"In this mountain there dwelt one of the earth born primeval men" ~Plato

"... the island ... was sheltered from the north."

Giant ice sheets covered parts of the Earth.

Atlantis was founded, during the ice age, in a warm refuge area located in the Ukrainian Steppe, north of the Black Sea. The tribes that journeyed to the Ukrainian Steppes enjoyed hunting the plentiful wild herds, of all types of animals, that congregated in this refuge.

"... the island itself provided most of what was required by them for the uses of life. ... There was an abundance of wood for carpenter’s work, and sufficient maintenance for tame and wild animals ... other sorts of animals, both for those which live in lakes and marshes and rivers, and ... those which live in mountains and on plains ..." Also ... fragrant things ..., whether roots, or herbage, or woods, or essences ..., grew and thrived in that land; also the fruit ..., affording drinks and meats and ointments, and good store of chestnuts and the like, which furnish pleasure and amusement, ... all these that sacred island ... brought forth fair and wondrous and in infinite abundance." ~Plato >>read full quote

Plato's Atlantis Dialogues state that the Island of Atlantis was excavated from a vast fertile plain, which contained abundant water, plants and animals. Dense forests of oak trees, elm, hazelnut, beech, and many deciduous scrubs flourished in southern Ukraine, the Crimean Peninsula, and Southern Russia, as documented by pollen records dated between 11 to 14 kya. The Crimean Mountains still contain the widest variety of plants on earth.

"there were a great number of elephants in the island;"

There were a great number of mammoths in Ukraine. They were hunted for food, and their skins had many uses including for clothing, blankets, and coverings for their huts.

Three radiocarbon dates obtained on mammoth teeth yielded ages of 29 kya, 21, 600, and 15,100 years ago, from the site of Mezin, located on the Desna River. The mammoth artifacts are decorated with artistic lines, resembling calculations.

Mezin was discovered in 1908 by F. K. Volkov, and was excavated over the course of many decades by Ukranian and Russian archeologists such as Efimenko, Voevodskii, and Shovkoplyas.. Mammoth bones decorated with geometric designs from Mezin on the Desna River (after Pidoplichko 1969, 97, fig 31). Photo and text: Hoffecker (2002)

"In the interior of the temple the roof was of ivory, "

Ivory was used in Atlantis in the construction of their temples. The oldest known house in the world is located in Ukraine. The house is constructed out of mammoth bones and tusks, showing a cultural and artistic origin for the use of ivory for construction and ornamentation in the elaborate buildings and fountains of Atlantis.

Mezhirich, Ukraine, the oldest known "houses", built with various mammoth bones and tusks, between 24,000 BCE to 12,000 BCE.

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