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Anthropology

LT Barclay

(2,761 posts)

10. I don't think Atlantis is a myth. I think it was based on the Minoan civilization that was at its height about 1600 BC

Reply to soldierant (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 10, 2024, 10:22 PM

Apr 2024

and was destroyed when a near-by volcano blew and set off a tidal wave that was estimated to have traveled at about 400 mph and was about 100 ft high (details aren't in this article and I'm going on what I remember).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption#:~:text=The%20Minoan%20eruption%20was%20a%20catastrophic%20volcanic%20eruption,of%20Crete%20with%20subsequent%20earthquakes%20and%20paleotsunamis.%20

Often the tales from ancient times are not interpreted well. I read a book called "In Search of the Odysee" by Tim Severin. He believes the events in the story occurred entirely in the eastern Mediterranean (and he found many sites that match the descriptions in the story) but the timelines were all multiplied by 7. It may be the same type of misinterpretation that has placed "Atlantis" in the middle of the Atlantic.