The ancient city of Atlantis has to be one of the most interesting lost cities of all. There was a lot of controversy over the years whether Atlantis was a real city that had been swallowed by the ocean, by floods and earthquakes. Researchers have discovered amazing things regarding Atlantis.
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Here are some pictures of what the City of Atlantis supposedly looked like...
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Around 350 BC, Plato (a philosopher) wrote about a beautiful island in the Atlantic Ocean that was buried and flooded by the waves. Plato describes the people of Atlantis as great engineers and architects. There were palaces, harbors, temples and docks. The capital city was built on a hill and surrounded by rings of water, which were joined by tunnels large enough for a ship to sail through. A huge canal connected the outer rings of water to the ocean. On the outskirts of the capital city there were huge fields where farmers grew the city's food. Past the field there were mountains where wealthy villagers lived. Read more: The Lost City of Atlantis | Plato | Fantasy | Ancient Greece | Atlantic |