The fabled lost civilization of Atlantis, mentioned by Plato in two of his dialogues, has had a lot of attention in the intervening two thousand plus years. This ancient land supposedly existed more than 11,000 years ago and was more sophisticated than we would expect for that time. However, it was destroyed in a series of earthquakes and floods. Many people think that it was real and that the remnants of it may still exist today. Others think that Plato's story was allegorical.

Those researchers who do think Atlantis was a real place have proposed many different locations for it based on its description in the dialogues and the geological evidence for natural disasters which might have led to its destruction. From the Rishat Structure in Africa and Santorini in the Aegean, to the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean and Doggerland in the North Sea, many places have been put forward but archaeological evidence is not forthcoming.

In this video I give seven reasons why Malta could be Atlantis including some lesser known stories. These include the strange obsession and hoaxes of the Mosta dome architect Giorgio Grognet de Vassé and the visit to Malta and writings by the Jesuit scholar Anthanasius Kirchner. Explore with me and let me know what you think in the comments!

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00:00 Introduction
00:15 Plato’s Dialogues
02:05 Number 1 - The Name
02:47 Number 2 - The Location
04:41 Number 3 - Megalithic Temples
05:14 Number 4 - Evidence For Floods
06:51 Number 5 - Mysterious Cart Ruts
08:02 Number 6 - The Architect
11:03 Number 7 - Athanasius Kirchner

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✨ REFERENCES

Cutajar, D. (1980). ‘The architect-engineer Giorgio Grognet (1774-1862). Paradigm of an Early Romantic intellectual.’ The Times, 25-26 April.

Cochran Anderson,. J and Dow,. D. N. (2021). Visualizing the past in Italian Renaissance Art: Essays in honor of Brian A. Curran. Leiden: Brill.

Mifsud, A., Mifsud, S., Agius Sultana, C., and Savona Ventura,. C. (2001). Malta: Echoes of Plato’s Island. 2nd ed. Malta: The Prehistoric Society of Malta.

Plato. The Atlantis Dialogue. Plato’s Original Story of the Lost City, Continent, Empire. Edited with an introduction by A. Shepard (2001). Translated by B. Jowett. Los Angeles: Shepard Publications.

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Thumbnail and title screen: Artist’s rendition of Atlantis, credit: George Grie
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