Even with satellites and centuries of research, a few places still slip through the cracks. In a few cases, cities once ...

The enormous tsunami thought to have destroyed the legendary lost city of Atlantis could have been caused by lava, a new theory suggests. Experts believe material from the volcanic eruption on ...

Scientists are convinced that Atlantis is submerged just north of Cadiz They used a satellite photo of a suspected submerged city to find the site The team then surveyed it with a combination of ...

Ever heard of the city of Helike? For a long time it was as lost (and considered as mythical) as the city of Atlantis. Then one day someone found a coin from Helike, and the search was on. Take a look ...

The legend of Atlantis tells us that the world may be dotted with lost settlements – and scientists may have just discovered one. Explorers at the Russian Academy of Sciences have found 'traces of a ...

It was the philosopher Plato who first wrote about the island of Atlantis, which was said to have disappeared into the ocean after falling out of favour with the gods. "It's clear that Plato made up ...