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“Lost City of Atlantis Finally Been Found?” Mail Online.

“The Lost Continent of Atlantis.” The UnMuseum. “‘Lost’ City of Atlantis: Fact & Fable.” LiveScience. Although little details and fact keep the true nature of the Lost City of Atlantis hidden, it is an obvious fact that this will remain a hot topic in those who are interested in the subject for many years to come. Professor Richmond Freund states that “we found something that no one else has ever seen before, which gives it a layer of credibility, especially for archaeology, that makes a lot more sense,” (Daily Mail). led research team claims that the city of Atlantis lies just North of Cadiz, submerged under the mud flats of Spain. In fact, there have been many recent claims on having found remnants of the lost city of Atlantis, or knowing its whereabouts. Writers enjoyed frequently elaborating on opinions and speculations, including a famous psychic known as Edgar Cayce who incorrectly predicted that Atlantis would have been found by the year 1969. One researcher in 1881 by the name of Ignatius Donnely argued that “ancient cultures weren’t sophisticated enough to develop these things on their own, so they must have spread from some unknown advanced civilization,” (Radford). The question that is constantly up for debate: was Atlantis truly a city that was once seen on the face of the Earth? Or was it just a fable used to illustrate a point on the effects of human nature?ĭuring the 19th century there was a sudden renewal of interest surrounding the topic of the Lost City of Atlantis, matching the detailed descriptions found inside Plato’s fable to recognizable historical landmarks. The city’s people slowly became corrupt with greed, and so the Gods decided to destroy them by sinking the entire city into the ocean’s depths. The city of Atlantis quickly became a marvel of architecture and engineering, and inside the thick concentric walls was “a gold statue of the God of the Sea showing him driving six winged horses,” (Krystek). The story goes that Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, established the nation. The tale dates back all the way to 330 B.C., when Plato first wrote down Timaeus.

This is one of the many incorrect assumptions of this timeless tale, so what is true and what is false? What was the original Atlantis knows as, what was its story, where are the truths and where does the faults lie? While Atlantis is more commonly referred to as a peaceful utopia, Ken Feder describes Plato’s view of Atlantis as: “a technologically sophisticated but morally bankrupt evil empire - Atlantis -  world domination by force,” (Radford). Plato describes Atlantis as “an island larger than Libya and Asia Minor put together,” (). Plato’s book, Timaeus, paints a vivid image in the minds eye of a once powerful empire located west of the ‘Pillars of Hercules’ (now known as the Straight of Gibraltar). This legend can have it’s origins traces back to the Greek philosopher Plato, and as it was passed on from generation to generation, fact began to be muddled with fiction. Perhaps one of the most famous and widely known mysteries the the lost city of Atlantis, tales told of its ruins lying in the dark of the oceans depths.