Unearthing Atlantis An Archaeological Odyssey to the Fabled Lost Civilization Charles Pellegrino 9781542699297 Books
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In the year 347 B.C, Plato wrote of a miraculous island with hot and cold flowing waters, terraced multi-storied buildings, and “the fairest of all plains.” For thousands of years, the legend of the mysterious vanished “continent” of Atlantis has captivated writers, poets, artists, philosophers, and dreams. But now Atlantis has been found—and the truth about its vibrant life and horrific destruction is even more remarkable than the myth. Based on artifacts and evidence in an ancient buried Minoan city, noted scientist and New York Times-bestselling author Charles Pellegrino reanimates an astounding lost civilization and recreates with explosive power the apocalyptic cataclysm that destroyed their remarkable island metropolis. A brilliant synthesis of historical, literary, archaeological, and geological detective work, here is both the story of the astounding discovery that transformed fairy tale into fact—and a breathtaking vision of Atlantis reborn.
Unearthing Atlantis An Archaeological Odyssey to the Fabled Lost Civilization Charles Pellegrino 9781542699297 Books
Dr. Pellegrino, while sharing in the lives of the men and women going about their arduous scientific-discovery business around the world, communicates their work and discoveries—not only in the context of archaeology, but paleontology and cosmology as well. He’s an amazing writer with an exceptional ability to draw you high above the mundane while at the same time dwelling in it, reveling in it… rigorously. Further, he skillfully condenses eons of time in a bottle, rather a priceless vase, belonging to our wealthy, erudite neighbors, on an island in the Aegean Sea, in 1628 B.C., who had to leave their precious homes suddenly due to one of the world’s major supervolcanoes.Sadly, these neighbors of ours turned to vapor in the next 24 hours, so we can only converse with them now indirectly in what they left behind.
The island is now known as Santorini. In those days leading up to the volcanic death cloud that blackened the sky (causing a two-year-long winter in the Northern Hemisphere) and could have been seen, unaided, from the Moon, it was known as Thera. Arguably, Thera was the center of a higher civilization—the Minoans—than even the Greeks and Romans, more than a millennium later. Thus, solid facts support the thesis that Thera and/or islands in her vicinity were, indeed, the Atlantis described in Plato and other accounts.
Charles Pellegrino has captured the before and after of this marvelous civilization with analyses derived from evidence around the world, and in various fields. Moreover, he’s a master storyteller even whose footnotes won’t let you put the book down. This is science as compelling as a wave of high surf. An unforgettable journey of imagination that you will never want to end.
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Unearthing Atlantis An Archaeological Odyssey to the Fabled Lost Civilization Charles Pellegrino 9781542699297 Books Reviews
Dr. Pellegrino, while sharing in the lives of the men and women going about their arduous scientific-discovery business around the world, communicates their work and discoveries—not only in the context of archaeology, but paleontology and cosmology as well. He’s an amazing writer with an exceptional ability to draw you high above the mundane while at the same time dwelling in it, reveling in it… rigorously. Further, he skillfully condenses eons of time in a bottle, rather a priceless vase, belonging to our wealthy, erudite neighbors, on an island in the Aegean Sea, in 1628 B.C., who had to leave their precious homes suddenly due to one of the world’s major supervolcanoes.
Sadly, these neighbors of ours turned to vapor in the next 24 hours, so we can only converse with them now indirectly in what they left behind.
The island is now known as Santorini. In those days leading up to the volcanic death cloud that blackened the sky (causing a two-year-long winter in the Northern Hemisphere) and could have been seen, unaided, from the Moon, it was known as Thera. Arguably, Thera was the center of a higher civilization—the Minoans—than even the Greeks and Romans, more than a millennium later. Thus, solid facts support the thesis that Thera and/or islands in her vicinity were, indeed, the Atlantis described in Plato and other accounts.
Charles Pellegrino has captured the before and after of this marvelous civilization with analyses derived from evidence around the world, and in various fields. Moreover, he’s a master storyteller even whose footnotes won’t let you put the book down. This is science as compelling as a wave of high surf. An unforgettable journey of imagination that you will never want to end.
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