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ATLANTIS

It is believed that about 9,600 years ago there was an island called Atlantis. The Ancient Greeks called this place a holy city and believed that it used to lie beyond the Pillars of Hercules. The island was said to have sunk because it was defeated by Athens.
The logical explanation of the matter, however, is that the island sunk due to submarine convulsions or volcanic eruption. The location of Atlantis is alternatively given as somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean. According to much research, however, there was never any such island. The matter has been under debate for centuries, as some still believe that the island did exist.
 Plato's Atlantis
The story of Atlantis was originally told by Plato in 360 B.C. 9,000 years before his time, Atlantis stood as a great island populated by technologically advanced and prosperous people. The island was swept away after being defeated by Athens.
Aristotle later said that Plato's tale of Atlantis was meant to serve as a metaphor to serve his narrative and that it was entirely fictional. However, others have taken Plato's story literally and there have been many hypotheses about the potential location of Atlantis.
Scientists generally concur that there is no evidence Atlantis ever existed but there are countless theories about it, including that the island was swallowed up by the Bermuda Triangle.
Some believe that Atlantis was a metaphorical retelling of the story of the Minoans, who were believed to be Europe's first great civilization more than 4,000 years ago.
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