ATLANTIS

Atlantis is a name for a large island or small continent that supposedly had been
in the 'Atlantic Ocean many years before, it sank into the depth of the sea and
vanished.

The story of Atlantis first appears in the stories Timaeus and Critias by the Greek
philosopher Plato. In all of his books, Plato used many interesting stories to help
explain his ideas about government and philosophy. No other ancient writer gave
specific details about Atlantis until after Plato wrote, so most people today think
that Plato just made up this story.

After Plato, the idea of Atlantis was mostly forgotten until 1882, when a writer
named Ignatius Donnelly wrote a book saying that Atlantis was real and that the
culture of Atlantis had started many other ancient cultures, such as the Egyptian
and Mayan.

After Donnelly's book, many people became interested in Atlantis and began to
say that it had aircraft, submarines, powerful energy crystals, and other things
that are not known from ancient times.

By studying the types of rock that are found in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean,
scientists are sure that there was never really any large island or small continent
there, so many people today think that Plato may have heard a story about
another place and moved it to the Atlantic Ocean in his book.

Different people have thought that many places all over the world have been the
place of the "real Atlantis".

1. What is the only ancient source of info on Atlantis?

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2. What description of Atlantis did Plato give?
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3. Where are the Pillars of Hercules according to Plato?
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4. What is Donana?
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5. Who is Rainer Kuehne and what does he suggest?
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6. How is Troy related to Atlantis?
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7. What kind of specialists are taking part in this quest of Atlantis?
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8. What does the expert team use to take better photos of the area of
Donana?
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9. According to Plato what happened to Atlantis?
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10. What do the rocks reveal?
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11. In what other area do other archaeologists believe Atlantis is located?
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12. Which God and which animal were worshipped in Atlantis?
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13. How are Knossos in Crete and Santorini related?
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14. Why do specialists outrule Knossos as Atlantis?
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15. What is ERT?
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16. Why is the city of Tarshish mentioned?
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17. What do the 3 cities that may be Atlantis have in common?
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18. What do the divers discover at the first checkpoint called the
Cathedral?
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19. What artifacts do the accidentally discover in the mud flats?
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20. Why is the methane layer discovery important?
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21. What is Cancho Roano?
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22. What connects Egyptians to Atlantis?
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