Quote Originally Posted by Conradus View Post
Isn't the whole Atlantis myth based on the eruption of that volcano which was amongst the causes of the downfall of the Minoan civilzation and Plato's vision of an ideal state to compare his contempories with? I mean, we aren't searching for Socrates' cave either.
Yeah, more like the Theran civilisation which was even more advanced than the Minoans. I read a book on them, an archaeological excavation on Thera, the biggest thing in archaeology for quite some time now. There is a whole entire city on Thera, rivalling Pompeii in its preservation, which was the site of the Volcano which caused its own and Minoan death BTW (as well as probably the Moses' plagues of Egypt, since the timing was almost precise).

I suggest you read about it too, as it is almost fantastical how advanced the Therans were. Most notably their plumbing. The whole city was riddled with pipes, which led to all sorts of nifty things, including showers, bath tubs, and self-flushing toilets.