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Atlantis

The entire legend of a lost advanced civilization traces back to one philosopher, writing what he explicitly framed as an illustrative story — yet people have searched for it as real for over 2,000 years.

Atlantis is a legendary advanced island civilization first described by the Greek philosopher Plato around 360 BC, said to have sunk beneath the ocean in a single catastrophic event. Despite Plato's own account reading like a philosophical illustration rather than history, explorers and researchers have proposed dozens of real-world locations for it ever since.

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Quick facts

→The only original sources for Atlantis are two dialogues by Plato, Timaeus and Critias, written around 360 BC.
→Plato attributed the story to Egyptian priests via the Greek statesman Solon, two more layers removed from any direct account.
→Critias, the dialogue meant to describe Atlantis in full detail, is unfinished — it cuts off mid-sentence.
→Proposed real-world locations for Atlantis include Santorini, Sardinia, Cuba, Antarctica, and the Azores, with no location ever confirmed.

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Atlantis (location)

Legendary advanced civilization described by Plato around 360 BC as sinking beneath the ocean; no confirmed real-world location has ever been found.

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Plato (person)

Greek philosopher whose two dialogues, written around 360 BC, are the sole original source for the Atlantis legend.

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