Facts about Atlantis Legend

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   Plato set the destruction of Atlantis approximately 9,000 years before his own time, placing the catastrophe in a remote prehistoric past.

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   Ancient Greek writings describe Atlantis as having sunk into the ocean in a single day and night following divine punishment from the gods.

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   No geological or archaeological evidence has ever been found to support Atlantis as a real place, leading most scholars to regard it as a literary myth.

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   Plato placed Atlantis beyond the Pillars of Hercules, the ancient name for the Strait of Gibraltar, describing it as larger than Libya and Asia combined.

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   The Atlantis legend originates from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, who described it in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias as a powerful naval empire.

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