Original Question: Is orichalcum also known as the red metal proof that Atlantis existed?
Orichalcum is mentioned in several other ancient writings, not just in Plato’s story of Atlantis. And it’s not red, it looks more like gold than anything.
Ingots of orichalcum found in a shipwreck off Sicily. Photo credit: Archaeology World.
It’s been determined to be a slightly variable content alloy of 75-80 percent copper, 15-20 percent zinc and small percentages of nickel, lead, and iron. It was quite widely known and used across the Ancient Mediterranean world.
Just because something real is mentioned in a fictional story, doesn’t make the story real! Just because the story of Harry Potter mentions King’s Cross Station in London, doesn’t mean that Harry Potter was a real person or that the stories about him represented any form of reality…