Expert: Irulan Serena - 2/12/2004

Question
Hi I was wondering....do you know anything about the Atlantis myth/legend brought about by Plato's Timaeus and Critias.

Answer
Hello Chelsea,

Here are some basic facts:


ORIGIN:  Atlantis was described by Plato in his writings, so many believe that Atlantis is nothing more than a literary utopia. Still others think that it really existed and the search for Atlantis has been the mystery of all ages.   For further information about this the following is an excellent link to a site that will give you more plenty of information.

http://www.crystalinks.com/atlantis.html

LOCATION OF ATLANTIS:  There is no  scientific archeological proof of the location of Atlantis.  Some believe that it was l0cated in the island of Thera in Greece, other think it was in the Caribbean Sea by Bermuda, still others think it was located in the North Pole.  The following link will give you more information.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Aurora/4746/atlantis2.html

THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS:   

The following site will explain it with luxury of details.

http://www.decadevolcano.net/santorini/atlantis.htm

PROOF OF EXISTENCE:  So far there is no definite proof archeologically or otherwise that Atlantis did  exist, however there are many sites that claim they have found proof or near proof of this fact, here are some of those sites. I cannot assure you that any of these sites are correct of even factual, it is up to the reader to make his / her own conclusions.     


http://www.atlan.org/

OTHER INTERETING SITES THAT WILL HELP YOU:

http://www.atlan.org/all/   

This link gives you a collection of articles about Atlantis.

http://www.teamatlantis.com/

This will give you information of Team Atlantis who is actually searching for its location.
Hope this has helped.

Cordially,

IS