1:29 pm
Simon
So did it exist or didn't it? Every time a lost city or some ruins turn up, they're usually suggested to be Atlantis. But did it really exist? I'm pretty sure it's a myth, and almost certain that the ancients of the middle east and America never met, but the story lives on. The Horizon programme-makers seem obsessed with it; some of the most informative (and ludicrous) documentaries I've seen about the legend were on that show.
- Echoes of Atlantis This one has a broad overview of the myth, but;
- Atlantis Uncovered This one attempts to show the sheer lack of evidence to link the cultures that are meant to be descended from the Atlanteans.
Two more controversial episodes showed that;
- Atlantis must be in Japan,
- or failing that, actually inland in Helike in Greece.
