So if the widely accepted belief that Plato invented Atlantis then why is it referenced by Herodotus, the Egyptian book of the dead, the Hindu Sanskrit writings and many other sources before Plato? Herodotus; a people called, "Atlantes" living nearby the Atlas mountains. https://fathersergio.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/pre-platonic-ancient-writings-pertinent-to-atlantis/ I have yet to see one compelling piece of evidence rebuking Atlantis in the Richat structure in the then, Tamenrasett river.