Plato's original accounts of Atlantis from writings in 350 BCE. It also details several hypotheses that have been proposed over time for the actual location of Atlantis, including in the Mediterranean, North Sea, Caribbean, Antarctica, and off the coast of Greece where recent underwater archaeological discoveries of an ancient sunken city have sparked renewed interest in the Atlantis myth.

2. Some of the evidence we have gathered on the
former existence of the sunken continent of
Atlantis. There are so many clues and so
incredible, once they are booted out, that it was
hard to make a selection that fits in the present
project.

3. Atlantis (in Greek, τλαντ ς ν σος, "island of Atlas")Ἀ ὶ ῆ is a legendary
island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias.
However,
the truth appears to be that the entire myth
was created by Plato about 350 BCE when he
described the island in two of his dialogues,
Timaeus and Critias.

4. • Around 350 BC, Plato was the
first to write about this
somewhat magical island.
• In Plato’s account, Atlantis was
a naval power lying “in front of
the pillars of Hercules” that
conquered many parts of
western Europe and Africa
9000 years before the time of
solon, or about 9600BC
• After a failed attempt to invade
Athens, Atlantis sank into the
ocean “in a single day and
night of misfortune”

5. • Over 11000 years ago in the
middle of the Atlantic Ocean
there was an island inhabited
by great and wealthy people.
• Then greed started to take
over them and they were
obsessed with money.
• Poseidon, the god of water,
got mad at them for being
obsessed with money. So he
made the ocean cover the
city of Atlantis and it was
gone with the sea. info from
the book Unsolved Mysteries
Atlantis.

6. • Since Donnelly's day, there have
been dozens of locations proposed
for Atlantis, to the point where the
name has become a generic concept,
divorced from the specifics of Plato's
account. This is reflected in the fact
that many proposed sites are not
within the Atlantic at all. Few today
are scholarly or archaeological
hypotheses, while others have been
made by psychic or other
pseudoscientific means. Many of the
proposed sites share some of the
characteristics of the Atlantis story
(water, catastrophic end, relevant
time period), but none has been
demonstrated to be a true historical
Atlantis.

7. • According to Plato, the
island of Atlantis was at
the top of an
underwater volcano
and shaped like a
doughnut and that is
where king built his
tempel.
• When the volcano
erupted , the island
was destroyed but the
continent remained
joined.

8. • Most of the historically proposed
locations are in or near the
Mediterranean Sea.The Thera
eruption, dated to the 17th or 16th
century BC, caused a large tsunami
that experts hypothesize devastated
the Minoan civilization on the
nearby island of Crete, further
leading some to believe that this
may have been the catastrophe that
inspired the story. A. G.
Galanopoulos argued that Plato's
dating of 9,000 years before Solon's
time was the result of an error in
translation, probably from Egyptian
into Greek, which produced
"thousands" instead of "hundreds".
Such an error would also rescale
Plato's Atlantis to the size of Crete,
while leaving the city the size of the
crater on Thera; 900 years before
Solon would be the 15th century BC

9. • The location of Atlantis in the
Atlantic Ocean has certain appeal
given the closely related names.
Popular culture often places
Atlantis there, perpetuating the
original Platonic setting. Several
hypotheses place the sunken
island in northern Europe,
including Doggerland in the North
Sea, and Sweden. Some have
proposed the Celtic Shelf and
Andalusia as possible locations,
and that there is a link to
Ireland.The Canary Islands and
Madeira Islands have also been
identified as a possible location,
west of the Straits of Gibraltar but
in proximity to the Mediterranean
Sea.

10. • Several writers have speculated that Antarctica is the site of Atlantis,
while others have proposed Caribbean locations such as Batabano Bay
south of Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Bermuda Triangle.Areas in the
Pacific and Indian Oceans have also been proposed including Indonesia
(i.e. Sundaland).The stories of a lost continent off India named "Kumari
Kandam" have inspired some to draw parallels to Atlantis, as has the
Yonaguni Monument of Japan.

11. • The secrets of the lost city that may have inspired one of the
world’s most enduring myths- The Fable Of Atlantis- have
been brought to light from beneath the waters off southern
Greece.

12. • Divers explores the sunken settlement
beneath the water off southern Greece .

13. • Explored by an Anglo-Greek team of
archaeologists and marine geologist and known
as Pavlopetri, the sunken settlement dates back
some 5000 years to the same time of Homer’s
hero and in terms of size and wealth of detail is
unprecedented ,experts say
• Discovered by a British oceanographer some 40
years ago, it was only this year that marine
archaeologists ,aided by digital technology, were
able to properly survey the ruins.
• “There is no doubt that it is the oldest submerged
town in the world,” said Dr. Henderson, associate
professor of underwater archaeology at the
university of Nottingham.” It has remains dating
from 2800 to1200 BC.”
• There are older sunken sites in the world but
none can be considered to planned towns such
as this, Which is why it is unique.”

14. • “It is significant as a submerged site it was never reoccupied,”
said Elias Spondylis, who co-directed the survey as the head of
Greece underwater antiquities department.
• Marine geologists have yet to work out why the settlement sank.
Theories include sea level changes, ground subsidence as a
result of earthquakes or a tsunami.

15. • It is first time a sunken
city has been discovered
in Greece that was found
before the time that Plato
wrote his tale of the
sunken continent of
Atlantis.
• “Atlantis was a myth but it
is a myth that keeps
underwater exploration
going,” said Sakellariou.
“Less than 1% of the
world’s ocean floors have
ever been surveyed. This
is a marvelous find but
there is still a lot down
there that has to be
found.”

16. • The exploration revealed a world of buildings, courtyards, main street ,
rock cut tombs and religious structures.
• The seabed was filled with thousand of shards (broken pieces) of
pottery.

17. • The possible existence of a “real” Atlantis was discussed
throughout classical antiquity.
• Alan Cameron states: “It is only in modern times that
people have taken the Atlantis story seriously: no one
did so in antiquity.”
• Atlantis inspires today’s literature; from science fiction to
comic books to movies.

18. The ocean which seems so calm who
knows what’s inside .

19. So what do you think really happened to the
city of Atlantis? Do you think Atlantis was
real? It’s up to you to find out.