Scary Destination in Mythology: The Lost City of Atlantis

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The Lost City of Atlantis Introduction

Atlantis is a legendary sub continent like island which is believed to be

advanced Utopian society containing wisdom and can bring peace to all

creatures in the world

In brief terms, the story of Atlantis was first told in two of Plato’s

documentaries; the Timaeus and the Critias.  

This presentation assumes the role to explain the origin, history and gives a

comprehensive understanding of what exactly the Lost City of Atlantis is.

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Cont… Introduction

Map showing the historical position of Athens.

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Origins, history, and functions of AtlantisA map showing a skeleton view of Atlantis before it

sank

Origin of Atlantis dates back to the early years of the formation of the earth, before 330 BC, and books of Plato well explain its origin.

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Cont… Origins, history, and functions of Atlantis

The historian believed that the most of the important accomplishments of the ancient world originated from Atlantis. Such accomplishments are metallurgy, agriculture, religion and language.

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Sacred objects and its attributes

According to DeMolay (2007), Plato describes Atlantis as a piece of

subcontinent lands that is technologically sophisticated, but contains

morally bankrupt and evil empire, because it attempted the world

domination by force. 

the people living in it, commonly known as Athenians have great

ability to defeat powerful foe through the forces of spirits they own.

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A comparison of this place to those that serve similar functions in other cultures

Michaels (2010) assets that Plato well indicate that Atlantians are great and

passionate engineering and architectural base.

Historically, Atlantis city is built on a hill and surrounding of mass of water

which could fit a ship a tunnel to pass through

According to Plato’s story, there existed amazing buildings which were complete

with both hot and cold fountains sharing dining halls and stone wall covered

with precious metals.

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Cont…A comparison of this place to those that serve similar functions in other culturesFigure showing the mountainous site where Athen building was constructed

Having a mind of history make one ask what might really happen if Atlantis

could exist then. Could its residence try to kill all humanity in the world? 8

The relevance of this place and these objects in contemporary culture

According to Klossner (2006), historical analysts believe that most of the

important accomplishments of the prehistoric world originated from Atlantis.

Like other historical sites, the legend about Atlantis helps to bring tourists to

Thera by the boatload. Here, the tourists enjoy black sand beaches

archaeological sites and dramatic volcanic cliffs (Klossner, 2006). Some can

find rest in the Hotel Atlantis.

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Cont… The relevance of this place and these objects in contemporary culture

Michaels (2010) asserts that the remains of the stone (Bronze) aged

city called Thera proved existence of buildings, streets, buildings,

pottery and colorfully painted walls. All these showed the wealthy

society.

On the other hand, a devastating volcano can easily be seen to have

buried the city. This equally serves as the historical even, interesting

to look at.

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Cont…The relevance of this place and these objects in contemporary culture

The time of Atlantis and the Pyramids of Egypt from

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ReferencesDeMolay, J. (2007). Atlantis: The mystery of the lost city. New

York, NY: PowerKids Press.

Klossner, M. (2006). Prehistoric humans in film and television:

579 dramas, comedies, and documentaries, 1905-2004. Jefferson,

N.C: McFarland & Co.

Michaels, A. (2010). Reflections of a successful wallflower:

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