Are Tales Of Lost Cities A Load Of Shangri-Lalas?

Sandra Bullock Goes In Search Of A Mythical City In New Adventure Movie So We Ask...

ATLANTIS

GREEK philosopher Plato was the first to write about the famous lost city in 360BC.

He described Atlantis as an advanced civilisation and naval power, but claimed it eventually vanished beneath the waves because of floods and earthquakes.

Some archaeologists think the home of the DC Comics hero Aquaman might be based on a real city of the Minoans, destroyed by a huge volcanic eruption in 1600BC on the island of Santorini.

Other experts think it was in Spain and destroyed by a tsunami.

The notorious Bermuda Triangle has also been cited as a possible location after what appeared to be the remains of walls and streets on the North Atlantic ocean seabed were discovered.

Atlantis has been even linked to aliens and UFOS, while the nutty Nazis searched for it believing Atlantis to be the birthplace of their Aryan “super race.

EL DORADO

IN the 1500s stories arose among Spanish explorers of a golden city bursting with riches and located in the jungles of South America.

It was rooted in local stories of a ruler in modern-day Colombia who was so rich he covered himself in gold dust and washed it off in Lake Guatavita.

Adventurers tried to drain it in their bid to find the precious metal, while expeditions to find a city made from the gold in the region left hundreds dead.

Even British seafarer Sir Walter Raleigh joined the hunt in vain - twice.