The Evidence That The Lost City of Atlantis Existed?

I was lost, then I was found, you might hear some of the wonders of the world say if they could speak. We might look at perhaps the best known once-lost city in Machu Picchu, that was abandoned in the 16th century and discovered again in the 20th century. Then you have the spellbinding city of Angkor in Cambodia, which was never really lost, but certainly needed a lot of restoration for it to look as magnificent as it does today. We also have cities that are perhaps only legends, El Dorado, The Lost City of Gold; or The Lost City of Z, whose mystery lured explorers from Europe… and some never returned home. But today we’ll talk about perhaps greatest legend of them all, in this episode of the Infographics Show, The Evidence That The lost city of Atlantis Existed.

If we want to know the origins of the city of Atlantis we have to go back to the great, Greek ancient philosopher known as Plato. You’ve probably heard of the guy. Some writers have said all philosophy is just a footnote to Plato, while he’s the man that wrote the Socratic dialogues; he came up with The Cave allegory we still talk about today and he advanced ideas on justice, law, and learning that we all should be thankful for. With that in mind, if Plato was the one that started the story of Atlantis, perhaps we should take him seriously?

Well, while there are still people that believe Atlantis was real, most others, tell us Plato told that tale as an allegory, meaning the story had a hidden meaning in it. Plato said in 360 B.C. that these Atlanteans had a pretty good life. No doubt if such a thing existed back then, Atlantis would have come very high in standard of living indexes. The people that lived there were human, but also God-like, according to Plato. Where the island is, is actually widely debated, with some saying that the island, and surrounding islands, were just somewhere in the Mediterranean, and others saying near Spain, in the Pacific, the Caribbean or even close to Antarctica. The place is described as having one main island, with smaller islands surrounding it. It was a wonderful spot, too, where exotic wildlife not seen anywhere else wandered around, and where precious metals were plentiful. It was said living there was a Utopian existence, before Sir Thomas More wrote his book 'Utopia’ in 1516 and we started using that word to mean the apogee of human civilization. You get the picture, Atlantis was supposed to be perfect in every way. No one messed with the Atlanteans, either, because they had an impenetrable navy.

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[TheInfographicsShow]

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[FRISHR]

How to find Atlantis:

Convince America that there’s oil in Atlantis.

[AusMcNeal]

Year 5025 "Did The United States Actually exist?"

[trevormcdermott]

6800: did australia really exist?



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[kaelpale]

bruh they literally made a movie on it???? ofc it exists, its all on camera too!!

[diegob]

As a Peruvian, I do not think it’s right to say that Machu Picchu was lost and then discovered later. It’s well proven that locals always knew the existence of Machu Picchu and in fact, it was never lost.

[Jade-hcdl]

Me: I’m going to sleep early!

Me at 3AM:

[niranjanr]

Archaeologists: I found Atlantis
Geologists: I’m gonna end this man’s whole career
Archaeologists: I’mma head out

[nhjkyri]

If global warming worsen. Maybe we'll turn into the lost city of atlantis. LOL

[Yopapareal-thwn]

Spongebob told Patrick to not pull the plug.but he did

[imaverywhere]

Of course it exists, SpongeBob found it. Remember?

It is weird how we just forget things, and then in the future we start to think if they really existed or not. In some thousand years maybe people are not sure if New York was really a place or not

[DanielGarza]

Yes it existed. It’s the Richat structure in Mauritania.

[kaybrera]

The great flood did in fact happen lol. It was called the younger dryas event where global sea levels rose exponentially. This flood has been documented by many ancient cultures which corroborate around the same time line

[JackBessant]

Atlantis is in Africa, in the Eye of the Sahara

[TheSeffer]

Just have to point out that while Plato was known to write some aligorical tales, he made a point to say as much either in the title or in the "prologue" of the "book". And at the beginning of the take of Atlantis he states that it is a true story. Not sure if I believe it is for sure the location, but the eye of the Sahara is a likely location for Atlantis.

[simplyachicken]

6969:
"Did some planet called "Earth" actually exist? Did humans inhabit this mysterious planet?"

[MrWizeazz]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the eye of the Sahara in Africa as being a possible location for Atlantis.

[themightyblueshell]

Now where's the evidence that Bikini Bottom exists hmmm?

[bazinga]

Alright, this is an old video, but hear me out. Near the island of Sardinia, Italy, there are underwater ruins of buildings from thousands of years ago. They were also somewhat advanced for their age. There were also signs of volcanic rock and ash burying the buildings deeper underwater, so I and many others speculate that Atlantis was in Sardinia! Also, to drive my point, the ancient Sardinians were already somewhat advanced early on in human culture.