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Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned by Plato. The possible existence of a genuine Atlantis was actively discussed throughout classical antiquity, but it was usually rejected and occasionally parodied by later authors.

Resources in This Category

• Atlantis

  http://www.lost-civilizations.net/atlantis.html
  Collected and original essays on the topic of Atlantis.

• Atlantis

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis
  Article from Wikipedia on the legendary island, Plato's account of it, more recent views, and location hypotheses.

• Atlantis - Fact, Fiction or Exaggeration?

  http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/Atlantis/index.html
  Informational site on Atlantis and the story behind it.

• Atlantis - The Lost Continent Finally Found

  http://www.atlan.org/
  Long articles by a Brazilian scientist, Prof. Arysio Santos. Various locations, science and mythology discussed. Conclusion: Atlantis was in the South China Sea

• Atlantis 2008 Conference Athens Greece

  http://atlantis2008.conferences.gr/
  The official website of the international conference on Atlantis held in Athens, Greece in 2008.

• Atlantis and Noah's Flood

  http://www.black-sea-atlantis.com/
  Presents the theory that Atlantis is submerged in the Black Sea, an event which it is claimed happened following the breach of the Bosporus land barrier at the beginning of the European Neolithic period.

• Atlantis or Thira

  http://www.angelfire.com/hi/alhawk/atlanthira.html
  Discusses the possibility that the Minoan civilization on Thira, Crete, and those island surrounding was actually the lost civilization of Atlantis.

• Atlantis: Timaeus and Critias

  http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/Atlantis/timaeus_and_critias.html
  One of the earliest, and most quoted, mention of the lost continent of Atlantis, came from these two dialogues of Plato.

• Bermuda Triangle Stargate

  http://www.greatdreams.com/bermuda.htm
  A German historian/scuba diver has recorded the exact location and value of deviations in magnetic fields off The Bahamas coast. Are they connected to Atlantis? Dr. Michael Preisinger investigates.

• Echoes of Plato's Atlantis

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/atlantis_01.shtml
  Article from the BBC describing the origin and development of the myth of Altantis. Includes theories about the possible location of the ancient advanced civilization.

• Edgar Cayce on Atlantis

  http://all-ez.com/atlantis1.htm
  Readings by Cayce relating to the lost continent of Atlantis.

• Mission: Atlantis

  http://missionatlantis.com/
  Provides details of a book of this title. Also offers several articles, and information on tours to visit locations associated with Plato's story of Atlantis.

• Quest for Atlantis

  http://www.atlantisquest.com/
  A scholarly study of Plato's Atlantis covering linguistic connections, myths, geology, archeaology, anthropology and Egyptian and Sanskrit writings.

• Sacred-Texts: Atlantis

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/atl/index.htm
  Complete ebooks of primary texts about Atlantis by Plato, Donnelly, Bulwer-Lytton, Scott-Elliot. Includes Donnellys' 'Atlantis the Antediluvian World' and the hard to find 'Ragnarok'; with illustrations.

• The Atlantis Project

  http://www.theatlantisproject.org/
  Aims to be a collaboration site for serious Atlantis researchers.

• The Lost Continent: Atlantis

  http://www.unmuseum.org/atlantis.htm
  Discussion and speculation about Atlantis, its location and the Minoan connection.

• The Sunken Kingdom: The Atlantis Mystery Solved

  http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/cat/james/
  Written by an historian and archaeologist, this book takes an entirely new approach. It reviews previous theories, some fantastic, some more rational, and shows why they will not work; concluding with the story of Atlantis came from western Turkey, where a major Bronze Age city was devastated by an earthquake and submerged beneath a lake.

• When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantis

  http://www.flem-ath.com/
  Colorful 20-page (linear) article that proposes Antarctica as the site of Atlantis, destroyed by a pole-shift. An extension of Hapgood's work.

• World Mysteries - Atlantis

  http://www.world-mysteries.com/ancient-writings/philosophy/atlantis/
  Explore the only existing written records which specifically refer to Atlantis: Plato's Timaeus and Critias. Includes related resources.

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