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This week I have a project in school about Atlantis whether it really was an island or not. So I was wondering, what do you think about it?

There are multiple ideas of Atlantis and what it was (or even "is" in some cases) but either way I don't think it exists. I think that some towns or cities may have met the fate that it looks like Venice is going to meet (I.e they sunk into the sea) but I don't think that those towns were anything like Atlantis.

Summary of what I know on the subject:
Atlantis is a fictional country in a work by Homer.

Some people claim that contact between Europe and the Americas would have been achieved through Atlantis, and that the Pyramids were somehow designed by them. Apparently some Indian cultures share similar beliefs and knowledge with the ancient Egyptians.

If you look at a map, there's a shallow region in the middle of the Atlantic. That's where Atlantis would have been, apparently.

Aliens.

That is all. Now I'm off to locate Khazad-dum

Plato, not Homer.

There are a few different ideas as to what real island/town he was inspired by, but I don't think there's any way to tell, and thus silly to speculate upon seriously. (My money's on Santorini.)

My curiosity never compelled me to research Atlantis; I do no believe it exists. Though I will mention, if your class has not or will not, Plato also wrote a little about Atlantis.

Edit: Haha looks like Kaiserpingvin beat me. I was wondering about that. I never heard of Homer talking about it...

I think it's possible it existed, but there's not enough evidence to support it. If you are going to do a project on it, then explain why there is not enough evidence to prove it's existence. Explain that we would of found it by now, if there ever was such a thing. You'll have a better project grade for denying it's existence.

You mean a better grade for remaining neutral

Yes, but the rooms are pretty pricey.

Oh shi... I always thought Atlantis was somehow part of the Odyssey, must have been wrong all along. Thanks for clarifying that, goes to show my knowledge on Atlantis can't be trusted.

edit: oh, and the argument that it would have been found by now, although convincing, has some major inconveniences. First of all, it assumes that you are some kind of all knowing being; you should know that most of the knowledge you have has not come through first hand experience, rather it comes from television, books, school... It would not be inconceivable that its existence could be kept secret from the general public. Second of all, no proof of existence is not a proof of non-existence. I could argue that atoms don't exist because there is no proof of their existence, and if technological advances hadn't advanced enough to demonstrate with almost certainty their existence, by that logic my statement would be true.

It's like a Tootsie Pop, the world may never know.

Unfortunately, Atlantis does not exist, or does it? As the owl in Tootsie Pop stated, the world may never know.

No, I mean by having the project on why it doesn't exist. Atlantis really doesn't have much going for it. It would be much easier on find factual stuff on why it doesn't exist among the many crazy conspiracy theories, UFO relations and other stuff.

@georgi
The reason I go behind the argument of it would of been found by now is more extensive. It would of been found by now for the following:

1. It would of had been mapped.
   
2. Other cities would of had traded with it.
   
3. There seems to be no reason for it to be hidden from the general public.
   
4. A whole city vanishing is illogical, unless it was destroyed by a natural disaster, but even then it'd still leave some trace of civilization behind it.

Of course, this is only a project and neither side can prove or deny it's existence. But the chances are more people on the side of that it does exist would get a bad grade for bad information. Why? Because projects for Atlantis have a higher chance of being like the following:

Atlantis exists because of the Aliens who put it there, it was a magical city filled with elves and wizards. One day, they used the Halo to warp the city into space and was protected by the Ancients who where a race of beings who evolved beyond their physical bodies. The Ancients put a cloaking shield around the city in space, it is now invisible. The city is now in orbit around the Earth. The government went into space to look for the city and found it. Atlantis is now a government cover-up.

There is no evidence to deny this kid's project is true or not. This kid would still get a bad grade with a note that says this project is not about creativity. My point being there is more bad information rather than good information towards it's existence.

antlantis could have existed. It could have just been a normal island many years ago that got flooded over when the glaciers melted more and more. through out years stories get and tales get changed so the myths we have now could have hardly any relation to it. just think of it as playing telephone and i know many people did in grade school.

ha i love this

Listen to what History Channel has to say.

Everyone knows Atlantis will be returned in 2012 when the aliens return to us once again to jumpstart our society and defeat the kraken in The Bermuda Triangle so that C'thulu may take its place once again and tentacle rape the Atlantean maidens.

Tentacle rape? Deal.

I took a class on ancient archaeology and cities like troy and Atlantis were probably based on real places. A mix of myth and reality. I could continue to elaborate, as I studied places such as Knossos in depth but... :effort:

I wouldn't just dismiss the myth entirely. Is it contorted? We can only assume so.

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wat, sounds a lot like religious studies

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