Atlantida - an island sunk into forever The famous legend of the island of Atlantis is haunted mankind for several millennia. About it has been written. - презентация

1 Atlantida - an island sunk into forever The famous legend of the island of Atlantis is haunted mankind for several millennia. About it has been written in many different books. In honor of her was taken, even film, famous foradventure seekers. Often the question arises: "Was there this civilization really?" When and whe re it existed? There is much evidence and evidence from different searchers so wonderful island. But how do we interpret this evidence? Island «Pillars of Hercules»

2 Atlantida - an island sunk into forever For the first time a description of this mythical continent or island presented by Plato in his dialogues' Timaeus and Critias, "where was provided a link to one of the seven Greeksages - Solon. During his long journey to Egypt Solon wrote a story about the ancient Egyptian priests of the goddess Neith in a certain city of Sais, who relied on the opinion of historians and archaeologists, Egyptologists, on the written evidence left behind more than thirty thousand years ago still on papyrus, which never reached to us. It turned out that Plato learned about this wonderful island from his grandfather Critias, who was himself in his ten years heard the story from his grandfather, who calls too, Crete, andhe was then ninety years. Plato in Raphael's fresco

3 Atlantida - an island sunk into forever Atlantis was named after the Atlanta man, who is the brother of a titan of Greek mythology -Prometheus. By studying the records of Plato, we can see that this mysterious continent was inhabited by the fearless and powerful people - the Atlanteans - people who have attained the highest level of civilization.? Many people have searched for it on Earth. In addition to searching in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantis found in various places: in the Black sea in the Mediterranean, even in the Caspian Sea, Antarctica and the Andes, Brazil. But none of the found places not in accordance with Plato's description. In his writings, Plato wrote that its location is in the Atlantic Ocean at Gibraltar, but it disappeared about 12 thousand years ago.

4 Atlantida - an island sunk into forever It is believed that this wonderful island, died, plunging into the depths of the ocean "in a single day and night disastrous" because of the enormous natural disaster. But Aristotle, who was a disciple of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato and categoricallyopposed the views of his teacher. And it was a dispute with him, Aristotle has spoken to usfamous phrase: "Plato is my friend, but truth is more expensive." Aristotle believed that Atlantis - it's just an invention of his teacher. None of Atlantis did notexist. But still, the question of its existence remains relevant today, and our time. Atlantis (see photo) - and a mystery to geologists and geophysicists to, seismologists andoceanographers, historians and archaeologists, art historians and even people who studyancient cultures.

5 Where is Atlantida? In early 2009, after starting on a new service Google Earth Ocean, designed to show the relief of the seabed by several users at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean between the Strait of Gibraltar and the Azores archipelago (coordinates 31 ° 15'15 "with. Sh. 24 ° 15'15" s.etc.) has been identified specific image that resembles a picture of the streets of the cityfrom a great height. On this occasion, was published by the corresponding article in The Sun and other tabloids

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