Atlantis destroyed / Rodney Castleden.

Main entry:

Castleden, Rodney.

Title & Author:

Atlantis destroyed / Rodney Castleden.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Description:

xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.
'All the islands and many other islands also' -- Preludes to discovery -- Thera: the second rediscovery -- The bronze age city of Thera emerges -- Atlantean arts and crafts -- Theran food and trade -- Writing and wall-painting -- Art, religion and society -- The last days of Akrotiri -- Atlantis destroyed -- Deconstruction of Atlantis.

Summary:

Legendary Atlantis long has hovered between fable and folk tale, taken as fact by some, allegory by others. Author Rodney Castleden incorporates the entire body of scholarship extant on Bronze Age cultures to demonstrate how what he calls the "myth" of Atlantis evolved. 30 photos. 50 line figures. 19 maps.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0415165393 (hb)
9780415165396 (hb)
0415247594
9780415247597

Subject:

Atlantis (Legendary place)
Minoans.
Atlantide (Lieu imaginaire)
Minoens.
Atlantis (mythologie)
Atlantide.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 176289
Call No.: ID GN751.C33; ID:98-B2514
Status: Available

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