Ivan Seeking
Nov20-04, 03:27 AM
How Often Is Atlantis Discovered?
The lost city that's always being found.
By Brendan I. Koerner
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, at 4:01 PM PT
Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day.
American architect-turned-archaeologist Robert Sarmast claims to have discovered the lost city of Atlantis, off the southeast coast of Cyprus. Sarmast says his latest sonar readings reveal submerged walls that closely resemble those described by Plato, the first person to ever mention Atlantis in print. In Timaeus, written around 360 B.C., the renowned philosopher portrayed Atlantis as "a great and wonderful empire" that was destroyed by earthquakes and floods in a 24-hour span. How many times have researchers previously claimed to have discovered the vanished island-state? [continued]
http://slate.msn.com/id/2109823/
The lost city that's always being found.
By Brendan I. Koerner
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004, at 4:01 PM PT
Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day.
American architect-turned-archaeologist Robert Sarmast claims to have discovered the lost city of Atlantis, off the southeast coast of Cyprus. Sarmast says his latest sonar readings reveal submerged walls that closely resemble those described by Plato, the first person to ever mention Atlantis in print. In Timaeus, written around 360 B.C., the renowned philosopher portrayed Atlantis as "a great and wonderful empire" that was destroyed by earthquakes and floods in a 24-hour span. How many times have researchers previously claimed to have discovered the vanished island-state? [continued]
http://slate.msn.com/id/2109823/