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The following article contains some "facts", conceptual images and a video.
Dream a little!
Post-Atlantis. Sacred Lands
The Legend of Atlantis begins with two dialogues: Timaeus and Critias, written by a classical Greek philosopher, Plato. He describes the inhabitants of Atlantis as a noble and powerful race who lived on the island located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Greek myths tell us that Poseidon created a dwelling for a mortal woman he fell in love with, named Cleito. To protect her, he surrounded it with rings of water and land.
Atlantis - Poseidonis
Cleito soon gave birth to 5 sets of twin boys who became rulers of the nation, with Atlas being the first king. Atlantis was a thriving centre for trade and commerce thanks to its location and natural resources.
Your Island Paradise
Unfortunately as it is with all the lost civilizations, greed and power started to corrupt Atlanteans. Zeus was angered by the immorality of humans and had to decide the fate of Atlantis by gathering other gods and determining the punishment. At the peak of its power, Atlantis was swallowed by the seas after a terrible earthquake.
The Fall of Atlantis
Atlantis “Facts”
It is believed that the centre of the city was connected to sea by an extremely large and and deep canal - almost 9 km long, 100 m wide and 30 m deep, which makes it even deeper than the Panama canal which reaches 18 m at its deepest location.
The main city was situated outside of the 1st ring of water and covered 17 km of land. It was very densely populated with most of the island's inhabitants living here.
Beyond the city, a very fertile plain extending for 530 km in length and 190 km in width was surrounded by another canal used to collect water from the rivers and streams of the mountains. The climate of Atlantis allowed for 2 harvests each year. One in the winter, which was fed by rains, and one in the summer that was fed by irrigation from the canal water.
Tall mountains surrounded the plain to the north of the 3rd circle. Small villages, lakes, rivers, and meadows would span across the most part of this region. Besides great vegetation, the island was very rich in various metals (gold, copper, bronze, silver) and several kinds of stone. It is also believed that elephants once walked these lands too.
Thanks to the size of its army and fleet that consisted of about 1,200 ships, Atlantis was able to rule land far into Egypt and Tyrrhenia.
The Modern Atlantis
Today there are several places in the world where one could experience a little bit of their own Atlantis: Atlantis The Palm (Dubai) and Atlantis Paradise Island (Bahamas). I will let the photos do the talking.
The Palm (Dubai)
And here is the video i promised earlier in the article(it's part 1/4, you can find the other parts on the recommended clips thing next to the videos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrkzXEUPXu
The link didn't work for some reason
(Also if someone is interested,I got a bunch of cool paintings and stuff that I can post in another article of how other people sees Atlantis, write in comments if interested
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