How much truth is in the legend of Atlantis?

Few, if any, scientists think Atlantis actually existed. Ocean explorer Robert Ballard, the National Geographic explorer-in-residence who discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, notes that "no Nobel laureates" have said that what Plato wrote about Atlantis is true. read more

Plato himself writes in the Atlantis dialogues Timaeus and Critias, that there was a historical tradition from Egypt. Plato then used it to build the Atlantis story by adding certain things. So, in order to find the truth, we have to de-construct the Atlantis story: a) We have to subtract what Plato added. read more

Plato told the story of Atlantis around 360 B.C. The founders of Atlantis, he said, were half god and half human. They created a utopian civilization and became a great naval power. Their home was made up of concentric islands separated by wide moats and linked by a canal that penetrated to the center. read more

Unlike many legends whose origins have been lost in the mists of time, we know exactly when and where the story of Atlantis first appeared. The story was first told in two of Plato's dialogues, the"Timaeus" and the"Critias," written about 330 B.C. read more