Freund and his cohorts believe what remains of the sunken city might be located in muddy marshlands just south of Cadiz, Spain.

global team of scientists from the University of Hartford led by professor Richard Freund have allegedly located Atlantis, an island metropolis once thought only to be the stuff of legends.

Reuters and MSNBC reported Freund and his cohorts believe what remains of the sunken city might be located in muddy marshlands just south of Cadiz, Spain.

Freund and his team used satellite images to determine the location of the mythical sea-based city.

Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, wrote of the submerged city almost 2,600 years ago. He described the continent as alternating rings of land and sea, with a palace built in the center.

In his writings, Plato stated the city had been immersed under the Atlantic Ocean nearly 10,000 years prior after the gods punished the inhabitants by shaking the earth and sending giant waves to push the land underwater, the website Lost Civilizations reported.

MSNBC reported Freund's findings basically corroborate Plato's tale. Satellite imagery Freund and his team analyzed show the multi-ringed realm and the professor suspects a tsunami caused the land's destruction.

"This is the power of tsunamis," Freund told Reuters.

"Finding Atlantis," a documentary about the work of Freund and his team, aired as a National Geographic Channel special on Sunday night. It is slated to air again on Tuesday.

Though Freund's find is significant, he's not the first researcher to claim discovery of the mythical land. Other theories have indicated the island was located elsewhere, including the Greek island of Santorini and the Italian islands of Cyprus and Sardinia.

Professor Arysio Santos linked destruction of Atlantis with the end of the Ice Age in his 2005 book, " Atlantis, The Lost Continent Finally Found ." Santos claimed the lost continent of Atlantis is located under China's South Sea.

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