New Findings on Santorini Point to "Lost Island of Atlantis" Origins

By
Patricia Claus
May 21, 2021



The idyllic Greek island of Santorini. Credit: Dimitra Damianidi/Greek Reporter

A new documentary airing on the Discovery Channel says that the ancient lost city of Atlantis may indeed have been located on what is now known as the Greek island of Santorini.

Covered by 200 feet of ash from an volcanic explosion, almost unimaginable artistic riches, showing extravagant wealth, that have been unearthed recently in the area known as Akrotiri on the island of Santorini have offered up yet more tantalizing clues as to its real identity.

The eruption of the island — which was originally called Stronghili, or “round” — in 1650 BC, decimated all life on the island and erased an entire city-state, which has been shown by archaeologists to have been part of the Minoan civilization.

New evidence that Santorini could be site of Atlantis



The Akrotiri area on Santorini — possibly the location of the ancient lost city of Atlantis —
lies buried underneath ash as researchers work under a protective roof to unearth more
treasures there. Credit: Youtube

The great philosopher and writer Plato, in his writings “Timaeus” and “Critias,” described the beauties of the once great and militarily powerful island, whose inhabitants became so enamored with themselves and so arrogant that the gods destroyed the city as punishment.

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