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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, rogu
by toltek 3y ago
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.
- seanhunter 3y agoDo you have a source that Lanka was an older name for Atlantis (ie that it referred to the same specific place)?
- sohex 3y agoSo 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.
- ffgjgf1 3y ago> 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.