Do you think Atlantis existed? [I Ask]
What would your guess as to its location would be?
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DunningKruger · 61-69, M
arkod · 36-40, M
@DunningKruger I admit it must have been symbolic, but what is closest to Atlantis? Santorini, some other island?
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
@arkod Plato, in his dialogues “Timaeus” and “Critias,” describes Atlantis as an island larger than Libya and Asia Minor put together, located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules — generally assumed to mean the Strait of Gibraltar. Plato describes it as a powerful and advanced kingdom that sank, in a night and a day, into the ocean around 9600 BCE.
Santorini has been a suggested site for the "real" Atlantis since the 19th century, mostly because it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption around 1600 BCE. Santorini is in the middle of the Aegean Sea, nowhere near the Strait of Gibraltar, and other than the fact that it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, I'm unaware of the reasons Atlantis hunters have zeroed in on it.
Santorini has been a suggested site for the "real" Atlantis since the 19th century, mostly because it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption around 1600 BCE. Santorini is in the middle of the Aegean Sea, nowhere near the Strait of Gibraltar, and other than the fact that it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, I'm unaware of the reasons Atlantis hunters have zeroed in on it.