Atlantis
Sites connected to cultures identified as Atlantis. Links must be to a specific location, not just to a whole continent or country.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Donana National Park | In 2011, a team led by Richard Freund claimed to have found strong evidence for the location in Donana National Park based on underground and underwater surveys, and the existence of what they characterized as "memorial cities" rebuilt in Atlantis's image (Wiki) | |
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum | Malta, being situated in the dividing line between the western and eastern Mediterranean sea, and being the home to the oldest man-made structures in the world, is considered a possible location of Atlantis both by some current researchers and by Maltese amateur enthusiasts (Wiki) | |
Land of Frankincense | Ubar (Shisr): Atlantis of the Sands | |
Megalithic Temples of Malta | Malta, being situated in the dividing line between the western and eastern Mediterranean sea, and being the home to the oldest man-made structures in the world, is considered a possible location of Atlantis both by some current researchers and by Maltese amateur enthusiasts (Wiki) | |
Su Nuraxi di Barumini | By the Italian journalist Sergio Frau (Wiki) | |
Troy | The geoarchaeologist Eberhard Zangger has proposed the hypothesis that Atlantis was in fact the city state of Troy(Wiki) |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Atlantis?
A connection should:
- Not be "self evident"
- Link at least 3 different sites
- Not duplicate or merely subdivide the "Category" assignment already identified on this site.
- Add some knowledge or insight (whether significant or trivial!) about WHS for the users of this site
- Be explained, with reference to a source