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Atlantis

You're Dead to Me

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The Minoan Destroyment of Atlantis

There is a huge amount of 20th century and 21st century investigation into the geology of whether there was a real Atlantis story. The leading theory would be the Minoan destruction idea. In the late Bronze Age, there was a humongous volcanic eruption on the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. It may have played a part in inspiring some of the sort of flood literature, but we're not talking about a sunken city or flooding with tsunamis.

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