Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island of Crete spread throughout the Mediterranean before it mysteriously collapsed. Many myths and legends of Crete center ...

is the real Atlantis gained popularity in the 1960s. Excavations revealed that a society similar to the nearby Minoan civilization on Crete had been buried by a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in ...

combined with earthquakes that devastated the Minoan civilization, could have influenced Plato’s account. While the mystery of Atlantis continues to captivate, this latest discovery off the ...