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Atlantis - Plato's Atlantis From the Timaeus
Atlantis is a story from Plato's Timaeus.

Erich von Däniken
Writer and Hotellier Erich von Däniken claims that extraterrestrials had contact with the ancient world.

Atlantis - Critias
Page from Plato's opus about Atlantis. English translation by Benjamin Jowett.

Atlantis - Fact Fiction or Exageration
Articles, links and timelines on Atlantis as well as the basic story based on plato.

Atlantis - No Way
Kevin Christopher explains why there isn't likely to be a Schliemann uncovering the Atlantis of myth because its origin was imaginary.

Atlantis - Plato FAQ
Bernard Suzanne explains why he considers the story of Atlantis a myth.

Atlantis - Thira
Plato gave the world the oldest remaining written account of Atlantis, in Critias as a vast island-continent west of the mediterranean, surrounded by the Atlantic ocean. Comparison of ancient Egyptian records of Keftiu identifies a number of similarities to Plato's Atlantis. It is likely that Atlantis was the land of the Minoan culture, namely ancient Crete and Thera.

Atlantis - Lost Continent Finally Found
Theory that the lost continet of Atlantis is located in the South China Sea.

Atlantis - Timaeus
Plato's dialogue concerned with Atlantis and Solon. From Benjamin Jowett translation.

Atlantis
Carlos Parada's map of Atlantis with references from antiquity and catalogued information from the ancient sources.

The Sunken Kingdom
Book Review. The explosion of Thera was a volcano, not the earthquake said by Plato to have destroyed the lost kingdom.