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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by toltek on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:40PM (#38167764)
The name itself - Atlantis - was a late invention. There is more records under its older name - Lanka. And iirc, India has stories about Ravana - the last, rogue, king of that empire.
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by seanhunter on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:57PM (#38168021)
Do you have a source that Lanka was an older name for Atlantis (ie that it referred to the same specific place)?
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by sohex on Monday November 06, 2023 @10:07PM (#38172718)
So far as I’m aware the only link between the two is that they both refer to mythical island kingdoms that have since been lost. Any and all sources that I’ve seen with regards to connecting the two lean on the same sort of terrible pseudoscience and misunderstandings that underpin most conspiratorial thinking.
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by ffgjgf1 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:20AM (#38174439)
> about Ravana - the last, rogue, king of that empire.

Maybe it’s based on the last capital of the Western Roman Empire, Ravenna? It was situated between swampland and flooding was certainly a threat.

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