[blam]

"I think the evidience is good that Thera was Atlantis and was later embellished with additional details. I've seen an interesting reconstruction that suggested a harbor and island sitting within the volcanic cone that was essentially blasted out by the volcano."

I once thought this too. I've come to believe that Atlantis was far, far in the past, maybe, 9-12,000 years ago...at the beginning of the end of the Ice Age. If it was Akatori, we'd know a lot more about it, huh? Remember, the Atlantis story originated with an Egyptian high priest, not the Greeks.

[Alas Babylon!]

Right... And it was placed BEYOND the Pillars of Hercules, i.e., Gibraltar. That is no where near the Agean.

BTW, I've been to the Palace of Knossos on Crete. Beautiful place. If the waves had been 50 feet high then they would have almost made it to the front gate!.