Atlantis

So did it exist or didn't it? Every time a lost city or some ruins turn up, they're usually suggested to be Atlantis. But did it really exist? I'm pretty sure it's a myth, and almost certain that the ancients of the middle east and America never met, but the story lives on. The Horizon programme-makers seem obsessed with it; some of the most informative (and ludicrous) documentaries I've seen about the legend were on that show.

• Echoes of Atlantis This one has a broad overview of the myth, but;


• Atlantis Uncovered This one attempts to show the sheer lack of evidence to link the cultures that are meant to be descended from the Atlanteans.

Two more controversial episodes showed that;

• Atlantis must be in Japan,


• or failing that, actually inland in Helike in Greece.

More reading:

• Atlantis Discovered


• Active Mind- Atlantis


• Underwater Archaeology


• Atlantis and the Earth's Shifting Crust


• NOVA Online Treasures of the Sunken City


• Ask Yahoo | Has any proof of the existence of Atlantis been found?

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Proverbs

I've been having a look at the different proverbs around the world. The most interesting thing I've noticed is that a lot of proverbs are geographical, rather than language-deliniated; The best example is the French, where expressions I would recognise are 'translated' for the North American audience. Anyway, have a look at some common sense in:

• French, Old French, Dutch, Maltese, Sicilian, more generally Italian, Finnish and Russian.

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Mesoamerica / Mysterious Cities of Gold

Cities of Gold Main Map This guy's much more into the Cities of Gold than I... But it does give me a deeper understanding of why my interests now include Japanese animation and Mesoamerican cultures. Photographs of the real places the show visited and stills from episodes show that this was quite a detailed study.

Mysterious Cities of Gold

• MCoG Deleted Scenes


• Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or - Buy the DVDs in (the original) French.


• Bernhards Mysterious Cities of Gold

Mesoamerica

...and as for the real place:

• Ancient Mexico


• Human Origins This site looks at Mesoamerica as a whole in much more detail.


• National Geographic: Inca


• The Art & Culture of The Incas


• Mayan Epigraphic Database Project

Update: I have the full series in DIVX format. Give me a shout if you'd like a look.

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