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The iconic Atlantis The Palm, Dubai is a luxury hotel resort located at the apex of the Palm Jumeirah in the United Arab Emirates. It was the first resort to be built, in 2008, on the island and is themed on the myth of Atlantis. Source Hotel Atlantis at Sunset, The Palm - Dubai. Date 2020-02-06 16:26 Author Sergio Boscaino from Busseto, Italy
Atlantis on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in 1998: An overhead view of Atlantis as it sits atop the Mobile Launcher Platform before STS-79: An overhead image of Atlantis during STS-115, as recorded by an Expedition 13 crew member on board the International Space Station: The Hubble Space Telescope aboard Atlantis during the STS-125 mission
In the story, Atlantis is described as a naval empire that ruled all Western parts of the known world, [1] [2] making it the literary counter-image of the Achaemenid Empire. [3] After an ill-fated attempt to conquer "Ancient Athens," Atlantis falls out of favor with the deities and submerges into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Satellite image of the Island of Thera, also called Santorini. Clockwise from center: Nea Kameni; Palea Kameni; Aspronisi; Therasia; Thera The story of Atlantis has been argued to preserve a cultural memory of the Thera eruption, which destroyed the town of Akrotiri and affected some Minoan settlements on Crete. [3]
Atlantis and Endeavour were launch pad neighbors for the last time, in preparation for STS-125. Atlantis at LC-39A prior to launch, after the RSS was retracted. STS-125 was first assigned to Discovery with a launch date no earlier than May 2008. [38] [39] This originally moved the mission ahead of STS-119, ISS Assembly flight 15. [38]
Most classicists believe that Atlantis was a fictional rhetorical invention by Plato, rather than a real geographic location. [20] [21] Skeptic Steven Novella criticised the claim, stating that the structure is inconsistent with Plato's description of Atlantis, and that the site shows no evidence of a city ever being built at the location. [19]
Atlantis is a fictional location appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is based on the mythical island of Atlantis first mentioned in Plato 's initial dialogue the Timaeus , written c. 360 BC.