British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

Could Atlantis have been a real place? This deep dive into historical texts, geological discoveries, and newly declassified documents suggests the legendary lost civilization may have been more than ...

Science-based studies indicate the discovery of subsea islands, which potentially originated the Atlantis myth. Evidence supports that the myth bases its origins in actual geological phenomena. Plato ...