In 1885 the first connections between Thera and Plato's legend of the Lost Atlantis, that virtuous island which had sunk under the sea in a single night, were made by Auguste Nicaise in a lecture ...

8. The city was destroyed by a huge volcano The idea that the island of Santorini (or Thera) is the real Atlantis gained popularity in the 1960s. Excavations revealed that a society similar to the ...

Some scholars speculate that the legend might have been inspired by the eruption of Thera ... mystery of Atlantis continues to captivate, this latest discovery off the Canary Islands adds a ...

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born ... The city of Akrotiri on the island of Thera (modern-day Santorini) is one of the best preserved of these Minoan settlements.