Do you believe that the ancient civilization, which we call Atlantis, truly existed?

While there is a lot of literary evidence there is very little scientific evidence to back this theory. Plato refers to a land beyond the pillars of Hercules ( the rocks of Gibraltar) and it suited him to make fanciful theories about this land ( much like HG wells and Jules Verne- he was an early sci-fi writer! )and to illustrate his ideas of advancement and republic.

There are other lost continents such as Lemuria in the Indian ocean and there are literary references to a lost land mass between India and Australia/Indonesia. Some have said that deep sea archaeology ( which is very difficult) may reveal more evidence but the sonars and the space scanning have not shown much evidence of real 'lost cities'. The earth can hide a lot of secrets though and it is a far more interesting concept to believe than not to...

The sleeping prophet Edgar Cayce believed in Atlantis. That there were three Halls of Records in which one lies under the Sphinx's paw, another is in the Yucatan and the third is near the Bermuda Triangle. Funny that the Mayans of the Yucatan had pyramids similar to those of Egypt even though their civilations were separated by the Atlantic Ocean.

Here is a link if interested:http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/atlantis.aspx.

Funny that the Mayans of the Yucatan had pyramids similar to those of Egypt even though their civilations were separated by the Atlantic Oceana common fallacy - without steel or other reinforcing methods, a pyramid is the only methosd for really large construction - it'sd also relatively easy to conceivethere's some ancient lit about these ,lost lands, and much more pseudoscince from 19th on, but there's no SCIENTIFIC evidence for ANY advanced civilization of these sorts. NONEthere may have been civ on places such as Thera, but all evidence indicates they would have been no different from other contemporary ones.

I think the tale of Atlantis was intended by Plato to be simply part of a morality tale. The movie Gattaca would be the most modern equivalent. There is, however, intriguing evidence of unknown civilizations around the world.

There's still a lot we don't know.

I believe it existed as described by Plato.

I believe there is a good possibility Atlantis did exist and is not just a philosophical ideal. For me the Minoan civilisation of the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean is a possible candidate. We think they were a prosperous trading civilisation with some complex technologies, and they collapsed in a catostrophic natural disaster, possibly the explosion of the volcanic island of Santorini and the tsunami which followed.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.