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Atlantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, romanized: Atlantìs nêsos, lit. 'island of Atlas') is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations.
A map showing the supposed extent of the Atlantean Empire. From Ignatius L. Donnelly's Atlantis: the Antediluvian World, 1882. [1]There are several hypotheses about real-world events that could have inspired Plato's fictional story of Atlantis, told in the Timaeus and Critias.
Mu is a lost continent introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), who identified the "Land of Mu" with Atlantis.The name was subsequently identified with the hypothetical land of Lemuria by James Churchward (1851–1936), who asserted that it was located in the Pacific Ocean before its destruction. [1]
Seth Doane dives into waters off the coast of Italy to report on Baia, a city that sunk into the sea between the 4th and 5th centuries. Watch the story on 60 Minutes Plus, streaming now, only on ...
The classification of lost lands as continents, islands, or other regions is in some cases subjective; for example, Atlantis is variously described as either a "lost island" or a "lost continent". Lost land theories may originate in mythology or philosophy , or in scholarly or scientific theories, such as catastrophic theories of geology .
Atlantis, 2011 BBC One production starring Stephanie Leonidas as Pinaruti, Reece Ritchie as Yishharu, Langley Kirkwood as Rusa, and Tom Conti as the Narrator. Atlantis is the setting of the 2013 BBC One fantasy series of the same name. S.T.A.R. Labs screen displaying the virtual map of Earth-2 with the Atlantis.
Orichalcum, a metal that was considered second only to gold in value, and was mined in Atlantis in ancient times. Panacea , a remedy that would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. Water of Lethe , which flows through the river Lethe , and causes those who drink it to experience forgetfulness.
The English name is commonly attributed to T. E. Lawrence in the 20th century, but it never appears in Lawrence's published works, and neither Bertram Thomas who made "Atlantis of the Sands" public (and was probably the real coiner of this term) [1] [2] [3] nor Ranulph Fiennes and Nicholas Clapp who made this term popular [4] [5] have ever ...