a city of great learning that was consumed by the sea in a great flood,comes in Plato,but nobody seemed interested in exploring its existence further until the 19 century when various books on the subject caused renewed interest in the topic. The discoveries of magnificent sites such as Tutankhamun's tomb and Machu Picchu in Peru showed us that some of the myths of the past were actually true,so people all over the world suddenly began thinking that the ancient civilizations may not have been as simple as we used to believe. Unfortunately,and despite great public interest,investigating the truth of the Atlantis myths was always more difficult than finding a lost city in the Andes,simply because it's a lot harder to look for a city in the mountains.Another difficulty is that there are fewer people who can help you by telling local legends about such cities.Fortunately some people are more stubborn and persistent than others. The most successful of the teams investigating the existence of Atlantis has been the India