Historical myths that reallly get on your tits

[DrDeth]

This is a much newer thread-

Historical myths DEBUNKED!

Okat, this thread is not for modern Urban Legends- we have Snopes and Brunvand for that. I mean myth out of history- and NO RELIGIOUS MYTHS. Please. Atlantis- there is no Atlantis, they will never find Atlantis, they cant find it- because Atlantis never existed. Plato made it up. It is a parable, a teaching story. Oh sure, Plato may- possibly- been influenced by some ancient historical event- but Atlantis is a myth. Buried Pirate treasure. There is none. Pirates spend their loot, they didn’t…