Atlantis

Here is an old paper on Atlantis that I think about from time to time. I love Atlantis, even though it's a rumor of a rumor. Perhaps it was the Minoans, though today I'd venture to say it's closer to the Richat structure, located south of the Atlas mountains of North Africa, off the coast of the Atlantic, addressing concerns of overnight destruction, muddy oceans, elephants, and concentric rings with fresh mountain water.

Yet, as you will read below, it's only a rumor. One of the oldest rumors around, with seemingly all the right ingredients. Maybe that's why it has some staying power in our society.

By focusing only on the Atlantean accounts of Plato, and comparing them with archaeological finds and data of today we were able to draw some comparisons between the ancient Minoan civilization and the fictional Atlantis. I look forward to future archaeological discoveries in the Mediterranean, especially around Thera, because maybe, just maybe, some lucky archaeologist will stumble upon the remains of thousands of elephants covered under layers of ash and lava.