Atlantis resurfaces. Hundreds of years after Plato’s death, the Atlantis story began resurfacing first in the writings of Christian and Jewish philosophers, then in speculative works by the ...

The myth of Atlantis has fascinated people around the world ever since Plato first wrote about this sunken city in 365 B.C.E. But where was the location of this fabled lost civilization said to ...

According to Plato, Atlantis was a rich and advanced island nation that was located in the Atlantic Ocean nearly 12,000 years ago. However, as the civilization expanded its power throughout the ...

If one followed the clues in Plato’s writing, Donnelly believed, mankind could have found Atlantis. “It would be hard to overstate the impact that this introductory chapter to Donnelly’s book had on ...

The real Atlantis might be lost, but MailOnline has created this incredible interactive map to let you explore the mysterious real sunken cities around the world.

A number of people were outraged last week by a man named L. Sprague de Camp. Mr. de Camp announced in Natural History that Atlantis and other "lost continents" had never existed.Plato ...

Atlantis was originally mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, more than 2,000 years ago. All other known mentions of Atlantis in writings are based on these sources.

Why the myth of Atlantis just won’t die The lack of evidence for its existence hasn’t stopped people from hunting for it—or insisting that archaeologists are involved in a cover-up.