do you believe atlantis really exsisted?

Answer 1

Atlantis definitely existed.

To what Irene said, I'll add the following:

The ruins of the ancient city of Akrotiri that are found on Santorini are a perfect match for the description of Atlantis.

It was located on a pair of volcanic islands of red, black, and white rock. The inner island was surrounded by an outer island and the width of the "canal" leading from the inner harbor to the sea matched that described in Plato's story.

The buildings of Akrotiri were multiple-story and had hot and cold running water pumped inside. No other civilization on Earth at the time had hot and cold water pumped indoors. The Egyptians referred to the Minoans of Akrotiri and Crete as the only civilized nation other than themselves. The Minoans traded extensively with the Egyptians and fought against the Mycenaean Greeks, just as Atlantis was described to do.

Some people complain that the "Pillars of Hercules" are at the Strait of Gibraltar, but there are many pairs of mountains that the Greeks referred to as the "Pillars of Hercules." The Greeks never had any significant contact with the Atlantic Ocean in such ancient times. That means that the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas are actually a much more appropriate place to look for Atlantis than the Atlantic Ocean, despite what Ignatius Donnelly and Edgar Cayce said.

Answer 2

For over two thousand years the story of Atlantis was just a story. Then, in the late 1800s, an American named Ignatius Donnelly became fascinated with the story and wrote a book called Atlantis, the Antediluvian World, which became a bestseller. Ignatius studied flood history from Egypt to Mexico and believed that Plato was recording an actual natural disaster. Since then, several books have been written about the lost city.
The most believable theory about Atlantis came from the Greek archaeologist Angelos Galanopoulos in the late '60s. He theorized that around 1500 BCE, a massive eruption from a volcano ripped apart the island of Santorini in the Mediterranean and probably wiped out most of the civilization on the Greek islands and regions of Greece. Angelos suggested this disaster is the one that sank Atlantis. If this is so, then he must have his dates wrong - or does he? He reasons that when the story was being translated, the Egyptian symbol for 100 (a coiled rope) was mistaken for the symbol for 1000 (a lotus flower). This changes the date from 9000 years ago to 900 years ago. The only thing wrong with this explanation is that Plato specifically said the city was near the Pillars of Hercules, which are thought to be nowhere near Greece.

Answer 3

It is a little hard to discredit, since it is now in moth balls in a NASA hanger, so I believe Atlantis existed.

Unless you mean the city, then I do not believe that for a second these days, only when I was a child. Nothing but fictional work.

Answer 4

Yes.I believe that there has got to be something more to this world than the dullness it is today.So, yes I do believe there was an Atlantis...with all my heart.

Answer 5

Of course I watched it on Sci-fi a few times.There's also a space shuttle named Atlantis. Maybe it was a Mother ship?

Answer 6

We'd all be pretty arrogant if we thought this was as good as it had ever been, that this is as advanced as man had ever been. Everything happens in cycles, so it seems logical that an advanced civilisation, such as Plato described in Timaeus and Critaeus could have, and most likely did exist.

Answer 7

Yes. Or rather, I think that there was landmass that held a civilization that was more advanced than the greeks.

Answer 8

It's possible, there are all of these things that can happen to sink an island/part of a continent, so why not?

Answer 9

Still does. It's in another dimension right now.

Answer 10

You gave away our secret now you must die!