
For centuries, seekers of lost civilizations have gazed across the Atlantic in search of Atlantis, the mysterious land described by Plato as an advanced society destroyed in a great cataclysm. Egypt, the Mediterranean, and the mid-Atlantic ridge (1) have been proposed as its resting place.

But what if part of the legacy of Atlantis survived — not only beneath the sea, but deep in the jungles of Central America?
Guatemala, with its monumental Maya cities, mythic traditions, and sacred temple complexes, may hold echoes of a forgotten world. Recent archaeological discoveries, combined with mythological parallels, suggest that the ancient Maya preserved fragments of a much older memory: one that resonates strongly with Plato’s account of Atlantis.
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