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Deriv; A drowned land.
15 March, 2016 - 13:51 Brad Yoon

What Became of Atlantis: The Flood from Heaven

Skeptics and believers alike tend to overlook the fact that the story of Atlantis, as told by the Egyptian priests who related the story to Solon, is a complex narrative involving three civilizations...
Assembly of twenty gods, predominantly the Twelve Olympians, as they receive Psyche (Loggia di Psiche, 1518–19, by Raphael and his school, at the Villa Farnesina).
18 February, 2016 - 03:49 ancient-origins

Disbelieve it or Not, Ancient History Suggests That Atheism is as Natural to Humans as Religion

People in the ancient world did not always believe in the gods, a new study suggests – casting doubt on the idea that religious belief is a “default setting” for humans. “Early societies were far...
The School of Athens, fresco by Raphael (1509–1510), of an idealized Academy.
15 January, 2016 - 00:45 Natalia Klimczak

Caves in Paradise: The Elite School of Aristotle

Thirty kilometers (18.6 miles) from Vergina, a place where the tomb of Philip II is located, there is a city called Naoussa. Naoussa was a place where nymphs were worshiped for centuries, and the...
The interior of the underground basilica, which opened in April 2015
21 November, 2015 - 03:58 Mark Miller

Underground Pagan Basilica with Dark History Revealed to the Public for the First Time

A pagan basilica of first century AD Rome dedicated to Pythagoras’ and Plato’s metaphysics but depicting many types of Greek and Roman mythical beings has opened to the public. The family that...
John Martin's The End of the World, which depicts the "destruction of Babylon and the material world by natural cataclysm”. (Public Domain)
25 September, 2015 - 03:59 Zakaria Bziker

The Ancient Civilizations that Came Before: Self-Eradication, Or Natural Cataclysm? – Part I

Humanity has grown so old that it has forgotten its infancy, and the origin of man is shrouded in mystery. Conventional wisdom states that humanity was primitive in the past and then things started...
Orichalcum ingots found off the coast of Gela in Sicily.
28 June, 2015 - 14:51 Christos Djonis

Orichalcum: Legendary Metal of Atlantis, Or Just A Common Ore?

Earlier this year, several world news organizations reported that archaeologists had recently recovered 39 ingots of orichalcum from a 2,600-year-old shipwreck, found ten feet underwater off the...
Artist’s representation of Atlantis
12 June, 2015 - 14:25 Christos Djonis

Atlantis Revealed: Plato's Cautionary Tale Was Based On A Real Setting

The time is 360 BC, the dawn of Western civilization. Athens, the cradle of democracy, is the epicenter of the ancient world. In his dialogues of Timaeus and Critias, Plato introduces a tale of an...
Cantre’r Gwaelod – The Mythical Sunken Kingdom of Wales
7 May, 2015 - 17:19 dhwty

Cantre'r Gwaelod – The Mythical Sunken Kingdom of Wales

The story of Atlantis is one of the most renowned and enduring tales from ancient Greece. This island, mentioned in the works of the philosopher Plato, was said to have been swallowed up by the sea...
The Bimini road and Atlantis
13 September, 2014 - 23:41 lizleafloor

Does Bimini Road Lead to The Lost Civilization of Atlantis?

Off the coast of Bimini lies an ancient stone formation submerged beneath crystal blue waters. The mysterious path makes many wonder if it is remnants of the mythical lost land of Atlantis...
Foothills of Mount Taygetos - Lacedaemon
6 June, 2014 - 04:15 spyropoulos

The ancient city of Lacedaemon – is it the legendary Atlantis? Part Two

(Read Part One) Turning to the second “point of agreement” about the location of Atlantis is the highly disputed location of the ‘Pillars of Hercules’. Many scholars identified the Pillars with the...
The ancient city of Lacedaemon
5 June, 2014 - 14:26 spyropoulos

The ancient city of Lacedaemon – is it the legendary Atlantis?

The name Lacedaemon is derived from the verb, λαγχάνω (lachano), to assign somebody something by lot, and δαίμων (daemon), which means God in ancient Greek. Lacedaemon therefore denotes the divine...
Plato Hidden Music
9 May, 2013 - 12:08 johnblack

Plato and his Hidden Music Code

Plato is one of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers. He was a student of Socrates and his writings delve into philosophy, theology, mathematics, cosmology and epistemology. He was the founder of...
Timaeus and Critias
16 February, 2013 - 21:37 aprilholloway

Atlantis

A lost continent that may have existed many thousands of years ago and has become the topic of numerous studies, books and movies, is still to be found: the lost continent of Atlantis. The legend of...

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