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==Later accounts==

==Later accounts==

[[Image:Atlantic Atlantis.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Various locations worldwide have been postulated as the site of Atlantis, with the center of the Atlantis Ocean (circle) near the [[Azores]] archipelego the most cited, based on the writings of Plato, Donnelly, Mook, and others.  Bimini in the Bahamas came into prominence due to the predictions of psychic Edgar Cayce.]]

[[Image:Atlantic Atlantis.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Various locations worldwide have been postulated as the site of Atlantis, with the center of the Atlantis Ocean (circle) near the [[Azores]] archipelego the most cited, based on the writings of Plato, Donnelly, Mook, and others.  Bimini in the Bahamas came into prominence due to the predictions of psychic Edgar Cayce.]]  

====Francis Bacon====

====Francis Bacon====

In 1626 Francis Bacon published ''The New Atlantis'', which was essentially a tale of a ship lost in the Pacific Ocean, and by chance comes upon a hidden, advanced civilization on the island of Bensalem.  The governor in the story recounts the history of the island's original inhabitants, the history and fate of Atlantis, as well as the scientific advancements in his own land, led by a college Saloman's House. [http://www.constitution.org/bacon/new_atlantis.htm]  Although not explicitly named, the concept of an enlightened "utopia" is prevelant in Bacon's work, influencing stories such as James Hilton's ''Lost Horizon'', B.F. Skinner's ''Walden Two'', and James Curney's ''Dinotopia''.

In 1626 Francis Bacon published ''The New Atlantis'', which was essentially a tale of a ship lost in the Pacific Ocean, and by chance comes upon a hidden, advanced civilization on the island of Bensalem.  The governor in the story recounts the history of the island's original inhabitants, the history and fate of Atlantis, as well as the scientific advancements in his own land, led by a college Saloman's House. [http://www.constitution.org/bacon/new_atlantis.htm]  Although not explicitly named, the concept of an enlightened "utopia" is prevelant in Bacon's work, influencing stories such as James Hilton's ''Lost Horizon'', B.F. Skinner's ''Walden Two'', and James Curney's ''Dinotopia''.

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://www.travel-to-santorini.com/place.php?place_id=40 Archaeological site of Akrotiri]

*[http://www.travel-to-santorini.com/place.php?place_id=40 Archaeological site of Akrotiri]

*[http://professionalteachers.nsw.edu.au/members/bsommerv1/thera/hotlist.htm Bronze Age Thera]

*[http://professionalteachers.nsw.edu.au/members/bsommerv1/thera/hotlist.htm Bronze Age Thera]

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