The Lost City of Atlantis

By:Riley O'Lena & Emma Taylor

September 24,2014

Over 11,000 years ago there existed an island nation located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This was the island of Atlantis. It somehow disapered to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and no one knows how.

Supporting Theories

Atlantis was a continent that sunk by a natural disaster THEORY: Ignatius Donnelly wrote a book talked about what happened to the marvel of a city, that suddenly sunk from massive flooding. He also assumed that the Atlantic ocean was 100 feet or less deep. However today, we have discovered that there are depths reaching almost 5 miles deep.

Around 16,000 B.C. there was a giant volcano explosion that was in the middle of many cities, including coastal cities. Scientists believe that Plato was referring to the city in a idealistic manner.I look at this as possible because Plato referrs to the Gods wrath which was what sunk/destroyed Atlantis, and perhaps this is what he was talking about.

Opposing Theories

Plato made up Atlantis to make the plot of his stories more exciting

Some people say that the lost city of Atlantis was never lost it was always where it was in the imaginary city in Plato's book.

Key Evidence

~ Archaeologist believes Cyprus island is remains of Atlantis peninsula ~If the writing of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato had not contained so much truth about the human condition, his name would have been forgotten centuries ago.

Conclusions

We think Atlantis is real because they think someone in France found The Lost City Of Atlantis. They only have blurry pictures and wont let anyone know where they think it's found but they will tell us it is located somewhere in the Caribbean. There are archeologists who have said that there are pieces of something they believe is Atlantis under the Caribbean that are real but do not know yet if is the real Atlantis.

Citations

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