When the Sky Fell: In Search of AtlantisMacmillan, 15.12.1997 - 179 Seiten The mystery of Atlantis the legendary advanced civilization described in ancient texts, has been solved at last. Scientific evidence, exciting new research, and the breakthrough discovery of an amazing Egyptian map prove without a doubt that this lost continent did exist...and reveal where its ruins can be found. But the fascinating truth about Atlantis also leads to a chilling conclusion about the environmental catastrophe that destroyed it. Now you can find out how the forces that shattered the first great civilization on Earth can happen again, bringing the end of the world to us all! |
Inhalt
Adapt Migrate or Die | 1 |
Embers of Humankind | 2 |
The Wayward Sun | 19 |
Why the Sky Fell | 35 |
The Lost Island Paradise | 53 |
A Land Forgotten | 73 |
From Atlantis | 89 |
Atlantean Maps | 111 |
Mythology Unmasked | 137 |
Afterword | 151 |
Appendix | 153 |
Notes | 161 |
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Africa Agassiz agricultural origins Alaska Albert Einstein ancient maps Ancient Sea Kings animals Antarctic Antarctica Atlantean Atlantic Ocean Atlantis Author drawn Aymara Aymara language Aztecs Bauval began believed Beringia catastrophe centre century Charles H city of Atlantis civilization climatic Critias Cuvier depicted earth crust displacement earthquakes Egypt Egyptian priest empire evidence exploration extinctions Flem-Aths flood geological globe Greater Antarctica Greeks Greenland Hadji Ahmed Hapgood highlands Ibid Ice Ages ice cap ice sheets ice-free idea Inca island continent John Anthony West Kircher Kutenai Lake Titicaca last earth crust Lesser Antarctica London lost continent lost island paradise Louis Agassiz Montezuma mountains mystery mythology myths North America North Pole Pillars of Heracles plants Plato Press problems pyramids regions scientific scientists shift Siberia Solon solstice Sonchis SOURCE South Sphinx story sun-god survivors temperate theory of earth thousand Timaeus trans tropical Vavilov World Ocean York