So far I have come to the temporary conclusion that atlantis can not be located in one place only. I feel that although it would have had a central capital that governed that race. It also had plenty of replicas in other words, cloned cities that worked on the same principles. These could be seen as outposts in locations that they were determined to dominate. There is a lot of evidence that points towards this theory and at the same time other civilizations would have copied certain aspect that they found beneficial. Its hard to picture in our minds as we are looking at a new world, in the old one we may find that what is highlands now used to be ancient ports. What are ports now may have been mountains. The idea that land can raise up is still hard for us to believe. I have been to an area where I felt it was a port, immaculate in many ways. but now its a cracked and dried mountain of no interest to humans. If we are to find the real past we need to imagine out of the current world.

You have to remember that the only evidence about the existence of Atlantis comes from a single book, Critias by Plato - one that he never completed. It doesn't mention advanced tech, it doesn't mention exactly where is was (please remember that the Pillars of Heracles moved every time the Greek world expanded its geographical understanding) and it claims that Athens was the lead city in the coalition that destroyed it. Sounds awfully like Troy to me, but then until someone invents a time machine and goes back to ask Solon (Plato's grandfather and the supposed origin of the tale) about it, we'll never know.

Originally posted by AngryCymraeg
You have to remember that the only evidence about the existence of Atlantis comes from a single book, Critias by Plato - one that he never completed. It doesn't mention advanced tech, it doesn't mention exactly where is was (please remember that the Pillars of Heracles moved every time the Greek world expanded its geographical understanding) and it claims that Athens was the lead city in the coalition that destroyed it. Sounds awfully like Troy to me, but then until someone invents a time machine and goes back to ask Solon (Plato's grandfather and the supposed origin of the tale) about it, we'll never know.

I'd agree with all that you said except to question that at the time of writing C & T Plato would have considered the Pillars to have been Gibraltar - but that is a minor point.

I have found that about 80% of the people who believe in Atlantis have never read C & T and perhaps 1% have read it fully - not just quotes on websites or in fringe books.