Research Catalog

Title

The Atlantis researches : the earth's rotation in mythology and prehistory / Paul Dunbavin.

Author

Dunbavin, Paul

Publication

Nottingham : Third Millenium, 1995.

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Description

297 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"The myths and legends of the world abound with inexplicable tales of devastating floods, famines and geological catastrophes. Of all these, the most lucid and compelling must surely be the Greek philosopher Plato's account of an ancient civilization situated on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. According to Plato's narrative, the island of Atlantis disappeared beneath the sea during a single day and night of geological upheaval. Such things go beyond our everyday experience. Most people -if they think about them at all - simply dismiss these ancient tales. And we all take for granted the pleasant and predictable environment that the Earth offers us today. We forget that we live upon the surface of an immense orb of rotating fluid, upon which a deep crust has formed. The energy stored in the Earth's gravity and rotation is vast. At present, thankfully, it is stable, but should this energy ever be unleashed then it surely has the capacity to reshape entire continents. This multidisciplinary investigation has been described by one reviewer as "surely the most comprehensive and fully researched work ever written on Atlantis". The author considers the evidence that a great catastrophe really did occur 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic age. He illustrates how the known variations of the Earth's rotation could explain many enigmatic stories that we consider within the myths and legends of the world"--Back cover.

Subject

• Atlantis (Legendary place)
• Atlantis
• Earth (Planet) > Rotation
• Mysteries
• Mythology

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. .277-292.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Lost Atlantis -- In search of a legend -- The figure of the earth -- Target earth -- The Chandler Wobble -- The evidence of sea level variations -- The changing climate -- Memories of the Flood -- Parallel trends in ancient cultures -- The calendar confusion -- The world of the Fourth Millennium BC -- Beneath the Irish Sea -- The land of youth -- Sunken cities -- lost lands -- In a golden age -- Druids and standing stones -- A Neolithic empire -- Appendix: The Neolithic calendar.

ISBN

0952502909 (pbk) :

LCCN

gb^95039333^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library