Atlantis Research Paper

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The lost city of Atlantis has been a myth for many centuries, and some researchers even believe that they have found evidence to prove its existence. The lost city of Atlantis is a real event that happened around 635 B.C.
The city of Atlantis was found by the greek god Poseidon. Atlantis is believed to be larger than Libya and Asia minor put together. The city was very wealthy and everybody that lived there was happy. Until the gods got upset with the atlanteans, and created an earthquake, making big waves and submerging the city of Atlantis. The story was written by a greek philosopher Plato.
The philosopher Plato was a very intelligent man. He was born around 428 B.C, then later died around 348 B.C. He heard the story of Atlantis from his grandfather and later wrote it in his book Charmides. The book included Critias as a character. He was
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According to plato, Atlantis was submerged by the gods. According to the legend of Plato’s writing, Atlantis was sunk by the greek god Zeus. The gods started marrying atlanteans and the people of Atlantis got greedy and started capturing more land around the mediterranean. The god Zeus then got upset and sent a huge earthquake that caused Atlantis to sink into the sea. The island had sunk in the matter of one day and one night.
Many researchers believe they have found evidence of Atlantis.
In July of 2012, British researchers went to search for the island of Doggerland, an island sunk around 650 B.C, and found it in the bottom of the North Sea. Exactly one year ago a strange metal was found in a ship that was 2,600 years old. The metal is said to be from the lost city of
Atlantis. The metal was called oricalcum, and is a red alloy.
The lost city of Atlantis is a real event that happened during 635 B.C. In the future when
Atlantis is found is will change history of the world

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