Voyage to AtlantisPutnam, 1969 - 320 Seiten An account of two expeditions led by the author to the volcanic Aegean island of Thera in search of Atlantis. He "discloses what discoveries were made and details the clash of personalities and the political and scientific rivalries that threaten future discoveries." Publisher's note. |
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... island of Thera , named in its pre- eruption state , as we have said , Stronghyli , or Round Island , by modern geologists to distinguish it from its subsequent remnants . To the southwest , the volcanic islands of Kristiana appeared ...
... island of Thera , named in its pre- eruption state , as we have said , Stronghyli , or Round Island , by modern geologists to distinguish it from its subsequent remnants . To the southwest , the volcanic islands of Kristiana appeared ...
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... island that could be " lost " Atlantis . We slowly approached the island , which was in sight a full three hours before we reached it . I searched the hills and cliffs for familiar landmarks which I knew from the maps and de- scriptions ...
... island that could be " lost " Atlantis . We slowly approached the island , which was in sight a full three hours before we reached it . I searched the hills and cliffs for familiar landmarks which I knew from the maps and de- scriptions ...
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... island has been reconstructed , using all of the information now available , as it might have appeared before the great collapse . Plato described the metropolis as an island 11 miles in diame- ter with three concentric ringlike harbors ...
... island has been reconstructed , using all of the information now available , as it might have appeared before the great collapse . Plato described the metropolis as an island 11 miles in diame- ter with three concentric ringlike harbors ...
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Voyage to Atlantis: The Discovery of a Legendary Land James Watt Mavor Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
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Aegean Aegean Sea Akroteri Alvaniti Amenhotep III ancient antiquities archaeological archaeologists Athens Atlantean Atlantis B.C. ERC beach beneath boat bottom Bronos building caïque caldera Cape Caphtor catastrophe cave Chain cliff coast Cretan Critias culture Cyclades depth destruction Doc Edgerton donkey earth earthquake Edgerton Egypt Egyptian Emily Vermeule evidence excavation Exomiti feet Fouqué frescoes Galanopoulos geological geophone Greece Greek harbor Harold Edgerton Hartley Hoskins island Israelites Knossos Krakatoa land lava layer legend looked Loring Loring's magnetometer Marinatos Mediterranean miles Minoan Crete mountain Mycenae Mycenaean myth Nea Kaimeni ocean oceanographic palace Perissa Phira pillar PLATE Plato potsherds pottery prehistoric pulse pumice quarry ravine record rock ruins sea level sea waves seismic profiler seismograph ship shore Solon stadia stone story of Atlantis surface Teshub theory Thera eruption Therasia Thutmose III tion trench tsunamis underwater varca volcanic wall Woods Hole Zarudzki