Comments on: Sunken Greek City Predates Plato’s Tale of Atlantis http://chattahbox.com/world/2009/10/17/sunken-greek-city-predates-platos-tale-of-atlantis/ When There's News, Get Ready For Lots Of Chattah! Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Richard Welch http://chattahbox.com/world/2009/10/17/sunken-greek-city-predates-platos-tale-of-atlantis/comment-page-1/#comment-39621 Richard Welch Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:41:19 +0000 http://chattahbox.com/?p=10171#comment-39621 Interesting find, but assuredly not the inspiration for Atlantis. Plato plainly states that the legendary tale came from the Egyptians who stated that Atlantis was outside the Strait of Gibralter, facing the region of Gades (Cadiz). In truth, Atlantis was a super-volcanic island off Portugal that exploded and sank in the 17th century BC. (See Roots of Cataclysm, Algora Publ. NY 2009.) Interesting find, but assuredly not the inspiration for Atlantis. Plato plainly states that the legendary tale came from the Egyptians who stated that Atlantis was outside the Strait of Gibralter, facing the region of Gades (Cadiz). In truth, Atlantis was a super-volcanic island off Portugal that exploded and sank in the 17th century BC. (See Roots of Cataclysm, Algora Publ. NY 2009.)

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