Plato's account of Atlantis spoke of a "great plain." Like many aspects of the tale, scholars seek a location that fits the ...

the version of Atlantis in Plato’s dialogues was anything but. Plato first told the story of the lost city in Timaeus and Critias, which serve, still, as the foundation of all other legends ...

Plato described a legendary war between Atlantis and the Greeks. However, is there any evidence that this war really happened ...

In 1530, an Italian physician named Girolamo Fracastoro wrote an epic poem about… syphilis! In this poem, he suggested that indigenous peoples in the Americas were descendants of the people who ...

According to Plato's dialogues the Critias and the Timaeus, Solon was also responsible for bringing the Atlantis myth to Greece. He is said to have discovered it while travelling in Egypt.

named after the lost city in Greek mythology. Wondering what the link is? A Bahamian island has been identified as Atlantis's potential location. The Atlantis Paradise Island resort is themed on ...