Atlantis

Im 4. Jahrhundert vor Christus berichtete Platon von einer gefürchteten Seemacht, die lange vor seiner Zeit große Teile Europas und Afrikas unterworfen habe. Nach einem gescheiterten Angriff auf Athen sei Atlantis schließlich infolge einer Naturkatastrophe um 9.600 vor Christus innerhalb eines einzigen Tages untergegangen. Was ist dran am Mythos des sagenumwobenen Inselreichs?

Plato was the first to write about the advanced island civilization that suddenly disappeared from the surface of the planet. While the philosopher provided some very specific details about Atlantis' design and life of the people who live there, the mystery of the city's fate and location has endured. The leading potential sites for the remains of the city stretch around the world: ancient Egypt, where famed psychic Edgar Cayce claimed the island's "hall of records" was buried under the Sphynx, in the Caribbean near the underwater rock formations known as the Bimini Road, on the Yucatan peninsula amid the Mayan remains, or the Greek island Santorini, home of a long-active volcano.

В 4 веке до нашей эры Платон описал историю затонувшей Атлантиды, исчезнувшей без следа. С тех пор люди всегда пытались отыскать потерянную цивилизацию, но существовала ли она в реальности?