Ireland As Atlantis
Movies & Documentaries • 11m
Ulf Erlingsson, from Uppsala University in Sweden claims that Atlantis, first described by the Greek philosopher Plato as sinking under a tidal wave 12,000 years ago, was actually Ireland. Erlingsson claims Plato's descriptions of Atlantis match Ireland exactly. Just like Atlantis, Ireland is 300 miles long, 200 miles wide, and widest over the middle," he said. Plato's Atlantis had a central plain surrounded by mountains. He has looked at geographical data and of the 50 largest islands; there is only one that has a plain in the middle, and that is Ireland. Could this ancient city of Atlantis been right under our noses all this time?
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