Atlantis, the Lost Continent
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Atlantis, the Lost Continent is a 1961 American science fiction film in Metrocolor produced and directed by George Pal and starring Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, and John Dall. The film was distributed by
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Atlantis
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Atlantis is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. By describing Atlantis as a naval empire from the west that had conquered
Atlantis, the Lost Continent
…It was the last film for John Dall. The film's storyline concerns the events leading up to the total destruction of the mythical continent of Atlantis during the time of Ancient Greece. The Greek fisherman Demetrios and his father rescue Princess Antillia from a shipwreck without knowing that she is…
A fifteenth-century Latin translation of Plato's Timaeus
The Santorini caldera on 24 June 2022, taken from the International Space Station. From the Minoan eruption event, and the 1964 discovery of Akrotiri on the island, this location is one of many sites purported to have been the location of Atlantis.
The mid-atlantic ridge in the Atlantic
A Faroe Islands postage stamp honoring Janus Djurhuus's poem "Atlantis"