For centuries, Atlantis has been dismissed as myth. But new interpretations, combined with scientific data and geographic analysis, suggest something else. What if the story was never meant to be ...

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

Far below the waves, scientists are mapping landscapes that look uncannily like the drowned worlds humans have imagined for millennia. From circular ruins off Spain to vanished shorelines around ...

Ever heard of the city of Helike? For a long time it was as lost (and considered as mythical) as the city of Atlantis. Then one day someone found a coin from Helike, and the search was on. Take a look ...

Plato’s story of Atlantis is one of the most famous legends in the whole world. It was said to have been a powerful island civilization that began aggressively spreading out across the world, until it ...

This article was originally published on July 21, 2021. For thousands of years, humans have whispered and wondered about the possibility of entire cities sinking into the ocean. One of the most famous ...

To move on to the more specific features, Plato provides us with a helpful description of the shape and size of the metropolis of Atlantis. He describes it as being a circular island with a mountain ...