Alright, this is another area of interest to me and I would like to see what others think about this.

I read a book not too long ago which spoke of this and I can kind of see where they're going with it.

Suppose that "Atlantis" wasn't necessarily an 'island' or separate continent all by itself, but instead a large nation that spanned parts of the world in pre-ice age times (10,000 years bce). I can provide the name of the book once I get back home, but it provides data to show where areas of the world would have been fertile that far back and provides a potential location for this "nation". Now - what if that nation had outposts in other parts of the world - ie - I saw a thread about a location underwater near Cuba. That's a possibility. What if what Plato spoke of wasn't necessarily the entire nation he witnessed destroyed, but instead a colony or outpost.

Furthermore, the author goes on to explain his views on the degradation of the materials used in the construction of materials - metal, wood, etc. I can provide the table later on, but it gives the approximate time it takes for substances to degrade into nothing over periods of time. If Atlantis did exist - all traces of it, save for things like the Sphinx and Pyramids (which many believe to be remnants of an anti-diluvian civilization) are gone.

There is also so much of the world we haven't even begun to touch - deep deep sea - what is under the ice in Antartica - many mountains and other sites where archaeology has yet to explore.

I don't know - I can kind of see where they are coming from - if such a civilization did exist, who is to say we would ever find "conclusive" evidence.

I'm just trying to generate conversation here. Look forward to the discussion!