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<small>''This article is about the mythical lost continent.  For the Space Shuttle, see [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]].''</small>

<small>''This article is about the mythical lost continent.  For the Space Shuttle, see [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]].''</small>

[[Image:Kirchers Atlantis.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Atlantis, as drawn by German scholar Athanasius Kircher in the 17th century]]

[[Image:Kirchers Atlantis.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Atlantis, as drawn by German scholar Athanasius Kircher in the 17th century]]

'''Atlantis''' is the name given to an island with an advanced civilization supposedly located somewhere in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], though other locations have also been proposed.

'''Atlantis''' (Greek: Ἀτλαντίδι) is the name given to a legendary island with an advanced civilization supposedly located somewhere in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], though other locations have also been proposed.  A tale of utopia and calamity, Atlantis has long been fodder for the occult, the paranormal, and crank science; recent archaeological and geological searches of the Aegean Sea point to Crete, whose Minoan Civilization was largely destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption during the second millenium, B.C.

==Plato's account==

==Plato's account==

Plato (427-347 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher who left behind a large amount of letters and dialogues (the best known of which is ''The Republic''); and was the founder of the Academy, the first prototype of a modern university.  Two of his dialogues are the only known ancient sources of Atlantis: ''Timeaus'' and the unfinished ''Critias''.  Both dialogues were named for persons in the narrative, with Critias the principle speaker.   

Plato (427-347 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher who left behind a large amount of letters and dialogues (the best known of which is ''The Republic''); and was the founder of the Academy, the first prototype of a modern university.  Two of his dialogues are the only known ancient sources of Atlantis: ''Timeaus'' and the unfinished ''Critias''.  Both dialogues were named for persons in the narrative, with Critias the principle speaker.   

Called "The Sleeping Prophet", Edgar Cayce's phychic predictions would come from a couch where he would put himself in a trance, and a writer would jot down what was said.  His version of Atlantis was the same as Donnelly's, with the additional belief that many people alive today are "reincarnated Atlanteans".

Called "The Sleeping Prophet", Edgar Cayce's phychic predictions would come from a couch where he would put himself in a trance, and a writer would jot down what was said.  His version of Atlantis was the same as Donnelly's, with the additional belief that many people alive today are "reincarnated Atlanteans".

Among Cayce's predictions was the rising of Atlantis in 1968 or 1969 in the Bahamas.  The so-called [[Bimini Road]], a formation of what appears to be square-cut limestone blocks in several feet of water just off the northwest shore of Bimini, was discovered in 1969 by an American diver, and heralded as a remnant of Atlantis, despite geologists' claims that the formation is natural.

Among Cayce's predictions was the rising of Atlantis in 1968 or 1969 in the Bahamas.  The so-called [[Bimini Road]], a formation of what appears to be square-cut limestone blocks in several feet of water just off the northwest shore of Bimini, was discovered in 1969 by an American diver, and heralded as a remnant of Atlantis, despite geologists' claims that the formation is natural.

==References==

==References==

*[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/timaeus.html ''Timaeus'', by Plato (complete text online)]

*[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/timaeus.html ''Timaeus'', by Plato (complete text online)]

*[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/critias.html ''Critias'', by Plato (complete text online)]

*[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/critias.html ''Critias'', by Plato (complete text online)]

*[http://www.constitution.org/bacon/new_atlantis.htm ''The New Atlantis'', by Francis Bacon (complete text)]

*[http://www.constitution.org/bacon/new_atlantis.htm ''The New Atlantis'', by Francis Bacon (complete text)]