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  2. Atlantis - Wikipedia

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    As a consequence, Atlantis has become a byword for any and all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations and continues to inspire contemporary fiction, from comic books to films. While present-day philologists and classicists agree on the story's fictional nature, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] there is still debate on what served as its inspiration.

  3. Location hypotheses of Atlantis - Wikipedia

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    The classicist Robert L. Scranton argued in an article published in Archaeology that Atlantis was the "Copaic drainage complex and its civilization" in Lake Copais, Boeotia. [6] Modern archaeological discoveries have revealed a Mycenaean -era drainage complex and subterranean channels in the lake.

  4. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World - Wikipedia

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    Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a pseudoarchaeological book published in 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly. Donnelly considered Plato's account of Atlantis as largely factual and suggested that all known ancient civilizations were descended from this lost land through a process of hyperdiffusionism. [1]

  5. Mu (mythical lost continent) - Wikipedia

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    Mu is a lost continent introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), who identified the "Land of Mu" with Atlantis.The name was subsequently identified with the hypothetical land of Lemuria by James Churchward (1851–1936), who asserted that it was located in the Pacific Ocean before its destruction. [1]

  6. Antediluvian - Wikipedia

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    Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is an 1882 book by Ignatius L. Donnelly that attempted to establish that all known ancient civilizations were descended from Atlantis. Many theories mentioned in the book are the source of modern-day concepts about Atlantis.

  7. List of lost lands - Wikipedia

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    Kumari Kandam, a mythical lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization in the Indian Ocean; Lemuria, a mythical lost continent in the Indian or the Pacific Ocean. Llys Helig Welsh legends regarding the local rock formations conceal the palace of Prince Helig ap Glanawg, said to be part of a larger drowned kingdom near Penmaenmawr, Wales.

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  9. Atlantis of the Sands - Wikipedia

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    In modern times, the mystery of the lost city of Atlantis has generated several books, films, articles, and web pages. (See Atlantis in popular culture) [8] [9] On a smaller scale, Arabia has its own legend of a lost city, the so-called "Atlantis of the Sands", which has been the source of debate among historians, archaeologists and explorers, and a degree of controversy that continues to this ...