POV: You’re an Explorer in the Lost City of Atlantis #history #ai #atlantis #pov Atlantis was first mentioned by the Greek philosopher Plato around 360 BCE in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias. He described it as a powerful, technologically advanced island civilization that existed 9,000 years before his time. According to the legend, Atlantis was an empire beyond the Pillars of Hercules (modern-day Strait of Gibraltar), dominating much of the ancient world until it fell out of favor with the go