The Mystery of Atlantis

The Mystery of Atlantis

THE MYSTERY OF ATLANTIS

"In what way is the question about the existence of Atlantis best answered - as a continent in the Atlantic, a myth invented by Plato, or as the story of Minoan civilization?"

The probability that the lost city of Atlantis may have been Minoan Crete is the most persuasive explanation although it did not answer some remaining questions.   Although Plato's literature may have consisted of some fact and some fiction, it presented many plausible details that relate Atlantis to Minoan civilization.   Logical speculation that led Desmond Lee and Otto Muck to jump to extreme conclusions are avoided in Edward Bacon's reasonable deductions and definitive comparisons between Atlantis and Minoan Crete.   Bacon also used archeological findings to support the resemblance between the two great civilizations.   Supplementary evidence was necessary only to confirm the precise location of Atlantis.
Plato's literature, which consisted of the Timaeus and Critias, provided the basis for all theories about the existence of Atlantis yet seemed to support the possibility of Atlantis resembling Minoan Crete the most.   Desmond Lee insisted that Plato wrote these two dialogues to "make a philosophical point,"   and that "Plato's account of Atlantis could be regarded as the first example of science fiction."   This means that the information included in Plato's literature could not be taken as a literal truth about that time in history.   Rather than denying the clues to the past provided by Plato, Edward Bacon logically linked the described Atlantis to "the Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and the Near East, such as the Minoans."   This theory examined the known details of Minoan culture, and more realistically attempted to prove the existence of Atlantis.   Otto Muck took Plato's dialogues for their literal meaning, believing that an overwhelming asteroid was not limited to the continent of Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean, but stimulated catastrophic destruction...