[cogitator]

I still prefer the Thera eruption and tidal waves on Crete affecting the Minoans.

[blam]

"I still prefer the Thera eruption and tidal waves on Crete affecting the Minoans."

That's still a good candidate but, I'm leaning toward South America as my first choice these days. The alloy of gold and copper mentioned by Plato occurs naturally in only one place in the world, Peru. Tihuanaco has some unusual metal alloy, nickel/copper, clamps that are used to hold the huge masonary blocks together. We only attained the ability to make that alloy in the 1930's.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Plato would not have made such a dumb geographical mistake.