For centuries, Atlantis has been dismissed as myth. But new interpretations, combined with scientific data and geographic analysis, suggest something else. What if the story was never meant to be ...

For centuries, Plato’s Atlantis was dismissed as allegory. But modern oceanography tells a more complicated story. Rock samples from the Azores Plateau — now 3,000 feet underwater — show evidence of ...

Ever heard of the city of Helike? For a long time it was as lost (and considered as mythical) as the city of Atlantis. Then one day someone found a coin from Helike, and the search was on. Take a look ...

It was the philosopher Plato who first wrote about the island of Atlantis, which was said to have disappeared into the ocean after falling out of favour with the gods. "It's clear that Plato made up ...

STUNNING underwater pictures appear to reveal the real-life Atlantis – with eerie ancient mosaics and moss-coated statues lying on the sea bed. Immersed in the sea due to the Earth’s volcanic activity ...

To move on to the more specific features, Plato provides us with a helpful description of the shape and size of the metropolis of Atlantis. He describes it as being a circular island with a mountain ...

A DIVER has discovered a series of mysterious “pyramids” on the ocean floor, dubbing it the “real life Atlantis”. The hidden gem was undiscovered until a local diver, Kihachiro Aratake, made the ...

Finally, Plato’s description of the aftermath of the sinking of Atlantis is a good match for what must have occurred after the destruction of Thera. He claims that ‘the sea in those parts was ...