Read the facts about the lost city of Atlantis.The Greek philosopher Plato told a story in the fourth century BCE about a great sea kingdom called Atlantis.According to legend, Atlantis was a wealthy and powerful country that traded extensively and was swallowed up by the sea.In the nineteenth century CE, a civilization called the Minoans was discovered to have lived on the island of Crete.Scientific evidence suggests that the Minoan culture was destroyed by a tsunami.