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Friday, April 29, 2011

The lost city of Atlantis - Fact or Fiction

The lost city of Atlantis was a story of Plato in 355 BC, which says that Poseidon was the god of the sea that made ​​the city of Atlantis. The city boasted sources hot and cold water, walled with irrigation to grow out of the city. The attraction was a temple in the city center, on top of a hill that was a statue of Poseidon in a chariot drawn by winged horses. Some supported this imagination, while others claimed to be false.

In 1800,Ignatius Donnelly supported this story, saying in his book titled "Antediluvian World" that this city was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The civilization of Atlantis was not the first civilization that then spread to other colonies. This city is believed to have been ruined by a natural disaster.

Against theories that have been of deep-sea sediments could not have covered the entire city, taking into account the period of its existence, this theory has beenfalse.

Another history professor, KT Frost believes that the city existed, but was on the island of Crete, which hosted the Minoan civilization. He stated that this civilization was, in fact, flourishes in a marina was efficient in force. Due to the eruption of a volcano 10 miles from this island, the whole civilization suddenly disappeared with the empire. There appeared in this story with that proposed by Plato. In fact, many people believe that the legendarythe city is actually in Crete. The clash between this story remains a fact or fiction.

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