Mystery AtlasLiteral Atlantis Theories
The family of claims that Atlantis was a real sunken landmass — placed variously in the Atlantic, the Caribbean, Antarctica, and elsewhere — often crediting it with an advanced civilisation; geology and archaeology support none of these locations.
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Literal Atlantis Theories attempts to explain Atlantis.
Theories & Explanations
Literal Atlantis Theories contradicts Minoan Atlantis Hypothesis — The Minoan reading treats the story as transformed memory inside an invented narrative, not as a report of a sunken Atlantic landmass.
Literal Atlantis Theories is frequently compared to The Literal Lost-City-or-Empire Claim — Both are literal-place claims layered onto a real originating story: an actual Muisca ritual in one case, Plato's philosophical dialogue in the other.
Documents & Sources
Literal Atlantis Theories was popularised by Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882).